Nearest Quotes

269 quotes by 229 authors

But what do we know of the heart nearest to our own? What do we know of our own heart? — Amelia Barr
At a formal dinner party, the person nearest death should always be seated closest to the bathroom. — George Carlin
Do the duty which lies nearest to you, the second duty will then become clearer. — Thomas Carlyle
In general I was a good kid. It usually took a lot to make me mad. But once I reached the boiling point, I lost… — Benjamin Carson
An aged Christian, with the snow of time upon his head, may remind us that those points of earth are whitest which are nearest to… — Edwin Hubbel Chapin
If Jesus Christ came back today, He and I would get into our brown corduroys and go to the nearest jean store and overturn the… — Ian Anderson
The largest land animal is the elephant, and it is the nearest to man in intelligence: it understands the language of its country and obeys… — Pliny the Elder
Pardon me," I answered, as I placed a bundle of straw upon the fire and slightly stirred it. Then I turned quickly but already we… — Francois Laurent d'Arlandes
When autumn shadows throw their patterns across the land, they are not the images of fragile, dying leaves, not the bared arms of lofty elms,… — Djuna Barnes
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
The ability to rebound is in inverse proportion to the distance your house is from the nearest railroad tracks. — Don Meyer
Many men build as cathedrals are built-the part nearest the ground finished, but that part which soars toward heaven, the turrets and the spires, forever… — Henry Ward Beecher
Apology is mankind's nearest course to perfection. — Wes Fesler
Do me a favor... Stand up, walk to wherever the nearest window is, and just look outside. You may not know this, but there's an… — Backseat Goodbye
If he takes the option of dropping behind the point where the ball rests, keeping in line with the pin, his nearest drop is Honolulu. — Jimmy Demaret
Scratching is one of nature's sweetest gratifications, and the one nearest at hand. — Michel de Montaigne
No one knows the diversity in the world, not even to the nearest order of magnitude. ... We don't know for sure how many species… — E. O. Wilson
The true peace of God begins at any spot a thousand miles from the nearest land. — Joseph Conrad
Natural affection is a prejudice; for though we have cause to love our nearest connections better than others, we have no reason to think them… — William Hazlitt
I see her as one great stampede of lips directed at the nearest derriere. — Noel Coward

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