“The city of Washington is in some respects self-contained, and it is easy there to forget what the rest of the United States is thinking about. I count it a fortunate circumstance that almost all the windows of the White House and its offices open upon unoccupied spaces that stretch to the banks of the Potomacand that as I sit there I can constantly forget Washington and remember the United States.” ThinkingI CanSelfStatesRememberHouseEasySpaceWhiteForgetUnitedCitiesUnited StatesCircumstancesOfficeWindowFortunateWhite HouseSelf Contained Book:President Wilson's Addresses Source: President Wilson's Addresses
“I think circumstance plays a big part in terms of what I do. For example, if I wasn't ever able to show in an art gallery I probably wouldn't really make very much sculpture. But I've had the opportunity to show in big spaces, so I want to fill up that space in the same way you might want to fill up a page.” IfsThinkingWayWantArtPlayShowsBigsMightAbleOpportunityTermSpaceExampleCircumstancesPagesSculptureGalleryArt Galleries Author:David Shrigley
“The quantity of meaning compressed into small space by algebraic signs, is another circumstance that facilitates the reasonings we are accustomed to carry on by their aid.” SpaceCircumstancesAidsReasoningQuantityAccustomedFacilitateSmall Spaces Book:On the Influence of Signs in Mathematical Reasoning Source: On the Influence of Signs in Mathematical Reasoning
“One of the great intellectual mistakes Einstein made is that he thought that space and time are physically or ontologically entangled. In the present non-spatial universal computational program, space and time happen to be entangled to the extent that, under certain unique circumstances, changes in spatial measurements indicate changes in temporal ones. However, a change in the program itself may cause space and time to disentangle.” MayMadeHappensCertainCausesSpaceMistakeCircumstancesUniqueIntellectualProgramUniversalTime And SpaceMeasurementSpatial Author:Kedar Joshi
“In the space of two days I had evolved two plans, wholly distinct, both of which were equally feasible. The point I am trying to bring out is that one does not plan and then try to make circumstances fit those plans. One tries to make plans fit the circumstances.” TryingDoeTwoSpacePlansFitCircumstancesTwo Days Author:George S. Patton
“But the web is to some degree a broth of psychopaths seeing what they can get away with in circumstances of anonymity. Look, we live in a world where one is unsafe in various ways because of the Internet. Anything can be said. Someone can look at your house from space.” WorldWayLooksSaidHouseSpaceSeeingInternetCircumstancesDegreesVariousGet AwayAnonymityPsychopathUnsafe Author:William Monahan
“With overwhelming military strength now deployed against him and with intense monitoring from space surveillance and the U.N. inspection team on the ground, any belligerent move by Saddam against a neighbor would be suicidal....If Iraq does possess such concealed weapons, as is quite likely, Saddam would use them only in the most extreme circumstances, in the face of an invasion of Iraq, when all hope of avoiding the destruction of his regime is lost.” IfsDoeUseWould BeFacesMovingLostSpaceTeamMilitaryCircumstancesWeaponsDestructionIraqExtremesNeighborIntenseOverwhelmingRegimesAvoidingSaddamSuicidalInvasionSurveillanceConcealedInspectionMonitoringConcealed Weapons Author:Jimmy Carter
“The moment you introduce difference into a museum, then the privileged space is contested, and under the most ideal circumstances what all artists want is the chance to be competitive. That's what I think the museum is supposed to be.” ThinkingWantMomentsArtistDifferencesChanceSpaceCircumstancesIdealsSupposed To BeMuseumsIntroducingPrivileged Author:Kerry James Marshall