Distance Quotes

2234 Distance quotes by 1472 unique authors

Things should be judged by distance traveled rather than by current position. — Andrew Davidson
Sweetest melodies.Are those that are by distance made more sweet. — William Wordsworth
Yon foaming flood seems motionless as ice;Its dizzy turbulence eludes the eye,Frozen by distance. — William Wordsworth
All the worth of some people lies in their name; upon a closer inspection it dwindles to nothing, but from a distance it deceives us. — Jean de la Bruyere
You do not reach the sublime by degrees; the distance between it and the merely beautiful is infinite. — Madame de Stael
The forces of Hannibal, Drake and Napoleon moved at best with the horses' gallop or the speed of wind on sail. Now, aviation brings a… — Charles Lindbergh
Were the life of man prolonged, he would become such a proficient in villainy, that it would become necessary again to drown or to burn… — Charles Caleb Colton
Journalism, like history, has no therapeutic value; it is better able to diagnose than to cure, and it provides society with a primitive means of… — Bill Vaughan
If all stories are fiction, fiction can be true -- not in detail or fact, but in some transformed version of feeling. If there is… — Jayne Anne Phillips
He who manages the distance, manages the damage. — Rener Gracie
The way to get through anything mentally painful is to take it a little at a time. The mind can't handle dealing with a massive… — Joe De Sena
It was precisely this notion of infinite series which in the sixth century BC led the Greek philosopher Zeno to conclude that since an arrow… — Tom Stoppard
Distance sometimes endears friendship, and absence sweeteneth it. — James Howell
There are a lot of things that you can like at a distance without spending a huge amount of time pondering. It's not so complicated. — Elvis Costello
We know that within the solar system is very unlikely there will be anything more advanced than microbial life, but if we think outside the… — Paul Davies
It's hard to measure success when we're dealing with between 500 and 5,000 years of patriarchy depending on which continent we sit, so I would… — Gloria Steinem
There's a difference between being able to make long distance phone calls cheaper on the Internet and walking around Riyadh with a PDA where you… — Thomas Friedman
Several technological and political forces have converged, and that has produced a global, Web-enabled playing field that allows for multiple forms of collaboration without regard… — Thomas Friedman
Idealism increases in direct proportion to one's distance from the problem. — John Galsworthy
The human voice can never reach the distance that is covered by the still small voice of conscience. — Mahatma Gandhi
Authority doesn't work without prestige, or prestige without distance. — Charles de Gaulle
When you run the marathon, you run against the distance, not against the other runners and not against the time. — Haile Gebrselassie
And ever has it been known that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation. — Khalil Gibran
The ecological impact of book manufacture and traditional book marketing - I think that should really be considered. We have this industry in which we… — William Gibson
I am totally fascinated by people and our history as I understand and continue to explore it. People have so much to give and so… — Nikki Giovanni

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