Shapes Quotations | Page 5

God in His providence hasn't called us to watch history, but to shape history by praying in His Name.

apparel, n.: There are times I don’t mind doing the laundry, because folding your clothes reminds me of the shape of you.

You existed. You existed now as a fractal. Definition: A fractal is generally a rough or fragmented geometric shape that can be broken into parts, each of which is (at least approximately) a reduced-size copy of the whole. Maybe I was a fractal. Maybe the photographer was a fractal. Maybe we were all fractals.

Every relationship has a hard part at the beginning. This is our hard part. It's not like a puzzle piece where there's an instant fit. With relationships, you have to shape the pieces on each end before they go perfectly together.

you ask me what I'm looking for, and I outline you. you don't recognize the shape, offer other names. you say my time will come, and I hope.

We shape our self to fit this world and by the world are shaped again

The body of literature, with its limits and edges, exists outside some people and inside others. Only after the writer lets literature shape her can she perhaps shape literature.

The partition separating life from death is so tenuous. The unbelievable fragility of our organism suggests a vision on a screen: a kind of mist condenses itself into a human shape, lasts a moment and scatters.

I try to stay in decent shape.

Aesthetic judgments, rather than abstract reasoning, guide and shape the process by which we all come to know what we know.

I recited Pi to 22,514 decimal points in five hours and nine minutes. I was able to do this because of weeks of study, aided by the unusual synaesthesic way my mind perceives numbers as complex multidimensional coloured and textured shapes.

I would say the world's in terrible shape, but I'm afraid the world would say, 'Look who's talking!'

I always find sports-related ways to stay in shape...

At 50 I find there is a long line of characters and shapes demanding words just outside my window.

I had a theoretical reverence and homage for beauty, elegance, gallantry, fascination but had I met those qualities incarnate in masculine shape, I should have known instinctively that they had nor could have sympathy with anything in me...

I don't know what being a 48-year-old feels like. There are a lot of 48 year olds that aren't in good shape. The pharmacy is making a killing off of them.

Rooms are a fixed size, which can't be altered without pulling down walls and building new ones. They should be unchanging in shape and proportions. But sometimes they do change depending on who's in them.

I have been on a life-long search of how to stay in shape without putting any effort into it whatsoever.

Luckily I stayed in shape due to wrestling.

Competing helps me to polish my shape.

We've not been assigned to hang out until He returns ”we've been given a message and a power that completely revolutionizes life. Why would anyone want to get up in the morning and not shape the course of world history?

Art is magic, not logic. This craze for the logical spirit in irrational shape is part of the present harmful mania for uniformity ...

Your children are not the same. Not at all. Each one is unique. There are no "boiler plate" clauses that fit all children. They are like snowflakes with their own patterns and their own shapes and their own sizes.

I certainly hope my music is in no way, shape or form influenced by anything that would be known as a jam band. If it is, then I'm going to do something else.

I saw more than I can tell / And I understood more than I saw.

Regular geometry, the geometry of Euclid, is concerned with shapes which are smooth, except perhaps for corners and lines, special lines which are singularities, but some shapes in nature are so complicated that they are equally complicated at the big scale and come closer and closer and they don't become any less complicated.

I spent half my life, roughly speaking, doing the study of nature in many aspects and half of my life studying completely artificial shapes. And the two are extraordinarily close; in one way both are fractal.

I conceived and developed a new geometry of nature and implemented its use in a number of diverse fields. It describes many of the irregular and fragmented patterns around us, and leads to full-fledged theories, by identifying a family of shapes I call fractals.

We have a system of justice in [the US] that treats you much better if you're rich and guilty than if you're poor and innocent. Wealth, not culpability, shapes outcomes.

Early in my career, I decided I never wanted to get out of shape.

If you throw 200 innings or more, you have to be in shape. If you work on your diet and strength, it will help you be in perfect shape for the playoffs.

The strange thing about grinding that might surprise many people is that you can grind things and shape them using materials that are generally somewhat softer than the thing you're grinding and shaping.

My first semester I had only nine students. Hoping they might view me as professional and well prepared, I arrived bearing name tags fashioned in the shape of maple leaves.

Results "are no good unless they answer (or can be made to seem to answer, or can be twisted and wrenched and piled into odd shapes until they hint at being somehow perhaps on the verge or answering) a question that someone might conceivably want asked."

What we know about who we are comes from stories. It's the agents of our imagination who really shape who we are.

If in our Saturday pursuits we're far from God's presence, we're not in very good shape to worship Him on Sunday.

You shape your own destiny.

I'm looking to get in the best shape possible for London and not worrying about rivals.

