Barriers Quotes

630 Barriers quotes by 512 unique authors

Indeed, the only truly serious questions are ones that even a child can formulate. Only the most naive of questions are truly serious. They are… — Milan Kundera
As man advances in civilization, and small tribes are united into larger communities, the simplest reason would tell each individual that he ought to extend… — Charles Darwin
He looked at my lips. I suddenly found myself wanting to lick his. 'Yes,' he replied, his eyes going molten. My breath caught in my… — Katie MacAlister
What happened? Did a house fall on your sister?" I asked. Maybe there was a benefit to our language barrier. She pursed her lips. "You… — Richelle Mead
Perhaps the new dawn will come from this horizon, from the East where the sun rises; and then, unvanquished Man will retrace his path of… — Rabindranath Tagore
Don’t go beyond, no matter how much you feel you need to, Doctor. The barrier was not made to be broken. Remember this: there is… — Stephen King
The Set animal’s jaws were pried open so fast that it yelped and let go of my arm. I stood, now encased in a magical… — Rick Riordan
every healthy marriage is composed of walls and windows. The windows are the aspects of your relationship that are open to the world—that is, the… — Elizabeth Gilbert
It takes courage to push yourself to places you have never been before... to test yout limits... to break through barriers. And the day came… — Anais Nin
The living do not see eternity, just as they don't see Everlost, but they sense both in ways that they don't even know. They don't… — Neal Shusterman
I looked across the river to Manhattan. It was a great view. When Sadie and I had first arrived at Brooklyn House, Amos had told… — Rick Riordan
People always think there's this huge hundred-foot-high barrier that separates doing good from doing bad. But there's not. There's nothing. There's not even a little… — Matt de la Pena
In a word, literature is my Utopia. Here I am not disfranchised. No barrier of the senses shuts me out from the sweet, gracious discourse… — Helen Keller
Those walls and bars are there for a reason,” said Crake. “Not to keep us out, but to keep them in. Mankind needs barriers in… — Margaret Atwood
The contrast between the familiar and the exceptional was everywhere around me. A bullock cart was drawn up beside a modern sports car at a… — Gregory David Roberts
Laughter, on the other hand, " Petrarch went on, "is an explosion that tears us away from the world and throws us back into our… — Milan Kundera
Joking is a barrier between man and the world. Joking is the enemy of love and poetry. — Milan Kundera
Why were there so many barriers between us, always? Barriers of clothing, of etiquette, of time and age and reason. — Melanie Benjamin
Jack the sound barrier. Bring the noise. — Neal Stephenson
Horses frighten me as much as chickens do,’ he said. ‘That is too bad, because lack of communication with horses has impeded human progress,’ said… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
I learned to read at the age of five, in Brother Justiniano’s class at the De la Salle Academy in Cochabamba, Bolivia. It is the… — Mario Vargas Llosa
Distances and days existed in themselves then; they all had a story. They were not barriers. If a person wanted to get to the moon,… — Leslie Marmon Silko
We all build internal sea walls to keep at bay the sadnesses of life and the often overwhelming forces within our minds. In whatever way… — Kay Redfield Jamison
Prejudice is a product of ignorance that hides behind barriers of tradition. — Jasper Fforde
The world is the closed door. It is a barrier. And at the same time it is the way through. — Simone Weil

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