Famous Quotes & Sayings

William De Morgan

A Corpse or a Ghost- I'd sooner be one or t'other, square and fair, than a Ghost in a Corpse, which is my feelins at present.

Morihei Ueshiba

THE BODY SHOULD be triangular, the mind circular. The triangle represents the generation of energy and is the most stable physical posture. The circle symbolizes serenity and perfection, the source of unlimited techniques. The square stands for solidity, the basis of applied control.

William Shakespeare

Fie, fie, how frantically I square my talk!

Ben Okri

I held you in the square And felt the evening Re-order itself around Your smile.

C. S. Lewis

There is no neutral ground in the universe. Every square inch, every split second is claimed by God, and counterclaimed by Satan.

Bridget Riley

I couldn’t get near what I wanted through seeing, recognizing and recreating, so I stood the problem on its head. I started studying squares, rectangles, triangles and the sensations they give rise to It is untrue that my work depends on any literary impulse or has any illustrative intention. The marks on the canvas are sole and essential agents in a series of relationships which form the structure of the painting.

Digger Phelps

The square is your friend. Behind every missed lay-up is a tale of the square neglected.

Edmund Spenser

Me seemes the world is runne quite out of square,From the first point of his appointed sourse,And being once amisse growes daily wourse and wourse.

Elbert Hubbard

You had better be a round peg in a square hole than a square peg in a square hole. The latter is in for life, while the first is only an indeterminate sentence.

W. Somerset Maugham

I would sooner read a time-table or a catalogue than nothing at all. They are much more entertaining than half the novels that are written.

Mallory Ortberg

Diapers do not belong on the same table as food.

Scott Olson

They will turn the tables if they know someone is after them.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

The element of surprise wasn't allowed near the Periodic Table.

Diana Vreeland

Poor, darling fellow - he died of food. He was killed by the dinner table.

Marilyn vos Savant

Be able to set a table so that you feel like you're dining, not just sitting and eating.

Michel de Montaigne

And not to serve for a table-talk.

James A. Garfield

I will not vote against the truths of the multiplication table.

Hillary Clinton

I have said publicly no option should be off the table, but I would certainly take nuclear weapons off the table.

Richard Dawkins

The deceitful misquoting of scientists to suit an anti-scientific agenda ranks among the many unchristian habits of fundamentalist authors.

Kate Moss

Wear what suits you best, rather than following trends, and create your own style... I go with a feeling or emotion and don't necessarily plan...

Lew Wasserman

Stay out of the spotlight. It fades your suit.

Juliana Hatfield

When I did have a little bit of commercial success, it really didn't suit my temperament at all. I'm a terrible public person.

Bill Nighy

If I ruled the world, every woman would have a Chanel suit in her wardrobe.

Alan Shepard

I woke up an hour before I was supposed to, and started going over the mental checklist: where do I go from here, what do I do? I don't remember eating anything at all, just going through the physical, getting into the suit. We practiced that so much, it was all rote.

Jane Asher

I'm a creature of habit, so I like going to boutiques, rather than larger stores, where I know I'll find something that suits me every time.

Rosa Bonheur

But the suit I wear is my work attire, and nothing else.

Shirley Jackson

I shall weave a suit of leaves. At once. With acorns for buttons.