Our minds are finite, and yet even in these circumstances of finitude we are surrounded by possibilities that are infinite, and the purpose of life is to grasp as much as we can out of that infinitude.
Alfred North Whitehead
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How paramount the future is to the present when one is surrounded by children.
Charles Darwin
We live with this horror and are surrounded by this horror.
Roberto Benigni
We see European markets opening the week flat. A lot of interest has surrounded silver, which has opened the week at record highs.
Harley Salt
For the first time, we've got a woman as head of government. That means something. I hope that this woman really gets a chance and doesn't continue to be surrounded by disrespect and intrigue.
Alice Schwarzer
A lot of work needed to be done to the physical store, but we were willing to wait because the location was perfect. We are surrounded by a group of very successful businesses, which is great.
Joe Bosetti
Bill and Jerry have surrounded me with people I trust.
Jeff Ireland
The last two years, even though she hasn't been surrounded by great talent, she has made that talent play better each night out.
Carlton Greene
We always make jokes that having such a system where your table is surrounded by partitions or curtains -- if someone wants to have a date or something, it's perfect privacy.
Somayya Jabarti
It's a big change for me. I'm living with my four sons, my husband, my father and a male dog that's not fixed. Basically I'm surrounded by testosterone.
Wendie Malick
My personal view is that PCs won't go away. But I think we'll be surrounded by devices that will provide access to network-based services. Some will be PCs, and some won't.
Peter Beaman
It's a huge move for me to be going solo, but I'm looking forward to the challenge. It's also quite nerve-racking having been surrounded by six friends for four years, but I love the new single and other material I've been working on and we're all very supportive of each other.
Rachel Stevens
There is nothing so subject to the inconstancy of fortune as war. Cervantes Every war has its own excuse. That's why they're all surrounded with ideals. That's why they're all crusades.
Karl Shapiro
We just seem to be surrounded on this anniversary show by all of our personal favorites. I have to say that in the first person, because they're my personal favorites.
Don Cornelius
This island is almost made of coal and surrounded by fish. Only an organizing genius could produce a shortage of coal and fish in Great Britain at the same time.
Aneurin Bevan
It's been an unbelievable 18-year career here. From Donnie to Larry to the Simon family, they have been tremendous, not only to myself, but to my family. I've been surrounded by a lot of love.
Reggie Miller
Love is an ocean of emotions entirely surrounded by expenses.
Thomas Dewar
I find the earth to be a place of misery in which I am surrounded by the conformity that kills society.
Matt Leblanc
Officers surrounded the house, went inside and the suspect was in a bed, under the covers - he was arrested.
Shannon Sessions
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Scott Gordon
The tragedy is that when a precision bomb hits a gas station surrounded by cottages, you discover that you can't fight a humanitarian war in a humane way.
Mark Almond
The controversy that has surrounded this has really made history for them too. I don't think they knew what a huge effort they were involved in.
Karen Cantou
The trouble with America is that there are far too many wide-open spaces surrounded by teeth.
Charles Luckman
We have no other opportunity but [to use] helicopters and UNHCR buses to move around. These citizens are in a difficult situation. They are surrounded.
Oliver Ivanovic
It's a lot of fun — you walk in, and you're basically surrounded by butterflies. They're on the plants, and they fly around. If you're wearing light-color clothing, a lot of times the butterflies will land on you.
Tara Leiser
Society was once surrounded by wilderness; now wilderness is surrounded by society. Once you divide that wilderness, it is no longer recoverable.
James Dawson
The Strokes are probably having a beer surrounded by supermodels.
Steve Jocz
The crowds surrounded us they became very agitated that two westerners were beating up an Afghan.
Tim Sellers
The G-minor Symphony consists of eight remarkable measures surrounded by a half-hour of banality.
Glenn Gould
I cannot sleep unless I am surrounded by books.
Jorge Luis Borges
We had a lot of young guys last year. Guys like Anthony were leaders, surrounded by a lot of young guys. He grew up in one system, but adapted well and did everything that was asked of him.
