Top 171 Surround Quotes

You can always tell a person’s real character and personhood by those who closely surround him, especially if they’re family.

You are who you surround yourself with. I know that’s such a cliche quote, but it’s true.

Daesh is the enemy of Europe, and Europe cannot live with the idea that the crises that surround it don’t have an effect on it.

God has been faithful time and again to surround me with people that sharpen me and that make me better.

Every technology that comes into filmmaking is first a gimmick. Think about sound with ‘The Jazz Singer’ or the first colour or surround sound – it takes a while for filmmakers to understand how to use it.

Whatever you put around yourself, you will be the mirror of it. Surround yourself with things you love.

I’m honestly just trying to surround myself with talented people that I look up to/feel like I can learn from.

I surround myself with bizarre people. They’re more fun to write about.

I heard about the movie business before I even knew what it was. So I surround myself now with people who are like, ‘Can we not talk about movies for an hour?’

When I begin a book, I inevitably discover many things along the way, about the characters, their past histories and the political intrigues that surround them. This discovery process is vital, and I would not prejudice it by deciding too much in advance.

You learn as much as you can from the people that you work with. That’s why you want to surround yourself with the heaviest people that you can possibly get to.

I suppose my attitude is what’s most important is that we surround the president’s misleading information with accurate information and help people know what is true ’cause I think the biggest trend of the Trump years is that people are increasingly confused about what is real and what is made-up.

Surround yourself with great people. People are what make businesses prosper.

I think it’s good to surround yourself with good people.

I surround people in unconditional acceptance and love to such a degree that everything that is unloving about them rises to the surface.

Stock market goes up or down, and you can’t adjust your portfolio based on the whims of the market, so you have to have a strategy in a position and stay true to that strategy and not pay attention to noise that could surround any particular investment.

Drama seems to kind of surround me.

I think, in life, we want to surround ourselves with people who make us think and question ourselves, and those are the types of films I want to do and the types of characters that I hope I get to continue to play.

I’m always telling young designers to take the time to surround themselves with women.

Surround yourself with people who believe in you.

I think I am a pretty good judge of character in general and try to surround myself with the best people I can.

You have to surround yourself with really good people and have a very thick skin.

Surround yourself with people who only lift you higher.

Personally I have never found the practice of recreational drug use appealing. In fact, I have always found the lifestyle and the people who surround it to be abhorrent.

I try to surround myself with the people who genuinely believe in changing things, that are angry about it and want to make changes and want to make a change and are willing.

No, I never surround myself with people I hate.

If you want to surround yourself with a lot of people and be pampered then that is a decision you make yourself. Personally I don’t do it and I don’t feel the need to do it.

I surround myself, not with yes men, but people who have their own ideas and are on board with with I want to do.

The most important thing you can do when starting a business is surround yourself with smart people who know a lot more than you do in certain realms.

I surround myself with great people. I listen to what they have to say. But at the end of the day, I rely on my gut.

And then there’s all these other creeps that surround your band and suck off you like leeches and try to manipulate you and your business. You have to watch like a hawk. I’m always ready to fight. I see it very much as a battle.

I’m kind of fascinated by this idea that we can surround ourselves with information: we can just pile up data after data after data and arm ourselves with facts and yet still not be able to answer the questions that we have.

You’re only as good as the people who you surround yourself with.

In your 40s, you shed those who bring you down and surround yourself with the most positive people you know.

When you surround yourself with nature, it’s really powerful.

You don’t have to call it God or Jesus. That’s religious humbug to a lot of people, but you’ve gotta believe that nature and spiritual things surround us. That is what put us here! I thank the universe for that every day of my life.

It was a very well-rounded childhood with lots of different opportunities. My mom will say she set out to overstimulate me – surround me with way too many things and let me pick. As a result, I’ve always been a multitasker; I’ve always liked a lot of variety.

Prominence is cool, but when the delusion kicks in it can be a drag. Especially if you choose to surround yourself with friends and not acolytes.

A wise man has to always listen to the peers he surrounds around himself. That’s why you surround yourself with other smart people. Captain Kirk keep Mr. Spock right beside him.

If I’m happy, it’s because I have a group of people that’s fun to surround myself with and everything.

I feel so entirely in my element with a full orchestra; even if my mortal enemies were marshalled before me, I could lead them, master them, surround them, or repulse them.

My mother didn’t set out to surround us with white students or colleagues. My mother just sought a quality education. People have these expectations of who they think you should be. And I say it’s because they don’t really understand Malcolm X – or his wife.

Successful leaders surround themselves with intelligent people.

The smartest thing a director can do is surround himself with really good people.

It’s important to come out to yourself first and be comfortable with it. After that, I feel it’s important to surround yourself with a group of friends who support you and love you for who you are.

We live in an imperfect world, and imperfect people surround us every day.

You’ve got to invest your own time, invest your own resources into creating a better world, not only for yourself but for the people you surround yourself with.

This is my advice to entrepreneurs. It’s easy to give up, but believe in your ideas. Surround yourself with people you respect and are smarter than you.

The enormous success of 2009’s ‘The Blind Side,’ in which Sandra Bullock makes a black teenager one of the family, demonstrates that America isn’t post-racial. It is thoroughly mired in race – the myths that surround it, the guilt it inspires, the discomfort it causes, the struggle to transcend it.

From a planning standpoint, you want to surround a first-year head coach with quality coaches at all levels.

I like to create a simple space and surround myself with things that I like to look at.

Every writer with half a brain knows to surround himself or herself with editors who are smarter, far more articulate, and infinitely better looking.

When I created Buffy, I wanted to create a female icon, but I also wanted to be very careful to surround her with men that not only have no problem with the idea of a female leader, but were in fact engaged and even attracted to the idea.

I surround myself with family. I have got the most incredible wife in the world and unbelievable kids.

I’m just trying to be the best I can be. I try to surround myself with people who are strong in areas I’m weak. Which is why I have such a big staff.

I surround myself with guys who are pretty successful, good people, and I think the two biggest influences in my life lately have been Tim Tebow and Ryron Gracie.

As I watched on TV the nest of reporters and groupies surround Palin at the Iowa State Fair, I couldn’t help but sit back and wonder if she’s become the ultimate party crasher for the Republican Party.

We live in a world where it’s difficult to be a woman who is strong and confident, so I like to surround myself with friends that embody that same principle and idea.

I think this industry can be tough on everyone. You have to surround yourself with supportive people and know when to put your foot down and do what’s best for you and your family. The first few years in the music industry can be a steep learning curve, and I’ve definitely developed a thicker skin!

Keeping your head down and just writing is only part of the equation, so I surround myself with smart people to help sell my books.

I’ve actually always started with what feels most natural. Which is, the people who surround me in my daily life. So, the first show I ever wrote, which is called ‘Surface Transit,’ was based in part on people I knew from my family. Co-workers, ex-boyfriends. All of that kind of thing.