The universe expects every man to do his duty in his parallel of latitude. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Maturity is most rapid in the low latitudes, where pineapples and women most do thrive. — Nathaniel Parker Willis Copy Share Image
Handsome widows, after a twelve-month, enjoy a latitude and longitude without limit. — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
'Tis certain that our senses are extremely disproportioned for comprehending the whole compass and latitude of things. — John Wilkins Copy Share Image
I have all the world around me. My walls are 180 East Longitude and 90 North and 90 South Latitude… Adventure is my guidon. — L. Ron Hubbard Copy Share Image
“There isn’t a parallel of latitude but thinks it would have been the equator if it had had its rights.” — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
I personally made a decision many years ago that I wanted to crawl into portraiture because it had a lot of latitude. — Annie Leibovitz Copy Share Image
The First Lady is such a fascinating office to hold. You're not elected, but it's very much official. You can see the… — Bellamy Young Copy Share Image
The government has granted itself power it is not entitled to. There is no public oversight. The result is people like myself… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
It was a marvel, an enigma in abolition latitudes, that the slaves did not rise en-masse, at the beginning of hostilities. — Rebecca Latimer Felton Copy Share Image
Below the 40th latitude there is no law; below the 50th no god; below the 60th no common sense and below the… — Kim Stanley Copy Share Image
Listen to it, and you are hearing the mighty currents of the air rushing down the latitudes of the earth, currents from… — Hal Borland Copy Share Image
The president and the executive branch are always going to have greater latitude and greater authority when it comes to protecting America… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
At least half of every city is wrong. From latitude 30 degrees to latitude 60, say, you've got to have the long… — Bill Mollison Copy Share Image
Eurasia's main axis is east/west, whereas the main axis of the Americas is north/south. Eurasia's east/west axis meant that species domesticated in… — Jared Diamond Copy Share Image
I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude. [It allows you to] be the Mungo Park, the Lewis and… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Modesty and taste are questions of latitude and education; the more people know,--the more their ideas are expanded by travel, experience, and… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton Copy Share Image
The word 'pure' has never revealed an intelligent meaning to me. I can only use the word to quench an optical thirst… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I'm not as obsessive-compulsive about certain things; I give a lot of latitude to people and support people. I know that I… — Donna Karan Copy Share Image
Tell me, enigmatical man, whom do you love best, your father, Your mother, your sister, or your brother? I have neither father,… — Charles Baudelaire Copy Share Image
Theology, Mr. Fortune found, is a more accommodating subject than mathematics; its technique of exposition allows greater latitude. For instance when you… — Sylvia Townsend Warner Copy Share Image
In 1491 the Inka ruled the greatest empire on earth. Bigger than Ming Dynasty China, bigger than Ivan the Great’s expanding Russia,… — Charles C. Mann Copy Share Image
Why does a woman carry a gun? Because, under our system, every citizen has the latitude to act in the absence of… — John Longenecker Copy Share Image
Incidentally, I am intrigued by how many European and Latin American writers expressed their political views in the columns they routinely wrote… — Pankaj Mishra Copy Share Image
“Down, down, down. Would the fall never come to an end? “I wonder how many miles I’ve fallen by this time?” she… — Lewis Carroll Copy Share Image
Scientists say every action initiates an equal and opposite reaction. I say that's just the start. I say every action initiates a… — Ellen Hopkins Copy Share Image
No man will subject himself to the ridicule of pretending that any natural connection subsists between the sun or the seasons, and… — James Madison Copy Share Image
In civilization, as in a southern latitude, man degenerates at length, and yields to the incursion of more northern tribes. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I'm not a fan of 3D. But I am a huge fan of digital imagery. Because it allows a filmmaker much more… — William Friedkin Copy Share Image
The graceful pride of truth knows no extremes, and preserves, in every latitude of life, the right-angled character of man. — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
Women, are a map, Avik. You've got to understand their longitude, and how much latitude you can take. — Walter Russell Copy Share Image
Forever is composed of Nows 'Tis not a different time Except for Infiniteness And Latitude of Home — Emily Dickinson Copy Share Image
It is the maintenance of slavery by law in a state, not parallels of latitude, that makes its a southern state; and… — William H. Seward Copy Share Image
The teller of a mirthful tale has latitude allowed him. We are content with less than absolute truth. — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
When you're writing personal stories, you have to be totally uncompromising - to the extent that you can be - about yourself.… — Rob Lowe Copy Share Image
One [method] is by a Watch to keep time exactly. But, by reason of the motion of the Ship, the Variation of… — Isaac Newton Copy Share Image
The latitude and longitudinal lines of where you are born determine your opportunity in life, and it's not equal. We may have… — Brad Pitt Copy Share Image
My new city [Seattle] and its hinterland felt deceptively homely. Their similar latitude gave them the angular light and lingering evenings I… — Jonathan Raban Copy Share Image
![“I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude. [It allows you to] be the Mungo Park, the Lewis and Clark of your own streams and oceans; [to] explore your own higher latitudes; [to] be a Columbus to whole new continents and worlds within you, opening new channels, not of trade…” quote by Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/2c6/henry-david-thoreau-20_columbus_i-never-found-the-companion-that-was-so_804450.jpg)
![“One [method] is by a Watch to keep time exactly. But, by reason of the motion of the Ship, the Variation of Heat and Cold, Wet and Dry, and the Difference of Gravity in different Latitudes, such a watch hath not yet been made.” quote by Isaac Newton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/733/isaac-newton-1226_cold_one-method-is-by-a-watch-to-keep-time-ex_1308582.jpg)
![“My new city [Seattle] and its hinterland felt deceptively homely. Their similar latitude gave them the angular light and lingering evenings I was used to. Their damp marine weather, blowing in from the southwest, came in the right direction. When the mountains are hidden under a low sky, one might…” quote by Jonathan Raban](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/8e6/jonathan-raban-11981_britain_my-new-city-seattle-and-its-hinterland-f_363879.jpg)