Famous quotes containing the word circles:
“Think of the wonderful circles in which our whole being moves and from which we cannot escape no matter how we try. The circler circles in these circles....”
—E.T.A.W. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus Wilhelm)
“By the power elite, we refer to those political, economic, and military circles which as an intricate set of overlapping cliques share decisions having at least national consequences. In so far as national events are decided, the power elite are those who decide them.”
—C. Wright Mills (1916–1962)
“The [Loyal] legion has taken the place of the club—the famous Cincinnati Literary Club—in my affections.... The military circles are interested in the same things with myself, and so we endure, if not enjoy, each other.”
—Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822–1893)