Distance Quotes
2234 Distance quotes by 1472 unique authors
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Let us hope that the advent of a successful flying machine, now only dimly foreseen and nevertheless thought to be possible, will bring nothing but…
— Octave Chanute
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The Marathon distance is very difficult to cover and without the support of all of the fans and people cheering us on and the other…
— Unknown Author
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Any baseball is beautiful. No other small package comes as close to the ideal design and utility. It is a perfect object for a man's…
— Roger Angell
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What? Men dodging this way for single bullets? What will you do when they open fire along the whole line? I am ashamed of you.…
— John Sedgwick
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I'm about five inches from being an outstanding golfer. That's the distance my left ear is from my right.
— Ben Crenshaw
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Art said he wanted to get more distance. I told him to hit it and run backward.
— Ken Venturi
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Good things come slow, especially in distance running.
— Unknown Author
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We may go to the moon, but that' s not very far. The greatest distance we have to cover still lies within us.
— Charles de Gaulle
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The natural formation of the country is the soldier's best ally; but a power of estimating the adversary, of controlling the forces of victory, and…
— Sun Tzu
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If you are situated at a great distance from the enemy, and the strength of the two armies is equal, it is not easy to…
— Sun Tzu
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We may distinguish six kinds of terrain, to wit: (1) Accessible ground; (2) entangling ground; (3) temporising ground; (4) narrow passes; (5) precipitous heights; (6)…
— Sun Tzu
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A player's ability to rebound is inversely proportional to the distance between where he was born and the nearest railroad tracks. The greater distance you…
— Pete Carril
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The ability to rebound is in inverse proportion to the distance your house is from the nearest railroad tracks.
— Don Meyer
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Once more I am the silent one who came out of the distance wrapped in cold rain and bells: I owe to earth's pure death…
— Pablo Neruda
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An essential part of any successful action on the part of the United States is an understanding on the part of the people of America…
— George C. Marshall
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This is the sad bed of chosen chastity because you are miles and mountains away.
— Erica Jong
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If you listen to the wind very carefully, you'll be able to hear me whisper my love for you.
— Andrew Davidson
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As contraries are known by contraries, so is the delight of presence best known by the torments of absence.
— Alcibiades
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I have made new friends and have many new people that I know. But hey, you will always be a special part of my heart…
— Unknown Author
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All the while, believe me, I prayed our night would last twice as long.
— Sappho
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Love is missing someone whenever you're apart, but somehow feeling warm inside because you're close in heart.
— Unknown Author
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In true love the smallest distance is too great, and the greatest distance can be bridged.
— Henri Nouwen
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Weekends are a bit like rainbows; they look good from a distance but disappear when you get up close to them.
— John Shirley
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A life without a lonely place, that is, a life without a quiet center, easily becomes destructive. When we cling to the results of our…
— Henri Nouwen
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The greatest distance in this World is not that between living and death, it is when I am just before you, and you don't know…
— Rabindranath Tagore
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