Nearest Quotes

269 quotes by 229 authors

I believe the nearest I've come to perfect love was with a young coal-miner when I was about 16. — D. H. Lawrence
Parents, just keep in mind that kids will always round off to the nearest obscenity.. — Ray Romano
Let us not fear that the issues of natural science shall be scepticism or anarchy. Through all God's works there runs a beautiful harmony. The… — Edwin Hubbel Chapin
Triumph often is nearest when defeat seems inescapable. — B. C. Forbes
Let him who gropes painfully in darkness or uncertain light, and prays vehemently that the dawn may ripen into day, lay this precept well to… — Thomas Carlyle
In proportion to our body mass, our brain is three times as large as that of our nearest relatives. This huge organ is dangerous and… — Susan Blackmore
A custom loathsome to the eye, hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, dangerous to the lungs, and in the black, stinking fume thereof… — King James I
So you can see that if you direct that force at several objectives, it becomes divided, and each objective receives a fairly weak stimulus, which… — Roger McDonald
He who gets nearer the sun is leader, the aristocrat of aristocrats, or he who, like Dostoevsky, gets nearest the moon of our non-being. — D. H. Lawrence
Look for where the sky is brightest along the horizon. That reflects the nearest river. Strike out for a river and you will find habitation. — Eudora Welty
As I walked in the woods I felt what I often feel that nothing can befall me in life, no calamity, no disgrace (leaving me… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
We are uncertain of the next step, but we are certain of God. Immediately we abandon to God, and do the duty that lies nearest,… — Oswald Chambers
The aeroplane is the nearest thing to animate life that man has created. In the air a machine ceases indeed to be a mere piece… — Ross Macpherson Smith
The light that shines farthest shines brightest nearest home. — Charles Studd
The fact is that my wife if she had common sense would have more power over me than any other whatsoever, for my heart always… — Lord Byron
The nearest I have ever seen to the great Willie Pep — Angelo Dundee
Myth embodies the nearest approach to absolute truth that can be stated in words. — Ananda Coomaraswamy
That's exactly how I want you to feel. When you finish this book, I want you to be filled with curiosity. I want you to… — Clare B. Dunkle
Then with no throbs of fiery pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest… — Samuel Johnson
I wait.Â Now the night flows back, the mighty stillness embraces and includes me; I can see the stars again and the world of starlight.Â… — Edward Abbey

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