To visit Morocco is still like turning the pages of some illuminated Persian manuscript all embroidered with bright shapes and subtle lines.

No matter what the illusion created, it is a flat canvas and it has to be organized into shapes...

Former US president, drug baron and pedophile, George Herbert Walker Bush, incidentally, is mentioned more than any other person in my experience in relation to shape-shifting.

My work is strongly rooted in place and memory, in personal, formative experiences that took shape within very different environments.

When I was little, I made up my own fairy tales, and the ghostly echo of 'Once upon a time' shapes all the fiction I've ever written.

Patent law holds us back, in every which way, shape or form. There is place for it, in physical products, in pharmaceuticals, but in software in particular, there is no place for it.

With the Larry Bertlemann portrait, I started with a photograph that I could use for it. I built the drawing's identity to serve as a graphic identity. After a number of sketches, I went into my own abstract vernacular of drawn lines and shapes to create the composition for the poster design.

When we come into the season every position accept pitchers and catchers is open. We're going to have to see how the batting order shapes up.

Come on Canada, it's time to kick our bad habits and get into shape!

I never start a section of the story without knowing how it will end. I also consciously try to shape the story as though it were a movie.

We try to use all shapes and sizes, but we're especially interested in their sense of personal expression and style.

Every second is mapped out and he has this total childish fascination with color and shapes and sequences.

As the United States shapes and carries out its policies toward Muslim countries, it should do so with Turkey at its side.

The shapes are more angular, more aviator in feeling. A little bit larger and oversize, ... They're also doing wonderful combinations, mixing the acetates with metals, and wonderful colored lenses are bigger than ever again.

The shapes are very elongated and lean. My sweaters kind of go beyond the hip. They're very, very skinny. A lot of the jackets are cardigan shapes and again, they're long and skinny.

The plates come in all shapes and colors mix and match.

Real, constructive mental power lies in the creative thought that shapes yourdestiny, and your hourbyhour mental conduct produces power for change in yourlife. Develop a train of thought on which to ride. The nobility of your life as wellas your happiness depends upon the direction in which that train of thought isgoing.

As our country grapples with the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and the death of Chief Justice William Rehnquist, Constitution Day offers young people an opportunity to learn how a cornerstone of our democracy -- the concept of federalism -- shapes our lives,

Zaha Hadid's Maxxi Museum is proof that Rome and contemporary architecture are no longer a paradox. The building is characteristic Hadid - with curving lines and organic shapes - and the permanent collection already boasts works by Francesco Clemente, William Kentridge, and Gerhard Richter.

Although one could argue that Analog Devices' upbeat outlook merits raising the number even further, we would prefer to wait and see how growth shapes up over the year as Analog Devices catches up with its backlog and the current feeding frenzy for Analog Devices products dissipates.

Our approach to materials chemistry is to use sophisticated design principles and reaction chemistry to prepare new types of successful matter, ... Our goal is to control the shapes of new materials with the same level of precision that we exercise when controlling the stereo chemical relationships in a natural products synthesis. The precise molecular engineering of materials (nanotechnology) is a quintessential component in the emergence of PSI-TEC's high-tech product line.

Our families today come in many shapes and sizes and we need to look more often at ways to create networks of support in a variety of areas.

There are great slender models, great tall models, Amazonian models, great busty models - my point is models of all shapes and sizes, age, ethnic background should be embraced and celebrated.

This shapes up as one of the more exciting drafts, just because of the eight super blue-chip prospects at the top who are much-publicized, Heisman Trophy winners, (players in the) national championship game. Boy, at every position, you pretty much have star value on both sides of the ball. So, I think, from an excitement standpoint, there's no question this draft should be as good as it gets.

I've always drawn. Through drawing, I got into building things I would contemplate and sketch out shapes in my head.

This isn't just about core runners. This is about all athletes of all levels of competition and shapes and sizes. Running is the most diplomatic of all activities.

The natural world is the only one we have. To try to not see the natural world - to put on blinders and avoid seeing it - would for me seem like a form of madness. I'm also interested in the way landscape shapes individuals and populations, and from that, cultures.

In our society, the pre-adolescent girl, the nubile virgin, the sexually active woman, the mother and the grandmother are all expected to look and behave in the same way. The correct body outline for them all is girlish; their voices should remain sweet and low, their manner accommodating. ... Kicking off leg-lengthening high-heeled shoes, wiping the colored grease off your lips, raising your voice, letting the grey come through your hair, ceasing the simper that lifts your cheeks and letting your jowls settle into disapproving shapes is seen as letting yourself go.

In some years, we see the boating season just being delayed, and they might be able to make it up later in the year. Based on the tone of the last earnings call, I?m not expecting to see a spike for them in the third quarter. The next big question is: What is 2006 going to look like in terms of how the boating season shapes up and how successful will these new initiatives be that the management is waiting on?

