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Quotes About Lines

A calculation, in fact, demonstrates that without nodes, physical space has no volume. In other words, it is in the nodes of the graph, not in the lines, that the volume of space "resides." The lines "link together" individual volumes sitting at the nodes.
~ Carlo Rovelli
Color is the speed at which Faraday's lines vibrate, and this is determined by the vibrations of the electric charges that emit light.
~ Carlo Rovelli
Light is thus nothing more than a rapid vibration of the spiderweb of Faraday's lines, which ripple like the surface of a lake as the wind blows. It isn't true that we "do not see" Faraday lines. To "see" is to perceive light, and light is the movement of the Faraday lines.
~ Carlo Rovelli
That surely must be what happened," she said to Brian. "A caretaker found the head and returned it and . . ." ". . . and you can be in the play," Brian finished for her. "I sure hope so—then we can quit this wild goose chase and eat lunch. Besides, I wish I could see you stumble around up there forgetting your lines," he teased.
~ Carole Marsh
It was really fun being in Tara's trailer, working on my lines. Tara is such an amazing actress. She's so good at what she does. I learned a lot from watching her.
~ Carson Daly
Maybe it's the rogue in me, the part of me that loves to color outside the lines, but the truth is, I don't have much respect for genre barriers.
~ George R.R. Martin
He wore command as he wore his suit—a good fit with clean lines.
~ J.D. Robb
The human bones are but vain lines dawdling, the whole universe a blank mold of stars.
~ Jack Kerouac
O Rosey, why don't you stay just home and eat chocolate bars and read Boswell all this society-izing will bring you nothing but lines of anxiety on your face -- and a sociable smile ain't nothing but teeth
~ Jack Kerouac
Los huesos humanos no son más que vanas líneas que se desvanecen, el universo entero un vacío molde de estrellas.
~ Jack Kerouac
The issue is whether the ultimate civil authority of the United States can tolerate actions in contempt of constitutional lines of authority. Any lessening of civil power over military power must inevitably lead away from democracy.
~ Harold Russell
I've always gravitated towards those ultimate lines in songs, the line you grab on to. That line in 'Smells Like Teen Spirit,' 'Here we are now/Entertain us' - the irony, the antagonism; that's always stuck with me.
~ Corey Taylor
I cannot conceive curved lines of force without the conditions of a physical existence in that intermediate space.
~ Michael Faraday
Protecting the dignity and the security our seniors have earned is a commitment that spans generations and party lines.
~ Tom Rooney
I had a memory span about as long as the lines in a school play.
~ Claire Messud
'Quick Change' was my first real movie. It was an interesting audition process because there were no lines in the script. Bill Murray's character would say something, and Geena Davis and Randy Quaid would say something, and then it would just say, 'The cabbie speaks.' How do you audition for that?
~ Tony Shalhoub
Since I'd developed this fear of not remembering my lines, I took 'Mulholland Drive' as a test for myself. It was a long monologue: no one else speaks.
~ Lee Grant
Today, to find a challenge is really hard. In the Alps, everything is done. The new lines, almost all of them are finished. So to find a new challenge, it's all beginning to go to speed.
~ Ueli Steck
Posh was my favorite Spice Girl but she didn't have that many lines to sing.
~ Saara Aalto
Between his eyes, there were four lines, the marks of such misery as children should never feel. He spoke with that wonderful whisky voice that so many Spanish children have, and he was a tough and entire little boy.
~ Martha Gellhorn
Men are governed by lines of intellect - women: by curves of emotion.
~ James Joyce
The franchise and the virus work on the same principle, what thrives in one place will thrive in another. You just have to find a sufficiently virulent business plan, condense it into a three-ring binder ? its DNA ? Xerox it, and embed it in the fertile line of a well-traveled highway, preferably one with a left turn lane. Then the growth will expand until it runs up against its property lines.
~ Neal Stephenson
So the borders were easy, except along the frontier of the Dutch Republic, where all the lines of circumvallation ran across their path:
~ Neal Stephenson
Acting isn't that hard, really. I mean, I think that people make a big deal about it, but you just kind of try to say your lines naturally.
~ Ryan Gosling