Iceland, though it lies so far to the north that it is partly within the Arctic Circle, is, like Norway, Scotland, and Ireland, affected by the Gulf Stream, so that considerable portions of it are quite habitable. – Harry Johnston
A two-speed Europe will not be a strong Europe. The idea of making decisions and policies in a narrow circle, disregarding smaller EU members, will make it hard to engage them to commit to a common policy, which will weaken the union. – Georgi Parvanov
A blessing is a circle of light drawn around a person to protect, heal and strengthen. – John O’Donohue To Bless the Space Between Us: A Book of Blessings (Benedictus in Europe).
I find inspiration for my works of art in my studio and in the squared circle from all sorts of places. – Jeff Hardy
I painted the Astor-Victoria sign seven times, and it’s 395 feet wide and 58 feet high. I dropped a gallon of purple paint on Seventh Avenue and 47th Street from 15 stories up and didn’t kill anybody. I dropped a brush at Columbus Circle. It fell on a guy’s camel-hair coat. – James Rosenquist
Mythology is like a game of Chinese Whispers. What goes in at one end of the human circle is rarely what emerges at the other end. – Ashwin Sanghi
I’m not really in Louis CK’s circle. It’d probably be harder if we were really close and I went off on him. – Andy Kindler
One child must never be set above another, even in casual conversation, not to mention in speeches that circle the globe. – Alice Walker
I was a math whiz who stunk at English, so of course I wanted to be a writer more than anything in the world. I performed impromptu plays for my grandmother’s sewing circle but forced my little sister to ask for ketchup at McDonald’s. – Alethea Kontis
There’s something imminent in the work, but the circle is only completed by the viewer. – Anish Kapoor
I advocate that every woman be a part of a circle, and a circle that meets at least once a month, or if you can’t do that, once every two months or every four months. – Alice Walker
When I began, the guitar was en-closed in a vicious circle. There were no composers writing for the guitar, be-cause there were no virtuoso guitarists. – Andres Segovia
The Canadian circle in L.A. is really close. There’s a magnet effect where we all just huddle together somehow. It’s one big Canadian family, really. – Devon Bostick
My predecessor, P. W. Botha, had an inner circle, and I did not like it. I preferred decisions to evolve out of cabinet discussions. That way, we achieved real co-ownership of our policies. – F. W. de Klerk
I made the first Feist album in ’98. So at that point, it was my nickname. It was as far as with my circle of friends, and just felt more accurate than two names. – Feist
There is a common theme, though, in the stories I have told, which are usually associations of characters or families that are formed outside of a family circle. – Gus Van Sant
The nature of God is a circle of which the center is everywhere and the circumference is nowhere. – Empedocles
I can go to a movie theater and watch a movie I was in with an audience… but with television, the opportunity to meet the fans at Comic Con or any other situation, it’s a chance to enter that circle; it’s that sharing. – Mark Sheppard
I’ve never wanted to be part of an inner circle of any scene. I’ve always been an outsider looking to question and subvert. – David LaChapelle
I like circle time and school drop-off. And I like that I have kids still willing to hold my hand. – Christine Taylor
Never, never rest contented with any circle of ideas, but always be certain that a wider one is still possible. – Pearl Bailey
I didn’t have that normal teenage period when you build up your friends in your area and you have a social circle. – Daniel Radcliffe