Closely Quotes

733 quotes by 620 authors

Hold the person that you love closely if they're next to you The one you love, not the person that'll simply have sex with you… — Immortal Technique
Desires to which we cling closely can easily prevent us from being what we ought to be and can be; and on the other hand,… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
At first glance, the rhythm may be confused with gaiety, but when you look more closely at the mechanism of social life and the painful… — Federico Garcia Lorca
People who are contented and serene sleep well. They fall asleep easily, stay asleep, and wake refreshed. Conversely, people who are anxious, stressed, or depressed… — Andrew Weil
Theirs [the Beatles] is a happy, cocky, belligerently resourceless brand of harmonic primitivism... In the Liverpudlian repertoire, the indulged amateurishness of the musical material, though… — Glenn Gould
Creativity is magic. Don't examine it too closely. — Edward Albee
The war was a mirror; it reflected man's every virtue and every vice, and if you looked closely, like an artist at his drawings, it… — George Grosz
Personal privacy is a closely held American value. — Anna Eshoo
By mere burial man arrives not at bliss; and in the future life, throughout its whole infinite range, they will seek for happiness as vainly… — Johann Gottlieb Fichte
No matter how closely we look, it is difficult to find a mental act that can take place without the support of some physical function. — Moshe Feldenkrais
Look at every path closely and deliberately. Try it as many times as you think necessary. Then ask yourself and yourself alone one question. This… — Jack Kornfield
An essential part of seeing clearly is finding the willingness to look closely and to go beyond our own ideas. — Cheri Huber
When you ride in a boat and watch the shore, you might assume that the shore is moving. But when you keep your eyes closely… — Dogen
What takes place in the Security Council more closely resembles a mugging than either a political debate or an effort at problem-solving. — Jeane Kirkpatrick
Our German Fatherland to which I hope will be granted... to become in the future as closely united, as powerful, and as authoritative as once… — Wilhelm II
I don't know all the facts on Iraq, but I think we should work closely with the Americans. — Stephen Harper
I don't know that we do. I had thought ours worked well, but I had never examined it too closely. A lot of media people… — George Ryan
But music seems to me to be the most closely identified with my soul. I mean, I feel that itâ€™s the best for me. It… — Jeff Buckley
Music and dancing (the more the pity) have become so closely associated with ideas of riot and debauchery among the less cultivated classes, that a… — John Herschel
The church exists primarily for two closely correlated purposes: to worship God and to work for his kingdom in the world ... The church also… — N. T. Wright

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