Closely Quotes

733 Closely quotes by 620 unique authors

Nobody had ever instructed him that a slave-ship, with a procession of expectant sharks in its wake, is a missionary institution, by which closely-packed heathen… — Harriet Beecher Stowe
So to keep a fantasy, do not peer too closely at the world; fuzzy vision suits you best. Your creative power, turned away, is aimed… — Arthur J. Deikman
Listen closely as those around you speak; great truths are revealed in jest. — Javan
All the nations and peoples are too closely knit together today for any one of them to imagine that it can live apart. Peace has… — Jawaharlal Nehru
The life and ventures of Mickey Mouse have been closely bound up with my own personal and professional life. It is understandable that I should… — Walt Disney
I don't go so far as to think that the only good Indians are dead Indians, but I believe nine out of ten are, and… — Theodore Roosevelt
The only saving grace of the present is that it's too damned stupid to question the past very closely. — H P Lovecraft
There are fashions in reading, even in thinking. You don't have to follow them unless you want to. On the other hand, watch out. Don't… — Walt Disney
There exists a powerful energizing force in the spiritual life principle. All energy began with the Creator, who infused it not only in all natural… — Norman Vincent Peale
A true evangelist is almost as great a rarity as a true pastor. Alas! Alas! How rare are both! The two are closely connected. The… — Charles Henry Mackintosh
Do not scrutinize so closely whether you are doing much or little, ill or well, so long as what you do is not sinful and… — Saint Francis de Sales
Walk more closely with God. Get nearer to Christ. Seek to exchange hope for assurance. Seek to feel the witness of the Spirit more closely… — J C Ryle
There must be a union between the spirit in wood and the spirit in man. The grain of the wood must relate closely to its… — George Nakashima
And when night, guiding her bright train of stars, Throws o'er the sleeping world her gloomy veil, Lonely amidst the desert and the darkness, Musing… — Alphonse de Lamartine
It seems that the ancient Medicine Men understood that listening to another's story somehow gives us the strength of example to carry on, as well… — Mark Nepo
I desire to go through life knowing as little of evil in it as possible. To this end, I sometimes avoid looking too closely into… — Christian Nestell Bovee
The bride, white of hair, is stooped over her cane Her faltering footsteps need guiding. While down the church aisle, with wan toothless smile, The… — Richard Armour
Step back in time; look closely at the child in the very arms of his mother; see the external world reflected for the first time… — Alexis de Tocqueville
There are many well-meaning people today who work at placing an economic floor beneath all of us so that no one shall exist below a… — Ronald Reagan
Talk can neither be verified nor falsified in any rigorous sense. This is an open secret which hermeneutics and aesthetics, from Aristotle to Croce, have… — George Steiner
Cancer is like another form of life. It's closely related to healthy life. A healthy body is one form of life. Cancer is in a… — Paul Davies
I'm trained as an actor for the stage - classically trained, believe it or not - and I worked closely with Stella Adler for years.… — Michael Richards
I work closely with a number of charities from food pantries to drug rehabilitation to natural disaster relief to preventing sexual exploitation of young girls.… — Beyonce Knowles
If you look closely at a tree you'll notice it's knots and dead branches, just like our bodies. What we learn is that beauty and… — Matthew Fox
I have pushed the boat out as far as I should in terms of taking on too many things. I'm getting older and I just… — Stephen Fry

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