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Circular Quotes

One shape, a surprising range of subjects.

Circular shows up across very different fields here, from lodges built of cedar-bark poles set in a perfect ring to stars tracing orbits that are nearly, but not quite, circular around the galaxy's center.

Many of their lodges remained as perfect as when occupied. They were made of poles two or three inches in diameter, set up in circular form, and covered with cedar bark.

Quotes by William Henry Ashley

Firms produce goods for households - that's us - and provide us with incomes, and that's even better, because we can spend those incomes on more goods and services. That's called the circular flow of the economy.

Quotes by Tim Jackson

My neighbor has a circular driveway... he can't get out.

Steven Wright

From the outside, Rick Rubin's house above Zuma Beach is a generic millionaire beach home. There's a rarely used tennis court and a circular drive.

Quotes by Stephen Rodrick

Aerial Quotes

Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motions of the stars, and they...

Quotes by Saint Augustine

I started collecting aerial photographs of Native American and South Pacific architecture; only the African ones were fractal. And if you think about it, all these different societies have different geometric design themes that they use. So Native Americans use...

Quotes by Ron Eglash

Now all oscillatory movements of such an electron can be conceived of as being split up into force, and two circular oscillations perpendicular to this direction rotating in opposite directions.

Quotes by Pieter Zeeman

Loving a baby is a circular business, a kind of feedback loop. The more you give the more you get and the more you get the more you feel like giving.

Quotes by Penelope Leach

All of the stars rotate, have orbits around the center of the galaxy, and most of them go around the center of the galaxy in nearly circular orbits. They vary a little bit from circular, but they're predominantly circular.

Quotes by Nancy Roman

Air Quotes

I wouldn't like to live in a castle now, but I'd enjoy a visit to Restormel in Cornwall in its 13th century prime. It's a circular castle with the rooms built against the outer walls and quite intimate in size....

Quotes by Jo Beverley

Philips is committed to the circular economy and is applying its principles throughout the organization. We are redesigning our products and looking at ways to capture their residual value.

Quotes by Frans van Houten

Like all major transitions in human history, the shift from a linear to a circular economy will be a tumultuous one. It will feature heroes and pioneers, naysayers and obstacles, and moments of victory and doubt. If we persevere, however,...

Quotes by Frans van Houten

The kings of Spain brought us the conquistadores and masters, whose footprints remained in the circular land grants assigned to those searching for gold in the sands of rivers, an abusive and shameful form of exploitation, traces of which can...

Quotes by Fidel Castro

The tribal community lived in the totality of circular time; the farmers of God's universe understood before and after; workers of the clockwork universe lived by the tick; and we creatures of the digital era must relate to the pulse.

Quotes by Douglas Rushkoff

Applying Quotes

Ballet requires movements which are very unnatural. With every step, you do a circular movement of the hip. You turn out from the hip and make your knees point out to the side instead of forward.

Quotes by Darcey Bussell

I have a personality that tends to be somewhat compulsive, and I do tend to think in a circular way. I dwell on the same things over and over and I try to figure out different ways of looking at...

Quotes by Charlie Kaufman

I think it is more of an intuitive, circular kind of personality, for starters. And, as I say of horses, the secret to breeding great horses is the three B's: bones, brains, and balance. If you look at art, it...

Quotes by Alice Walton

Frequently Asked Questions

What subjects do these Circular quotes cover?
The word spans several fields here, from cedar-bark lodges built in a perfect ring to star orbits that are nearly, but not exactly, circular around a galaxy's center.
Why do people search for circular quotes?
The word shows up in science, economics, and everyday jokes alike, so people look for a fitting quote depending on which sense of 'circular' they need.
Is there a quote about circular orbits in astronomy?
Yes, one line notes that most stars follow orbits around their galaxy's center that are nearly circular, though never quite perfectly so.
Does any quote use circular in an economic sense?
One does, describing the circular flow of income between households and firms, where goods and incomes keep moving back and forth through the economy.
What other pages pair with Circular quotes?
See Architecture quotes for more on shapes and structures, or Air quotes for related observational lines.

An economics quote even borrows the word for the circular flow connecting household income and spending. Explore Architecture or Air quotes for more shape-driven reading.