Closed Quotes

1459 Closed quotes by 1055 unique authors

I don't like closed systems. — Jon Lech Johansen
If you're hanging around with nothing to do and the zoo is closed, come over to the Senate. You'll get the same kind of feeling… — Bob Dole
The dictionary is a closed system in which someone interested in the meaning of a word can go around and around and end up exactly… — Peter Farb
When the judges shall be obliged to go armed, it will be time for the courts to be closed. — Stephen Johnson Field
I went to Spago once, eight years ago. I had just closed a deal. I thought it would be fun to go to Spago and… — Michael Tolkin
The world is no longer closed to us in the way it was in the past - present generations have unparalleled access to pretty much… — Edgar Guest
We are closed in, and the key is turned / On our uncertainty... — William Butler Yeats
I know that when a door closes, it can feel like all doors are closing. A rejection letter can feel like everyone will reject us.… — Tama J. Kieves
By the mercy of Allah Paradise has eight doors one of those is the door of repentance, child. All the others are sometimes open, sometimes… — Unknown Author
The humble person is open to being corrected, whereas the arrogant is clearly closed to it. Proud people are supremely confident in their own opinions… — Thomas Dubay
Winding her arms close around his neck, she closed her eyes. To be embraced, safe in a man's arms when she had never expected it… — Maggie Osborne
The fragrance of the heart is made up of the qualities and virtues of our spirit. Most of us have learned how to keep our… — Rajneesh
[as for evolution]....cutting out the sections [on the subject] is preferrable if the portions are not thick enough to cause damage to the spine of… — George R. R. Martin
I love New York. I first came here with my Mom when I was in 9th grade. I took the subway for the first time… — Skylar Grey
I do not want my house to be rounded by walls and my windows to be closed to other cultures. I wish to become familiar… — Mahatma Gandhi
REVOLUTION, n. A bursting of the boilers which usually takes place when the safety valve of public discussion is closed. — Ambrose Bierce
For me, ‘Dog Days’ symbolizes apocalyptic euphoria, chaotic freedom and running really, really fast with your eyes closed — Florence Welch
The eyes of the dead are closed gently; we also have to open gently the eyes of the living. — Jean Cocteau
It is impossible to tell you the perfect sweetness of the lips and closed eyes, nor the solemnity of the seal of death which is… — John Ruskin
Twilight's soft dews steal o'er the village-green, With magic tints to harmonize the scene. Stilled is the hum that through the hamlet broke When round… — Samuel Rogers
We need to be in the open mode when we are pondering a problem, but, once we come up with a solution, we must then… — John Cleese
If you are leaping a ravine, the moment of takeoff is a bad time for considering alternative strategies... Do it in the 'closed' mode. But… — John Cleese
Study your subject through half-closed eyes before starting to draw - you'll find that the lights and darks are exaggerated and easier to identify. — Stan Smith
This country lacks the backbone and the spine and the will to demand fair trade and stand up for our products. If our producers can't… — Byron Dorgan
Nothing is more subtly destructive than a closed circle of artists feeding on one another. Envy grows from insignificant differences between people, not from overwhelming… — Alexander Theroux

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