Closely Quotes

733 Closely quotes by 620 unique authors

Touch is a reciprocal action, a gesture of exchange with the world. To make an impression is also to receive one, and the soles of… — Robert Macfarlane
Every living thing is an elaboration of a single original plan. As humans we are mere increments - each of us a musty archive of… — Bill Bryson
But what if pleasure and pain should be so closely connected that he who wants the greatest possible amount of the one must also have… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Although cohabitating same-sex couples are prohibited from jointly adopting children under Utah law as a result of the same-sex marriage ban, the record shows that… — Unknown Author
Some determined advocates of the vegetable system maintain, that the teeth and stomach of the monkey correspond, in structure, very closely with that of man,… — Sarah Josepha Hale
The unbreakable bond between love of God and love of neighbor is emphasized. One is so closely connected to the other that to say that… — Pope Benedict XVI
The second noble truth states that we must discover why we are suffering. We must cultivate the courage to look deeply, with clarity and courage,… — Peter A. Levine
If you notice phrases, ideas, and anecdotes that closely resemble those that appear elsewhere in my writing, it's not a matter of sloppy editing. I'm… — Robert Fulghum
There are few of us but who have been touched somehow by death. Some may not have been touched closely by it nor yet have… — Richard L. Evans
Even though I have never had an abrupt conversion experience, religion has been real to me and closely knitted to life. In fact the two… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
If you have a large number of unrelated ideas, you have to get quite a distance away from them to get a view of all… — John G. Kemeny
And is there anything more closely connected with wisdom than truth? — Plato
Truthfulness. He will never willingly tolerate an untruth, but will hate it as much as he loves truth... And is there anything more closely connected… — Plato
Trees have from time immemorial been closely associated with magic. These stout members of the vegetable kingdom may stand for as long as a thousand… — Scott Cunningham
Universal love is a glove without fingers, which fits all bands alike and none closely; but true affection is like a glove with fingers, which… — Jean Paul
Sentimentality and nostalgia are closely related. Kissing cousins. I have no time for nostalgia, though. Nostalgics believe the past is nicer than the present. It… — Mal Peet
PIG, n. An animal ("Porcus omnivorus") closely allied to the human race by the splendor and vivacity of its appetite, which, however, is inferior in… — Ambrose Bierce
. . . since being a Jew not only means that I bear within me a catastrophe that occurred yesterday and cannot be ruled out… — Unknown Author
And so it's inescapable and people who proclaim scrupulous honesty can only proclaim that if they don't examine closely the things they believe. — Todd Rundgren
Often you will find the opposite situation. The author seems to have interesting ideas, but he is not able to illustrate them with decent examples.… — Mark Dvoretsky

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