Buddy Teevens
We surrounded ourselves with some really experienced professionals who helped us along. The development team had some really great knowledge and insight.
Brian Averill
Consistency is elusive for her. I think it's something she continues to strive for... but when you're surrounded by young players, that can be a difficult element.
Deb Patterson
I think he should spend the rest of his days surrounded by the very people that he hates.
Maureen Santora
Certainly, if you look at African-Americans and Latinos, there's a loyalty to one community. I've interviewed Tupac, Biggie Smalls, Ice T, and they always had people they surrounded themselves with.
Kevin Powell
The Providence program is successful because of good coaches, a good administration, great parents and kids who are dedicated to athletics. Any new job comes with a great deal of anxiety, and there are things I am not familiar with or aware of. But I will be surrounded by great people on all fronts, and they will help lead the way.
Doug Ternik
The perfect home is your home ... whatever it is and however you choose to make it so. You are surrounded by the things you like ... things that make you comfortable. It's as simple as that.
Joseph Carroll
Fishing is a delusion entirely surrounded by liars in old clothes.
Don Marquis
High-tech issues are surrounded by persistent fears over possible profit warnings as we get closer to the mid-year book closing in September.
Yutaka Miura
People say I'm extravagant because I want to be surrounded by beauty. But tell me, who wants to be surrounded by garbage?
Imelda Marcos
I find myself surrounded by teenagers with body-piercing and exposed navels, gabbing on cell phones and listening to hip-hop. Maybe I'm missing something here. But I just don't feel the least bit threatened by immigrants.
Joseph Sobran
At least Jacob is prepared and armed and surrounded by guys who are there to protect him. Which a lot more than we are just walking down the street.
David Fulton
We felt like we just got surrounded by this community of friends.
Scott Wolf
He actually came over and cut the tape on my hands. The tape was still on my ankles, and on their ankles too, but he said, 'be comfortable.' Apparently at that time, he realized that he was surrounded and that the situation had changed.
Paul Cronin
You have a center city surrounded by less dense communities. That's the place people go for employment, for major shopping. That's very likely going to continue.
Roger Hawk
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Scott Zerby
The president died shortly before midday in his residence surrounded by his family.
Muhamet Hamiti
I believed in the goal and I surrounded myself with people who believed in it.
Victoria Macvicar
The got a little rowdy at the offices. The cops surrounded the offices... they totally overreacted.
Dennis Scheib
I was very surprised to receive the award. As a coach, you're only as good as your players. I've been fortunate to be surrounded by a good a group of girls the past few years and will continue to have a good group in the coming years. All of the credit goes to the girls.
Kyle Adams
This award is a great honor but I was surrounded by a lot of people on the Washington team and the whole organization helped me to attain this accomplishment. I'm thankful, I'm blessed, I'm nervous. I'm so appreciative of it all.
Temeka Johnson
They (SWAT) surrounded the house and fired flash grenades into the courtyard. He came out with his hands up and we took him into custody.
Shelly Williams
I feel that the design with the central island is appealing. It's easily accessible for customers, has a nice large counter area, and is completely surrounded by impulse items like candy and magazines.
Don Fuller
We are surrounded by engineers' folleys: too many technical solutions still looking for problems to solve.
David Tansley
She (Seals) taught me a lot but most importantly she taught me how to be a young man. Students look around, you are surrounded by people who want to see you make it.
Randy Hart
He neither drank, smoked, nor rode a bicycle. Living frugally, saving his money, he died early, surrounded by greedy relatives. It was a great lesson to me.
John Barrymore
What is shocking these days? ... We are surrounded by appalling, shocking things; we are slightly inured to it. In the realm of things that can happen in a marriage, there are potentials which are horrible but you deal with it. But this is so far out there.
Jennifer Ward
They want to be strong and fit. They just don't want to go into Gold's Gym and be surrounded by spandex-clad Barbie dolls. They just want to work out in a comfortable setting. Companies that figure out how to provide that service that appeals to boomers will be successful.
Sarah Zapolsky
The happy married man dies in good stile at home, surrounded by his weeping wife and children. The old bachelor don't die at all - he sort of rots away, like a pollywog's tail.
