On painting and fighting looke aloofe. [On painting and fighting look aloof.] — George Herbert Copy Share Image
From him [Death] alone of all the powers of heaven Persuasion holds aloof. — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
A poet can't afford to be aloof. The tools of his trade are the people he bumps up against. — Rod McKuen Copy Share Image
“Relax; the world's not watching that closely. It's too busy contemplating itself in the mirror.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
I'm known as a strange, aloof kind of man. But all I'm doing is trying to protect myself and my work. — J. D. Salinger Copy Share Image
In politics one may remain aloof and become irrelevant or get involved and get corrupted. — Eugene McCarthy Copy Share Image
“Nice words and nice appearance doesn't conclude that someone is nice, i believe that the nicer you look, the more deceptive you… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
I love Obama's calm and dignity. A lot of people confuse that with being aloof, but I know people that have held… — Stephen Stills Copy Share Image
By a conscious effort of the mind we can stand aloof from actions and their consequences; and all things, good and bad,… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I find a fascination, like the fascination for the moth of a star, in those who hold aloof and disdain me. — Logan Pearsall Smith Copy Share Image
There are some nights when sleep plays coy, aloof and disdainful. And all the wiles that I employ to win its service… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
If, in the present chaotic and shameful struggle for existence, when organized society offers a premium on greed, cruelty, and deceit, men… — Lucy Parsons Copy Share Image
God is not aloof. He is not disconnected. He says continually through the centuries, I’ll help you, I really will. When you… — Jim Cymbala Copy Share Image
Ayn Rand held that art is a 're-creation of reality according to an artist's metaphysical value-judgements.' By its nature, therefore, a novel… — Leonard Peikoff Copy Share Image
For the more a man limits himself, the nearer he is on the other hand to what is limitless; it is precisely… — Stefan Zweig Copy Share Image
Don't choose. If you choose, you will be in the quagmire. Don't choose! A choiceless awareness is the goal. Just remain aloof;… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
I think she [Hillary Clinton] would be far superior to President [Barack] Obama, who is basically remote, aloof and not involved with… — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
aloof, adj. It has always been my habit, ever since junior high school, to ask that question: “What are you thinking?” It… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
John asked me to dance and I nearly died. Bingo! I then amazed myself by being very cool, calm and collected outwardly-inside… — Cynthia Lennon Copy Share Image
But, you may ask, if the two departments [i.e., federal and state] should claim each the same subject of power, where is… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“There was silence between them for moment, and she wondered if all women, when in love, were torn between two impulses, a… — Daphne du Maurier Copy Share Image
“word that drifted into English from Holland, where English itself was born around the 11th century, according to Melvyn Bragg. From the… — Phil Cousineau Copy Share Image
King Arthur is profoundly stupid and inept.. then there's Clive Owen, rising above it all. Aloof yet watchful, the actor cultivates an… — David Edelstein Copy Share Image
The Koran says that humanity has been created to recognize and worship God and, as a dimension of this worship, to improve… — Fethullah Gulen Copy Share Image
It is well known that we fight in God's cause... but unless God helps us by a miracle the English, who have… — Nicholas Rodger Copy Share Image
As soon as men live entirely in accord with the law of love natural to their hearts and now revealed to them,… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
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![“I think she [Hillary Clinton] would be far superior to President [Barack] Obama, who is basically remote, aloof and not involved with - he doesn't deal with members of Congress.” quote by Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/3c0/mark-shields-1572_aloof_i-think-she-hillary-clinton-would-be-far_2017984.png)
![“But, you may ask, if the two departments [i.e., federal and state] should claim each the same subject of power, where is the common umpire to decide ultimately between them? In cases of little importance or urgency, the prudence of both parties will keep them aloof from the questionable ground…” quote by Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/d33/thomas-jefferson-43_aloof_but-you-may-ask-if-the-two-departments-i_1638614.jpg)
