José Martí (1853–1895) Poet, writer, Cuban nationalist leader
A Glance at the North American's Soul Today (1886)
Izaak Walton, in Philip B. Secor, Richard Hooker: Prophet of Anglicanism and Son of Exeter http://www.exeter-cathedral.org.uk/Clergy/Hooker.html. Walton (August 9, 1593 - December 15, 1683) was the chief biographer of Hooker. <br class="br">About
José Martí (1853–1895) Poet, writer, Cuban nationalist leader
A Glance at the North American's Soul Today (1886)
“There are wheels within wheels in this village, and fires within fires!”
Mrs. Ann Putnam
The Crucible (1953)
“The good thing about reinventing the wheel is that you can get a round one.”
Douglas Crockford (1955) American computer programmer
In response to David Winer http://scripting.wordpress.com/2006/12/20/scripting-news-for-12202006/
“All he needed was a wheel in his hand and four on the road.”
Jack Kerouac (1922–1969) American writer
Source: On the Road: the Original Scroll
Ludovico Ariosto book Orlando Furioso
Si vede per gli esempi di che piene
Sono l'antiche e le moderne istorie,
Che 'l ben va dietro al male, e 'l male al bene,
E fin son l'un de l'altro e biasmi e glorie;
E che fidarsi a l'uom non si conviene
In suo tesor, suo regno e sue vittorie,
Né disperarsi per Fortuna avversa,
Che sempre la sua ruota in giro versa.
Canto XLV, stanza 4 (tr. B. Reynolds)
Orlando Furioso (1532)
Ludovico Ariosto book Orlando Furioso
Alcun non può saper da chi sia amato,
Quando felice in su la ruota siede:
Però c'ha i veri e i finti amici a lato,
Che mostran tutti una medesma fede.
Se poi si cangia in tristo il lieto stato,
Volta la turba adulatrice il piede;
E quel che di cor ama riman forte,
Ed ama il suo signor dopo la morte.
Canto XIX, stanza 1 (tr. B. Reynolds)
Orlando Furioso (1532)
“We turn the Wheel to bring the light. We call the sun from the womb of night. Blessed Be!”
Starhawk (1951) American author, activist and Neopagan
The Spiral Dance: A Rebirth of the Ancient Religion of the Goddess (1979)
Context: This is the stillness behind motion, when time itself stops; the center is also the circumference of all. We are awake in the night. We turn the Wheel to bring the light. We call the sun from the womb of night. Blessed Be!
Linus Torvalds (1969) Finnish-American software engineer and hacker
Attributed <br class="br">Source: on Desktop_architects: Drivers &ndash; below the OS, Fri Aug 3 18:12:57 PDT 2007 https://lists.linux-foundation.org/pipermail/desktop_architects/2007-August/002446.html.