Distance Quotes

2234 Distance quotes by 1472 unique authors

Combining the experience of a seasoned university president with the analysis of a respected legal scholar, Derek Bok explores what he concludes are 'signs of… — Frank H. T. Rhodes
In the mountains, travelers were reduced to the speed of men on foot. Here, the ancient English sense of journey, 'a day's travel' (French journee),… — Rory Stewart
Performance enhancing drugs are banned in the Olympics. OK, we can swing with that. But performance 'debilitating' drugs should not be banned. Smoke a joint… — Eddie Izzard
It's nice to have some distance with your family. As long as you're closer to them by love. — Olivier Martinez
We had to be parents by long distance, which is far from satisfactory. — Jeffrey Hunter
Friendship is a miracle by which a person consents to view from a certain distance, without coming any nearer, the very being who is as… — Simone Weil
Grief, when it comes, is nothing we expect it to be. Grief has no distance. Grief comes in waves, paroxysms, sudden apprehensions that weaken the… — Joan Didion
Coming into the Games I knew I was in five events but I didn't expect to get a medal in every distance, especially the 5,000. — Cindy Klassen
The hand opens to the word, opens to distance. — Edmond Jabes
Read poems to yourself in the middle of the night. Turn on a single lamp and read them while you're alone in an otherwise dark… — Edward Hirsch
It's now possible to play and take lessons from any place of the world. The concept of physical distance doesn't exist in the online world,… — Alexandra Kosteniuk
God's love, and hence the love with which we come to love God, is eros and agape at once: a desire for the other that… — David Bentley Hart
For the multiculturalist, white Anglo-Saxon Protestants are prohibited, Italians and Irish get a little respect, blacks are good, native Americans are even better. The further… — Slavoj Å½iÅ¾ek
I want to be a lawyer, a dancer, an actress, a mother, a wife, a childrens author, a distance runner, a poet, a pianist, a… — Rachel Corrie
When I left Europe in 1987 I did so with the thought that my relevance as a composition teacher would benefit from a certain cool… — Brian Ferneyhough
This is the dialectic - there is a very short distance between high art and trash, and trash that contains an element of craziness is… — Douglas Sirk
Truth is like the sun, its value wholly depends upon our being at a correct distance away from it. — Hjalmar SÃ¶derberg
We, with all of our sin, weakness, and failures are welcome to do what should blow our minds. We are not only tolerated by God… — Paul David Tripp
Opportunistic relationships can hardly be kept constant. The acquaintance of honorable people, even at a distance, does not add flowers in times of warmth and… — Zhuge Liang
We sometimes laugh from ear to ear, but it would be impossible for a smile to be wider than the distance between our eyes. — Malcolm De Chazal
Safety comes in our nearness to God, not in our distance from our enemies. — Dillon Burroughs
I wanted to distance myself from those pasty faced corpses in suits I saw in airline magazine ads. If I was going to become a… — Yvon Chouinard
Solitude in the city is about the lack of other people or rather their distance beyond a door or wall, but in remote places it… — Rebecca Solnit
For many years, I have been moved by the blue at the far edge of what can be seen, that color of horizons, of remote… — Rebecca Solnit
It's not what people do that scares me. It's what they hide. It's the secrets that keep us from bonding and create distrust. If we… — Donald Miller

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