Closer Quotes

1725 Closer quotes by 1296 unique authors

Along the iron veins that traverse the frame of our country, beat and flow the fiery pulses of its exertion, hotter and faster every hour.… — John Ruskin
O yes, everyone gets lonely some time or other. After all, if we look closer into ourselves, shall we not admit that the warmth from… — Ama Ata Aidoo
The further art advances the closer it approaches science, the further science advances the closer it approaches art. — R. Buckminster Fuller
If Scott Walker sees 100,000 teachers & firefighters as his enemies, maybe it's time we take a closer look at his friends. — Elizabeth Warren
Big companies are looking closer term, and even the most technological companies spend less than 1% of sales on research. Startups have suffered the burst… — Nicholas Negroponte
Sometimes when we have to speak suddenly we come closer to the truth than when we have time to think. — Madeleine L'Engle
Religion is indeed a convention which a man must be bred in to endure with any patience; and yet religion, for all its poetic motley,… — George Santayana
The typewriter separated me from a deeper intimacy with poetry, and my hand brought me closer to that intimacy again. — Pablo Neruda
I'm closer to Bob Newhart than Rodney Dangerfield. — Jim Gaffigan
I want to see far more decisions taken far closer to the patients, the passengers and the pupils. Far more power for locally and regionally… — Charles Kennedy
A kiss, when all is said, what is it? An oath that's given closer than before; A promise more precise; the sealing of Confessions that… — Edmond Rostand
My guru said that when he suffers, it brings him closer to God. I have found this, too. — Ram Dass
We do not intend to part from the Americans and we do not intend to be satellites. I am sure they do not want us… — Harold MacMillan
Of the two, I would think of my work as closer to Science Fiction than Fantasy. — Jean M. Auel
Losing is the bane and bugbear of every professional athlete's existence, but in baseball the monster seems to hang closer than in other sports, its… — Roger Angell
I had a longing for ritual, something I could cling to, a routine to make me feel well and contented. I hoped that reading Bible… — Jack Dee
The closer you are to people, the more you realise what has happened to them. — Jennifer Lynch
I feel like I'm creeping closer to finding the situation that triggers songwriting, which is obviously an extreme of an emotion. — Laura Marling
I've lived long enough to have learned, the closer you get to the fire, the more you get burned. — Billy Joel
This inescapable duty to observe oneself: if someone else is observing me, naturally I have to observe myself too; if none observe me, I have… — Franz Kafka
Living standards in both the public and private sector have to be brought down. The private sector has to sell more abroad and consume less… — John Redwood
I usually do at least a dozen drafts and progressively make more-conscious decisions. Because I've always believed stories are closer to poems than novels, I… — Ron Rash
After all, what is a kiss? A vow made at closer range, a more precise promise, a confession that contains its own proof, a seal… — Edmond Rostand
I'm mentally getting myself ready to talk about it all year long because I know it's going to come. My main focus is not to… — Anthony Calvillo
Tragedy brings us closer to ourselves - it's the only thing that does. — Frederick Lenz

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