Distant Quotes

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To use Newton's words, our efforts up till this moment have but turned over a pebble or shell here and there on the beach, with… — Frank Drake
When young Galileo, then a student at Pisa, noticed one day during divine service a chandelier swinging backwards and forwards, and convinced himself, by counting… — Hermann von Helmholtz
For in their hearts doth Nature stir them so Then people long on pilgrimage to go And palmers to be seeking foreign strands To distant… — Geoffrey Chaucer
It is only your self-identification with your mind that makes you happy or unhappy. Rebel against your slavery to your mind, see your bonds as… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
We think we have to be a certain way because we have been taught to be a certain way. Actually the only truth is to… — H. W. L. Poonja
When we accept Christ we enter into three new relationships: (1) We enter into a new relationship with God. The judge becomes the father; the… — William Barclay
When asked where God is, people point towards the sky or some far and distant region: no wonder then that He does not manifest Himself!… — Sathya Sai Baba
Damn the Solar System. Bad light; planets too distant; pestered with comets; feeble contrivance; could make a better myself. — Francis Jeffrey, Lord Jeffrey
Out of the depths of my happy heart wells a great tide of love and prayer for this priceless treasure that is confided to my… — Mark Twain
It is clear that we cannot go up another two orders of magnitude as we have climbed the last five. If we did, we should… — Derek J. de Solla Price
Snow-capped Snowdon has been an iconic Welsh image for centuries. It is shocking to think that in just 14 years, snow on this great mountain… — Lembit Opik
I was glad to hear of that determination as I detest the practice of cousins marrying or any marriage between persons in which there can… — Ezra Cornell
Nothing can be more improving to a young naturalist, than a journey in a distant country. — Charles Darwin
If a man takes no thought about what is distant, he will find sorrow near at hand. — Confucius
The Arctic has a call that is compelling. The distant mountains [of the Brooks Range in Alaska] make one want to go on and on… — William O. Douglas
It is in vain to dream of a wildness distant from ourselves. There is none such. — Henry David Thoreau
to "set the standard for beauty in classical and modem cookery, and attest to the distant future that the French chefs of the 19th century… — Marie-Antoine Careme
Our children should learn the general framework of their government and then they should know where they come in contact with the government, where it… — Eleanor Roosevelt
For Australians, climate change is no longer a distant threat. Our rivers are dying, bush fires are more ferocious and more frequent and our natural… — Kevin Rudd
Economic diseases are highly communicable. It follows therefore that the economic health of every country is a proper matter of concern to all its neighbors,… — Franklin D. Roosevelt

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