Distance Quotes

2234 Distance quotes by 1472 unique authors

The scenes of our life are like pictures done in rough mosaic. Looked at close, they produce no effect. There is nothing beautiful to be… — Arthur Schopenhauer
I persist on praising not the life I lead, but that which I ought to lead. I follow it at a mighty distance, crawling — Seneca the Younger
Distance lasts a day. But Reality lasts a lifetime. — Laura Schlessinger
The Founders of the U.S. gave the senators a term of office three times longer than that of a representative precisely to encourage a reflective… — Al Gore
In the distance someone is singing. — Pablo Neruda
Without good humour, learning and bravery can only confer that superiority which swells the heart of the lion in the desert, where he roars without… — Samuel Johnson
There is something magical about running; after a certain distance, it transcends the body. Then a bit further, it transcends the mind. A bit further… — Kristin Armstrong
By this time, like one who had set out on his way by night, and travelled through a region of smooth or idle dreams, our… — John Milton
At least for soccer players, it comes down to a blend of two types of fitness - your base endurance, which comes from longer distance… — Heather O'Reilly
He moves not through distance, but through the ranges of satisfaction that come from hauling himself up into the air with complete and utter control;… — Richard Bach
We must play music quietly, talk quietly, weep in private, because I am the all-powerful Zahir, who lays down the rules and determines the distance… — Paulo Coelho
You can do a lot in a lifetime, if you don't burn out too fast/You can make the most of the distance/First you need endurance/First… — Neil Peart
The night is shattered, and the blue stars shiver in the distance. — Pablo Neruda
Believe me, I grow daily more convinced that the atmosphere is an inexhaustible source of countless beauties. It is up to we artists to learn,… — Unknown Author
People can travel great distances on a computer, so why can't we travel that way emotionally? — Tori Amos
Because no other could do it, he himself went to the greatest possible distance, the infinite distance. This infinite distance between God and God, this… — Simone Weil
Distance is the soul of beauty. — Simone Weil
If you want to know how much darkness there is around you, you must sharpen your eyes, peering at the faint lights in the distance. — Italo Calvino
Fiction is a particularly effective way for strangers to connect across time and distance — Jonathan Franzen
I wish I wrote more about the world at more distance from myself. — Sharon Olds
First of all, in any sport where you can measure distance, height speed and all of that, you see how athletes have changed their sport… — Andre Agassi
When I see a head from a great distance, it ceases to be a sphere and becomes an extreme confusion falling down into the abyss. — Alberto Giacometti
It's true that the war in Iraq opened a distance in relations between part of Europe and the U.S. government, but our basic ties are… — Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero
This false distance is present everywhere: in spy films, in Godard, in modern advertising, which uses it continually as a cultural allusion. It is not… — Jean Baudrillard
The standard is clear. If something we think, see, hear, or do distances us from the Holy Ghost, then we should stop thinking, seeing, hearing,… — David A. Bednar

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