Charles Farrar Browne
We spent the day before with him, and even then he looked so peaceful, surrounded by love. George has left so many precious memories and moments in all our lives which will remain with us forever.
Ravi Shankar
He's an authoritarian, intolerant type who's sure he knows the right way to proceed. He's surrounded himself with 'yes' people. What his people are saying, because they know that's his inclination, is, 'Don't go into the debate,' instead of giving objective advice.
George Grayson
Denver is a very popular destination, it?s a growing market. We have such a great route structure in the West, with Phoenix, Las Vegas, California and the Northwest. We have Colorado surrounded. Frankly, Colorado is a big hole in our route system.
Gary Kelly
The biggest plus for me is I'm coming into a situation where they already have a good team. They're just adding a good player. I'm going to be surrounded with talent. I'm not going to feel like it's my job to win games. I just have to do my part.
Ricky Williams
They've kind of surrounded him by some old friends of the audience, ... so that the audience will feel secure and they can concentrate on Alfred.
Betty White
My oldest son hardly left her side. He would just kiss her face and keep saying I love you, grandma. And I think she knew she was surrounded by love.
Rita Forrester
If you abandoned yourself to that world and that character and that period surrounded by extras in the same period clothing and costumes and listening to that music all the time, you give in and you let that music become a part of your soul. Then you can live it and breathe it, which is really what I was trying to do.
Gerard Butler
We have two great players. But they are surrounded by people who can score. We are really balanced.
Jill Phillips
We were surrounded by great athletes from around the country and got to take part in the opening ceremony with athletes from all over the world.
Julie Murphy
When people do leave, we stay in touch with them, and they tell us they miss being surrounded by talented, high-energy colleagues. But we're very proud of our alumni, who tend to do pretty well elsewhere.
Dick Antoine
It (Surprise Center) has not reached my expectations yet. My expectations were that we would be surrounded by nice shops, where people could walk, and there would be tree-lined avenues. I think it's coming, but it's just slower than I would like it.
Mayor Joan Shafer
I really want to thank everyone, including Hunter's fans. I've been surrounded by wonderful letters and e-mails and cards for the entire year. I can't thank them enough. This is a small gesture, the least I can do.
Anita Thompson
They've got us surrounded again, the poor bastards.
Creighton Abrams
We are surrounded by scents, so you don't want the room scent to compete or be overpowering. There's fragrance in deodorants and almost every household product. People spend a great deal of time in grocery aisles just trying to decide which scented detergent, dish or bath or cleaning soap to buy.
Terry Molnar
Every house there is surrounded by a garden, and when the gourd dries in the sun, it hardens and it can be used for everything.
Chisseko Kondowe
The guys went inside, and they made it about ten or 15 feet inside before they were basically surrounded by fire.
Matt Stanley
We've been surrounded by chaos for the last month and LSU football is a good distraction to keep our minds off the news.
Beau Bradshaw
It bore absolutely no resemblance to the 'rude cabin' described by racial detractors, ... and was surrounded by a bake house, a milk house, a smokehouse, a chicken house with '44 big hens,' a workhouse, a cow house, and a barn that housed '30 big horned beasts.' .
Robert Reed
The bread which is taken, blessed, broken and shared out, is Christ, who is that ladder linking heaven and earth and on which angels ascend and descend. The place in which we celebrate becomes our Bethlehem, a house of bread in which we are surrounded by a great cloud of witnesses, the living and the departed.
Arthur Middleton
The (Ford Foundation) is a large body of money completely surrounded by people who want some.
Dwight Macdonald
I first worked with Steve Martin on 'The Three Amigos,' also starring Chevy Chase, and the very gay Martin Short. I was surrounded by all these legends of comedy, and I felt guilty having a favorite, because you were all so funny. But hey, it was Chevy.
Jon Lovitz
It's an interesting thing. You get yourself into a zone. You only stop to fill the tank or empty the bladder. You're aware of everything. That's the difference between a car and a cycle. With a car, you're in a cage. Surrounded by an unchanging environment. On the bike, you're aware of everything. You're part of everything.
