It is the quality of patriotism to be jealous and watchful, to observe all secret machinations, and to see publick dangers at… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
All ceremonies are in themselves very silly things; but yet, a man of the world should know them. They are the outworks… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
Our senses perceive no extreme. Too much sound deafens us; too much light dazzles us; too great distance or proximity hinders ourview.… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
Sleep marks passing time, giving us distance from the things that have hurt us. When a person is wounded they will often… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
Technology gives us the facilities that lessen the barriers of time and distance - the telegraph and cable, the telephone, radio, and… — Emily Greene Balch Copy Share Image
Filmmaking is always about keeping the right distance, and it's always a struggle. You struggle for more access. It's a little bit… — Frederic Tcheng Copy Share Image
Long distance is the next best thing to being there. But a dove in love would rather reach out and touch someone.… — Charley Harper Copy Share Image
It has been observed that the height of a man from the crown of the head to the sole of the foot… — Pliny the Elder Copy Share Image
To me, wearing glasses is no pleasure, but once I conceded that I simply couldn't properly judge distance without them, I began… — Arnold Palmer Copy Share Image
I hear a thunder in the distance; see a vision of the cross. I feel the pain that was given on a… — Scott Stapp Copy Share Image
But too many people now climb onto the cross merely to be seen from a greater distance, even if they have to… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
A civilization is a heritage of beliefs, customs, and knowledge slowly accumulated in the course of centuries, elements difficult at times to… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Copy Share Image
Performance enhancing drugs are banned in the Olympics. OK, we can swing with that. But performance 'debilitating' drugs should not be banned.… — Eddie Izzard Copy Share Image
True love is when you're far away from each other and no one can take your place. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Avoid distant views, paint objects close up. If the foreground is well done the distance will take care of itself. — Charles Webster Hawthorne Copy Share Image
That one body may act upon another at a distance through a vacuum, without the mediation of any thing else, by and… — Isaac Newton Copy Share Image
The discovery of electrical waves... has had a profound influence on civilization; it has been instrumental in providing the methods which may… — Joseph John Thomson Copy Share Image
The Shat-el-Arab is a noble river or estuary. From both its Persian and Turkish shores, however, mountains have disappeared, and dark forests… — Isabella Bird Copy Share Image
Shock is a merciful condition. It allows you to get through disaster with a necessary distance between you and your feelings. — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
It's now possible to play and take lessons from any place of the world. The concept of physical distance doesn't exist in… — Alexandra Kosteniuk Copy Share Image
We ordinary people can see neither our own eyelashes, which are so close, nor the heavens in the distance... — Nichiren Copy Share Image
During the long stretches of quiet two-lane highway, with the sun setting in the distance, it was somehow easier to say things… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Like John Kennedy in 1960, Obama combines youth, vigor, and good looks with the promise of political change. Like Kennedy, he grew… — Virginia Postrel Copy Share Image
There is a cheap literature that speaks to us of the need of escape. It is true that when we travel we… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Copy Share Image
