Closely Quotes

733 Closely quotes by 620 unique authors

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 it’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
Hardship is vanishing, but so is style, and the two are more closely connected than the present generation supposes. — E. M. Forster
There are some things (like first love and one’s first reviews) at which a woman in her middle years does not care to look too… — Stella Gibbons
If I were to speak of war, it would not be to show you the glories of conquering armies but the mischief and misery they… — Clara Barton
Hemingway seems to be in a funny position. People nowadays can't identify with him closely as a member of their own generation, and he isn't… — Leslie Fiedler
The more profoundly we study this wonderful Book, and the more closely we observe its divine precepts, the better citizens we will become and the… — William McKinley
Once the pain-body has taken you over, you want more pain. You become a victim or a perpetrator. You want to inflict pain, or you… — Eckhart Tolle
To observe the world carefully, to write a lot and often, on a schedule if necessary, to use the dictionary a lot, to look up… — Lydia Davis
I always have a pad of paper and a pencil within reach, to catch on the wing this turn of phrase which strikes me as… — Roger Martin
This means that the search for a formula of European cooperation in connection with the League of Nations, far from weakening the authority of this… — Aristide Briand
I work closely with the printer to get the final print the way I want it. — Buffy Sainte-Marie

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