Closes Quotes

236 quotes by 205 authors

Washington is like a self-sealing tank on a military aircraft. When a bullet passes through, it closes up. — Dean Acheson
When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the… — Alexander Graham Bell
If a mathematician wishes to disparage the work of one of his colleagues, say, A, the most effective method he finds for doing this is… — Alfred Tarski
An act of justice closes the book on a misdeed; an act of vengeance writes one of its own — Marilyn vos Savant
Difficulties are opportunities to better things; they are stepping-stones to greater experience...When one door closes, another always opens; as a natural law it has to,… — Bryan Adams
Lots of old slaves closes the door before they tell the truth about their days of slavery. — Martin Jackson
Bitterness is a result of clinging to negative experiences. It serves you no good, and closes the door to your future. — Leon Brown
Sorrow is my own yard where the new grass flames as it has flamed often before but not with the cold fire that closes round… — William Carlos Williams
Courtesy wins woman all as well. As valor may, but he that closes both is perfect. — Alfred Lord Tennyson
When one door closes, another one opens, but sometimes we wait too long looking at the closed door, and never realize that another door has… — Helen Keller
Once learnt, this business of cooking was to prove an ever growing burden. It scarcely bears thinking about, the time and labour that man and… — Rose Macaulay
All who are caught in its seductive, tantalizing web and remain so will become addicted to its immoral, destructive influence. For many, that addiction cannot… — Richard G. Scott
...it is proper that the duty of helping the poor and unfortunate should especially stir Catholics, since they are members of the Mystical Body of… — Pope John XXII
The American president [George W. Bush] closes his eyes to the economic and human damages that are inflicted on his country and the world economy… — Jurgen Trittin
I can't think of anything that brings me closer to tears than when my old dog - completely exhausted after a hard day in the… — Gene Hill
In descriptions of Nature one must seize on small details, grouping them so that when the reader closes his eyes he gets a picture. For… — Anton Chekhov
As one door closes, another one shuts. — Howard Wilkinson
Wine has a drastic, an astringent taste. I cannot help wincing as I drink. Ascent of flowers, radiance and heat, are distilled here to a… — Virginia Woolf
Banning books gives us silence when we need speech. It closes our ears when we need to listen. It makes us blind when we need… — Stephen Chbosky
The strength and weakness of physicists is that we believe in what we can measure. And if we can't measure it, then we say it… — Michio Kaku

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