Distance Quotes

2234 Distance quotes by 1472 unique authors

We criticize mothers for closeness. We criticize fathers for distance. How many of us have expected less from our fathers and appreciated what they gave… — Ellen Goodman
Many different planets are many different distances from their host star; we find ourselves at this distance because if we were closer or farther away,… — Brian Greene
A petty reason perhaps why novelists more and more try to keep a distance from journalists is that novelists are trying to write the truth… — Graham Greene
I've always been hopeful about Scotland's prospects. And I now believe more than ever that Scotland is within touching distance of achieving independence and equality. — Sean Connery
Painting is concerned with all the 10 attributes of sight; which are: Darkness, Light, Solidity and Colour, Form and Position, Distance and Propinquity, Motion and… — Leonardo da Vinci
The divisions of Perspective are 3, as used in drawing; of these, the first includes the diminution in size of opaque objects; the second treats… — Leonardo da Vinci
I am best viewed from a distance. — Jenny Eclair
The philosophical idea that there are no more distances, that we are all just one world, that we are all brothers, is such a drag!… — Brian Eno
When you research prolific songwriters, it is usually later in their career they write songs that they distance themselves from, or it's about other people. — Paloma Faith
The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success. — Bruce Feirstein
Age, like distance lends a double charm. — Oliver Herford
All of us are experts at practicing virtue at a distance. — Theodore Hesburgh
I think it's always good for the author to stay a good cattle prod's distance from the actual moviemaking. — Carl Hiaasen
One sees qualities at a distance and defects at close range. — Victor Hugo
A thing is mighty big when time and distance cannot shrink it. — Zora Neale Hurston
Ships at a distance have every man's wish on board. — Zora Neale Hurston
The land of literature is a fairy land to those who view it at a distance, but, like all other landscapes, the charm fades on… — Washington Irving
There are goods so opposed that we cannot seize both, but, by too much prudence, may pass between them at too great a distance to… — Samuel Johnson
Breaking up is just hard, even if you're the one breaking up. It's not fun. It can be dramatic and complicated. And then you get… — Norah Jones
We tell stories. We talk about statistics. And in 1978, we added an element of the show that gave it its heartbeat: the long distance… — Casey Kasem
The very least you can do in your life is to figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live… — Barbara Kingsolver
Fill the unforgiving minute with sixty seconds worth of distance run. — Rudyard Kipling
Success has always been easy to measure. It is the distance between one's origins and one's final achievement. — Michael Korda
I think doing period piece is easier, because after a certain distance, everybody is equal, I think. The relative contemporary is harder. I think that's… — Ang Lee
Time and distance from the first and second world wars doesn't seem to lessen their horrors. — Doris Lessing

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