Cameron Smith
Honest pioneer work in the field of science has always been, and will continue to be, life's pilot. On all sides, life is surrounded by hostility. This puts us under an obligation.
Wilhelm Reich
We find it incredible that a man surrounded by two sober officers was able to suddenly sit up and pull a 15-inch knife from behind his back, swivel around and come out of bed in one motion.
Steve Wagner
I was surrounded by these guys who were spies right after World War II, when they were paranoid at the Russians... I had school friends whose fathers I would see arrive home in uniform, and leave the next day in civilian clothes, and disappear for a month. Sometimes they would come home, and sometimes not.
Stuart Banks
He just loved to dance and made sure we learned to dance too. We grew up surrounded by all kinds of dancing and all kinds of music.
Connie Hopkins
Right now the police have surrounded Stone Town and are lobbing tear gas.
Salim Bimani
East Africa is an island of peace and stability surrounded by a neighborhood that is bedeviled with war, upheaval and unrest, ... We can only feel secure in our development efforts when the neighborhood is peaceful and stable.
Benjamin Mkapa
The deputy ... said ... 'You're surrounded, your attempts to escape have come to an end, there's nowhere to go and we want this to go peacefully,'.
John Bolen
I thought Matt Williams was a really good coach but the problem was he surrounded himself with people who were not good for the way Scotland had to be playing given our size. We needed to be fitter and faster and move the ball more which wasn't what was happening.
Matt Williams
I loved her heart for God and for the kids. She was just an incredible woman that touched everyone's life that surrounded her, parents and kids. Everyone was drawn to her.
Sharon Robinson
We live on an island surrounded by a sea of ignorance. As our island of knowledge grows, so does the shore of our ignorance.
John Archibald Wheeler
Our pitching staff is very talented and is coached by one of the finest pitching coaches in Division 1 softball in coach [Kyle] Jamieson. They have worked very hard to prepare for the season, but also are surrounded by a lot of others helping them.
Leigh Ross
Right now it's still really emotional because it's been such an important part of my life and I've met so many great people here, including (head coach) Kevin Boyles. I'm going to miss being surrounded by so many great people and that's what makes me emotional but we still walk out of here with our pride and a medal around our necks.
Natalie Schwartz
I think I'm part of the last generation of songwriters that are really influenced by where they grew up because things these days are becoming more and more homogenized, ... My family comes from an area with lots of rich music ... hill music that was surrounded by storytelling, so it seemed natural to me.
Greg Brown
We were expecting to blow them out of the gym and send them home early. But we're surrounded by a lot of rookies, and this is their first time in an arena like this. They had to calm down and let the game come to them.
Manny T. Lopez
People ask us why we didn't just evacuate the park, but there were 70,000 people in there that night, surrounded by a steel fence, with tens of thousands of more people right outside. So there was no way to evacuate it quickly. Plus, we didn't know there was a bomb threat.
Charles Stone
You're pretty much surrounded by sharp, poky things.
Whit Hartz
Democracy is a small hard core of common agreement, surrounded by a rich variety of individual differences.
James B. Conant
He walked into the hospital grounds surrounded by bodyguards. He consulted a doctor for about two hours and then left, presumably for the flight back to Mozambique.
Robyn Baard
It's surrounded on three sides by water.
Dan Andrews
It's the old axiom: location, location, location. Suburban sprawl has now surrounded these communities. Suddenly you have a 10- to 15-acre property in a suburban area, and it becomes an attractive target ... for commercial and residential developers.
Bruce Savage
They were involved in a firefight and felt they were surrounded. Whether they escaped from that and were fleeing and went in the wrong direction, we don't know.
Hugh Shelton
This is still about a little boy who lost his mother at sea, trying to get to freedom. That's all that matters. He's being used as a trophy in Cuba. He's constantly surrounded by bodyguards and lives in a secluded neighborhood. That's not healthy for any child.
Alfredo Mesa
We accentuate the positive and don't try to shock. I think there's a growing appetite for that. We're surrounded by shock.