In the West, we've lost our intuitive understanding of how poverty shapes thinking.

If you're naturally a certain size, I think it suits you and you can see that. There's no point in trying to conform for the sake of it. People are meant to be different shapes, and their different shapes are so interesting and, ultimately, why people fall in love with them.

The biggest reason people use Macromedia Fireworks with Photoshop are its object-oriented controls, which let you quickly drag in a rectangle and apply a style to create a Web button or banner. Now you can do that in Photoshop and even create more complex shapes for buttons.

The new S80 is about evolutionary design. All the shapes and materials represent a continuous development of our design language.

It's really interesting. I want to learn how to write the different shapes and stuff.

It's safe to say most of today's players grew up and are comfortable with more contemporary game-improvement shapes in irons. Our goal with the new Silver Scot forgings was to get as close in performance to game-improvement clubs as we could while delivering the feel, feedback and workability that players like in more traditional clubs.

The contacts helped me see basic shapes of things and basic forms; but I couldn't see any real details. And they hurt so bad. I called them the little circles of death.

If you're talking about characteristics in a quarterback, you're looking for guys that are winners. They come in all shapes and sizes. They have to have leadership qualities, and he's gotta be tough.

Don't be like me. Look at me: monogamous, in shape, no debt, sober... I'm dead inside.

To say that Windows 95 is just like the Mac is like finding a potato in the shape of Jesus and thinking you have witnessed the second coming

I have a real love of sound and the shape of the sound. I'm a musician, and I'm fascinated with the effects of sound, and tone, and pitch and melody and all that sort of stuff.

Imagination frames events unknown, In wild, fantastic shapes of hideous ruin, And what it fears creates.

Let us watch against pride in every shape-pride of intellect, pride of wealth, pride of our own goodness.

Beware of self-righteousness in every possible shape and form. Some people get as much harm from their "virtues" as others do from their sins.

I recommend that everyone in their youth be as out of shape as possible so that when you turn 40, people can go, "Wow, you look much better now."

I think fat, out-of-shape people should be fined.

The most important thing in your life is your health and your body. You can have all the education and you can have millions of dollars in the bank, but if you've got headaches every day, if you're fat and you are out of shape - what good is your money? Your health account and your bank account, build them both up!

Stay in shape. And remember, daily exercise is a must. Plan for it, and do it. The rewards will be well worth it.

Life is great when your in shape!

The world is primarily organized in nation states: sovereign, geo-political entities organized around one predominant nationality or ethnic group. National identity is the cohesive force that both holds nation states together and shapes their relationships with the family of nations.

They'll wait to see how Christmas shapes up, and if it's weak, they'll give another rate cut in January.

The generally accepted theory is that financial markets tend towards equilibrium, and...discount the future correctly. I operate using a different theory, according to which financial markets cannot possibly discount the future correctly because the do not merely discount the future; they help to shape it.

There's nothing like boxing for getting you in shape.

Who is able to paint the existence of a dog as Picasso paints the existence of a cubic shape?

I would want to be in a larger group. Personally, it would give me a sense of security, that we aren't a force to be messed with. I'd stay in the center of the group, and stay in shape! I've just got to be able to outrun the rest of them!

Hell goes round and round. In shape it is circular, and by nature it is interminable, repetitive, and nearly unbearable.

A sculptor is a person obsessed with the form and shape of things.

A piece of sculpture can have a hole through it and not be weakened if the hole is of a studied size, shape, and direction.

The whole of nature is an endless demonstration of shape and form. It always surprises me when artists try to escape from this.

Our knowledge of shape and form remains, in general, a mixture of visual and of tactile experiences... A child learns about roundness from handling a ball far more than from looking at it.

He gazed amusedly down the table at Tessa. “You’re the shape-changer, aren’t you?” he said. “Magnus Bane told me about you. No mark on you at all, they say.” Tessa swallowed and looked him straight in the eye. They were discordantly human eyes, ordinary in his extraordinary face. “No. No mark.” He grinned around his fork. “I do suppose they’ve looked everywhere?” “I’m sure Will’s tried,” said Jessamine in a bored tone.

We have heard projects with some of the writers, who we've been in business with for a long time at the studio, that we've heard as a studio - often, pitches that are still in their formation stage where we or the writers have wanted our input on developing them. We've probably heard more pitches with the network hat on. Certainly all of the outside pitches are that way, and many of the pitches that have been in great shape coming out of the studio we've heard from a network perspective.

How rash to assert that man shapes his own destiny. All he can do is determine his inner responses.