Most people think of Ariel when they think of mermaids. What they don't know is that she's surrounded by really hot-tempered mermaids.
Both my parents are chefs I grew up in a restaurant and was always surrounded by cooks. I love food.
That is one more reason why I write in English only right now. I prefer writing in the language I hear around me for the people by whom I am surrounded.
I may be flying a complicated airplane, rushing through space, but in this cabin I'm surrounded by simplicity and thoughts set free of time. How detached the intimate things around me seem from the great world down below. How strange is this combination of proximity and separation. That ground - seconds away - thousands of miles away. This air, stirring mildly around me. That air, rushing by with the speed of a tornado, an inch beyond. These minute details in my cockpit. The grandeur of the world outside. The nearness of death. The longness of life.
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.
So there was President Obama, giving his bazillionth speech on health care, droning yet again that “now is the hour when we must seize the moment,” the same moment he’s been seizing every day of the week for the past year, only this time his genius photo-op guys thought it would look good to have him surrounded by men in white coats.
I was on the verge of tears, so I turned and ran past the trailer and along the field road until I was safely out of their sight. Then I ducked into the cotton and waited for friendly voices. I sat on the hot ground, surrounded by stalks four feet tall, and I cried, something I really hated to do.
I have different routines for different types of chaos. When I find myself swamped with work and surrounded by people, I try to carve out time to walk my dog alone so I can organize my thoughts.
Surrounded yourself with brilliant people. You can't HELP but grow when that happens.
I am further back, surrounded on all sides by wailing men, their faces shiny with tears. Uncle Al promised three dollars and a bottle of Canadian whiskey to the man who puts on the best show. You've never seen such grief-- even the dogs were howling.
It is better to develop ideas with friends rather than the usual route of having a great idea and throwing it out into a production, and being surrounded by professionals who've been doing their jobs for years.
I don't want to be surrounded by 'yes men'. I want people who'll disagree with me, even if it costs them their jobs.
When we're surrounded by things that look impossible, making a simple choice to do something that's possible is a powerful thing to do.
If a woman is surrounded by lovers or if a woman has a lot of guys asking her out, that's considered wonderful. As a woman who's slept with a lot of men, I've always been complimented on my ability to attract men.
Hard to feel confident when you’re surrounded by horse-sized wolves. Emmett Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 39, p. 745
Knowledge is an island surrounded by a sea of mystery.
Wary, as if surrounded by strangers.
We are surrounded by pictures; we have an abundance of theories about them, but it doesn't seem to do us any good. Knowing what pictures are doing, understanding them, doesn't seem necessarily to give us power over them.
I am surrounded by flatterers and fools. It can drive a man to madness,. . . Half of them don’t dare tell me the truth, and the other half can’t find it.
If you are living in a beautiful house surrounded by beautiful environment, you know not where to stay, inside or outside?