Approaching Quotes

293 quotes by 267 authors

She said she was approaching forty, and I couldn't help wondering from what direction. — Bob Hope
Well, I've always been interested in approaching a big city in a train, and I can't exactly describe the sensations, but they're entirely human and… — Edward Hopper
The Ego is partly free. partly determined, and reaches fuller freedom by approaching the Individual who is most free: God. — Muhammad Iqbal
Only then, approaching my fortieth birthday, I made philosophy my life's work. — Karl Jaspers
A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
We are approaching a new age of synthesis. Knowledge cannot be merely a degree or a skill... it demands a broader vision, capabilities in critical… — Li Ka-shing
I get more people approaching me about how good I was in 'Napoleon Dynamite' than being in Coldplay. — Chris Martin
We are fast approaching the stage of the ultimate inversion: the stage where the government is free to do anything it pleases, while the citizens… — Ayn Rand
Run for your life from any man who tells you that money is evil. That sentence is the leper's bell of an approaching looter. — Ayn Rand
You can imagine, if somebody's approaching retirement, and all of a sudden the funds that he or she is depending on is depleted by 50%… — Pat Robertson
One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important. — Bertrand Russell
Imagine it's 1981. You're an artist, in love with art, smitten with art history. You're also a woman, with almost no mentors to look to;… — Jerry Saltz
The pace of global warming is accelerating and the scale of the impact is devastating. The time for action is limited - we are approaching… — Eliot Spitzer
I have never smuggled anything in my life. Why, then, do I feel an uneasy sense of guilt on approaching a customs barrier? — John Steinbeck
Now that I have conquered social anxiety disorder, I find pleasure in fans approaching me. — Ricky Williams
What should I doâ€”how should I act now, this very day . . . What she would resolve to do that day did not yet… — George Eliot
By approaching my problems with "What might make things a little better?" rather than "What is the solution?" I avoid setting myself up for certain… — Hugh Prather
But truth be told, I'm not as dour-looking as I would like. I'm stuck with this round, sweetie-pie face, tiny heart-shaped lips, the daintiest dimples,… — Sarah Vowell
The whole journey was odd and dream-like -- the roaring stream, the wet grey grass, the glimmering cliffs which they were approaching, and always the… — C.S. Lewis
Youâ€™re pretty sharp, Clive. Do you believe in God?â€ Clive smiled. â€œI donâ€™t know, should I?â€ Actually, approaching the matter from a purely logical perspective,… — Ted Dekker

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