Charles Osgood
We are certainly influenced by role models, and if we are surrounded by images of beautiful rich people, we will start to think that to be beautiful and rich is very important - just as in the Middle Ages, people were surrounded by images of religious piety.
Alain De Botton
If we are surrounded by the trivial and the vicious, it is all too easy to make our peace with it.
William Bennett
Gary died doing something he loved and surrounded by people he loved.
Tony Ruivivar
There is no reason why they shouldn't have a good season next year. This team is surrounded by great players. I am in love with our players. If I were a coach, I would love the possibilities.
Oliver Hoyte
(The) four SUVs surrounded the accident. She saw one photographer come out of his car and start snapping away.
Marcel Pariseau
The thing that helps her is that she's surrounded by 10 girls that work really hard and just feed off each other in practice and push each other harder and harder. There's so much talent that they know that, if they don't do their best, they'll be passed by the next person and they all know that.
Trinity Morgan
If a store is surrounded by people who watch their diets, exercise and don't smoke, then it makes sense to give those customers healthier food choices than the traditional convenience store menu selection.
Robert Welch
The administration is in a bubble sitting in the green zone surrounded by barricades and barriers. You can say, 'In this village we built a clinic.' But where is that village? Is it where most of the people live? In Baghdad, where most of the people live reporters see nothing but chaos.
Loren Jenkins
I'm at a point in my life where I have something solid now. I'm a peaceful person, and I want to be surrounded by peace no matter what I'm doing.
Cheryl James
If they want to put down in some part of the desert surrounded by lions, jackals and other dangerous animals, then we will do it.
Alan Noble
We are finding that the President has surrounded himself with some capable and pretty knowledgeable people. I am comfortable that they will adequately be able to represent the issues.
Richard Martin
It is our view and the collective view of all the advisors that we surrounded ourselves with that this speaks of more financial engineering.
Mike Roberts
Both the man of science and the man of action live always at the edge of mystery, surrounded by it.
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Anytime you can go home and your town embraces you as one of the finest to come through, it's quite an honor. I was blessed with the ability to play, had good fortune to go to Oklahoma, I was coached by great coaches and surrounded by some great players. No one accomplishes the things I have without the people around them.
Thomas Lott Ii
This story is surrounded by myths and cliches and I worked hard to get through and find out what was true.
David Margolick
As I was getting older, my songwriting changed, so I moved to California because I wanted to be surrounded by the opportunity in and around it and to meet the right people.
Jim Brickman
Playing a concerto with Zubin is like being surrounded by a well-loved, cashmere-lined silk glove.
Isaac Stern
The water surrounded the houses, and they brought their portable generators inside.
Newell Normand
You don't realize what you take for granted. When you're surrounded [by devastation], it's a different story.
Brittany Stanley
In both cases, you have these islands of trouble surrounded by seas of prosperity. The only way for either city, I think, to be pulled out of its problems is to be able to tap into the energy around it.
Tom Fiedler
Hildegarde was perhaps the most famous supper-club entertainer who ever lived, ... I used to absorb all the things she was doing, all the showmanship she created. It was marvelous to watch her, wearing elegant gowns, surrounded with roses and playing with white gloves on. They used to literally roll out the red carpet for her.
Liberace
We're surrounded by mountains here. If he wanted to kill himself he could have flown into one of them.
Pietro Lunardi
It was an honor to perform at the Folly Theatre, surrounded by so many amazing dancers.
Chris Page
We were like Custer. We were surrounded. We had no working weapons. We couldn't even make a bayonet charge. We would have been mowed down. We didn't have a choice.
James Riley
Until now, we've been a group of buildings surrounded by parking lots, ... Now the garden brings all the buildings together and gives us a real presence and identity.
Richard Rogers
As a kid, I loved being surrounded by mountains, creeks and animals, and volunteering with my mom on initiatives to help protect the environment. Being part of this contest is one important way I can help ensure we all get to experience the beauty and wonder of wildlife, such as the bald eagle, that enrich all our lives and make us proud to be Americans.
