Round Quotes

1869 Round quotes by 1325 unique authors

Just as the introduction of the irrational numbers ... is a convenient myth [which] simplifies the laws of arithmetic ... so physical objects are postulated… — Willard Van Orman Quine
The whole wood seemed running now, running hard, hunting, chasing, closing in round something or - somebody? In panic, he began to run too, aimlessly,… — Kenneth Grahame
Blaise Pascal used to mark with charcoal the walls of his playroom, seeking a means of making a circle perfectly round and a triangle whose… — Unknown Author
As we lay huddled together under the tent, which leaked considerably about the sides, with our baggage at our feet, we listened to some of… — Henry David Thoreau
Though amid all the smoking horror and diabolism of a sea-fight, sharks will be seen longingly gazing up to the ship's decks, like hungry dogs… — Herman Melville
Taxi September along Jessore Road Oxcart skeletons drag charcoal load past watery fields thru rain flood ruts Dung cakes on treetrunks, plastic-roof huts Wet processions… — Allen Ginsberg
Peace to these little broken leaves, That strew our common ground; That chase their tails, like silly dogs, As they go round and round. For… — William Henry Davies
Much can they praise the trees so straight and high, The sailing pine,the cedar proud and tall, The vine-prop elm, the poplar never dry, The… — Edmund Spenser
I am the Lorax! I speak for the trees, Which you seem to be chopping as fast as you please; But I also speak for… — Dr. Seuss
I can still recall old Mister Barnslow getting out every morning and nailing a fresh load of tadpoles to the old board of his. Then… — Jack Handey
Like jewels in a crown, the precious stones glittered in the queen's round metal hat. — Jack Handey
In some places it's known as a tornado. In others, a cyclone. And in still others, the Idiot's Merry-go-round. But around here they'll always be… — Jack Handey
I wish scientists would come up with an ear of corn that was big and round, because then when you were eating it, it'd be… — Jack Handey
For a few moments, attune your mind to the idea of harmony and peaceful coexistence flowing among all peoples and nations. The source of this… — Stephen Russell
Courtesy gives its owner a passport round the world. It transmutes aliens into trusting friends. — James Thomas Fields
John McEnroe looks as if he is serving round the edge of an imaginary building. — Clive James
Here we go again. Always a few drinks, but sometimes even sober, we play the unhappiness game; endlessly round and round. Ding dong. Tighter and… — Anne Enright
Take a portion of wit, And fashion it fit, Like a needle, with point and with eye: A point that can wound, An eye to… — Jacques Barzun
Future's the only flower worth tending in this earth, where I sow my words daily: and you know, these good trees bear fruit round the… — Alamgir Hashmi
What's the deal with Ovaltine? It comes in a round container, you put it in a round glass, why don't they call it Roundtine? — Jerry Seinfeld
There was never a time when the world began, because it goes round and round like a circle, and there is no place on a… — Alan Watts
Any time we would talk to another VC, our investors would talk him out of it: 'This is not a good company'... So we were… — Sabeer Bhatia
This world is not for cowards. Do not try to fly. Look not for success or failure. Join yourself to the perfectly unselfish will and… — Swami Vivekananda
The Water Babies "Young and Old" When all the world is young, lad, And all the trees are green; And every goose a swan, lad,… — Charles Kingsley
Dogs live with man as courtiers 'round a monarch, steeped in the flattery of his notice ... to push their favor in this world of… — Robert Louis Stevenson

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