Theodore Isaac Rubin

Sometimes the routes leading to feelings of anger are so convoluted and circuitous that it takes enormous skill to discern their original source, or fountainhead. But regardless of the reason for or the source of the anger or the relative ease or complexity in perceiving either the anger or its source - everybody, but everybody, gets angry.

American Psychologist

Conrad Anker

Once I graduated from university, I wanted to climb and be outdoors as much as possible. I worked as a part-time carpenter and kept up a relationship with The North Face. One thing led to another, and I'm lucky to be where I am now. It was a circuitous path with lots of adventure throughout.

American Athlete

David Whyte

Things have a way of being richer in the end, a product better made, for the circuitous route we take to include all the elements that are necessary for a job well done.

English Poet

Marc Randolph

It was a long, circuitous route from my mom's real estate business to Netflix. It didn't happen overnight. Or in a year. Or even in ten years. But it happened.

American Businessman

Carol Burnett

We all get where we're going by circuitous journeys, and some of the setbacks are warranted.

American Actress

David Grann

It was a very circuitous path. It was not very linear - I floundered about for many years.

American Journalist

Victoria Pratt

I came to acting in a very circuitous way.

Canadian Actress

Use 'circuitous' when simplicity isn't the goal and complexity is expected or required in the explanation or route.

Avoid in Simplicity

'Circuitous' is often used when someone takes a long time to get to the point in a conversation.

Extended Conversations

Sometimes 'circuitous' can describe a positive and strategic approach rather than a purely inefficient one.

Not Always Negative

 that I think the creative process in architecture, the design process, is extremely circuitous. It's labyrinthine. It's Calvino's idea of the quickest way between two points is the circuitous line, not the straight line. And definitely my life has been part of that. I'm going to start with some simple kind of