Amy Smart
[Several Ohio State coaches surrounded him and the speaker phone was engaged when an anxious Pickett, then 18, dialed up his parents from Columbus.] I told them, 'I'm going to Ohio State,' ... And there was just silence. They were like, 'Son, come home and let's talk about it.'
Ryan Pickett
For the most part, they're surrounded by private lands.
Terry Mcdonald
In the golden half-light of a midsummer's evening, the sort where any kind of magic can occur, and often does, in the midst of a party held in a wild and rambling garden, stood Pierre, teetering on highly unsuitable heels, surrounded by a symphony of overripe roses.
Sophie Dahl
The county knows it doesn't have the money to acquire all 13 houses. They want a minimum of 10, ... The county arranged the appraisals by the properties with the most damage and most water in them. Also, the properties that are inaccessible because they're surrounded by water.
Rachael Evans
Instead of moving, they surrounded the vehicle.
Anne E. Schwartz
Radio was the greatest training ground. You had to be very quick and you had to be very versatile... and you were surrounded by such wonderful actors.
June Foray
They didn't know what they were doing. It was basically three days of queuing. Three days with no privacy surrounded by the noise of everyone else there.
Raymond Jones
It should help us because we would be surrounded with another automotive company.
Glenn Thomas
He played well. (Saranac) has some decent big guys and they surrounded Justin with two guys every time he touched the ball.
Todd Walden
Bob has a terrific metabolism for that job, ... He may not have been the exciting choice, given all of the drama that surrounded the whole issue of succession. But I think he is absolutely the right choice. He knows that company inside and out.
Steven Bochco
They were very lucky, because they were surrounded by water, which protected them from the looters and the gangs. They heard shots outside the windows.
Serge Denis
Well, I had to be kind of strict a little bit because the things that we were surrounded with, you know? ... So you notice that my kids [aren't] into any kind of trouble. We tried to raise them -- with always [to] respect other people as well.
Joseph Jackson
If ignorance is bliss the world is comfortably surrounded by the inhabitants of an Eden!
Don Williams, Jr
We must therefore conclude that, contrary to our expectations, this bright quasar is not surrounded by a massive galaxy.
Pierre Magain
When women grow up surrounded by these values and surrounded by the thought that they can achieve, I think we will continue to be producing more and more female leaders in our country because of that.
Lorie Smith
The film ends with a homicide murderer [suicide bomber] sitting in the bus surrounded by [Israeli] soldiers. It ends with a bright screen. We are living in this bright screen every day.
Yossi Mendellevich
You know what I'm talking about when this community is surrounded by negativity. We need to get through it and get over it and step up to work on the issues.
Mike Walker
Men, women and children, our fellow countrymen have now gone days - days - without food and far too long without clean water and medical attention. They are surrounded by flood waters littered with dead bodies and human feces. To the president of the United States, I simply say that God cannot be pleased with our response.
Elijah Cummings
(Those) parcels are totally surrounded by private land. They're isolated and inefficient for us to manage—that's why they got added in the mix there.
Ed Waldapfel
He enlisted and went on to fight in World War II and fight for civil rights at home, when he got back, ... He had a whole, rich life, full of passion and purpose. He died surrounded by a lot of people who loved him; it's pretty much a straight-up American dream.
Ethan Hawke
These are really kind of isolated pieces of forest. Most of our forests in East Texas are public land surrounded by private land.
Ernie Murray
We are absolutely surrounded and incredibly impacted by gaming in surrounding states, ... The pressures on Oaklawn to maintain its racing program are enormous. If we're going to stay competitive, we're going to have to find a way to supplement our purses.
Eric Jackson
Watching the Iowa game surrounded by friends was awesome.
Elliot Paul
The prime minister obviously can't walk the streets of Jerusalem for security reasons. But he can walk the halls of the Knesset surrounded by his security guards, and he is, of course, free to walk a lot at his Sycamore Ranch in the Negev. He should definitely buy a pedometer to ensure that he walks 10,000 steps a day and find more creative ways to walk, such as up steps.
Elliot Berry
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