#shape

It was only from an inner calm that man was able to discover and shape calm surroundings. ↗

— Stephen Gardiner

#calm #discover #inner #man #only

I think it's fair to say that personal computers have become the most empowering tool we've ever created. They're tools of communication, they're tools of creativity, and they can be shaped by their user. ↗

— Bill Gates

#become #communication #created #creativity #empowering

It's just a theory really, but I have always thought that your physical surroundings can shape your voice and personality. ↗

— K. D. Lang

#i #just #personality #physical #really

My Marine experience helped shape who I am now personally and professionally, and I am grateful for that on an almost daily basis. ↗

— Jim Lehrer

#am #basis #daily #daily basis #experience

I never take any notes or draw charts or make elaborate diagrams, but I hold an image of the shape of a book in my head and work from that mental hologram. ↗

— Jonathan Lethem

#book #charts #diagrams #draw #elaborate

Usually a poem takes shape accoustically - a line or a pair of lines will repeat itself in my ear. ↗

— Thomas Lynch

#itself #line #lines #pair #poem

Smooth shapes are very rare in the wild but extremely important in the ivory tower and the factory. ↗

— Benoit Mandelbrot

#factory #important #ivory #rare #shapes

Further-more, partisan attachments powerfully shape political perceptions, beliefs and values, and incumbents enjoy advantages well beyond the way in which their districts are configured. ↗

— Thomas E. Mann

#attachments #beliefs #beyond #districts #enjoy

The number of strokes to the inch controls the pitch of the note: the more, the higher the pitch; the fewer, the lower the pitch, the size of the stroke controls the loudness... the tone quality is the most difficult element to control, it is made by the shape of the strokes. ↗

— Norman McLaren

#controls #difficult #element #fewer #higher

While we remain a nation decisively shaped by religious faith, our politics and our culture are, in the main, less influenced by movements and arguments of an explicitly Christian character than they were even five years ago. I think this is a good thing - good for our political culture. ↗

— Jon Meacham

#ago #character #christian #culture #decisively