Nearest Quotes

269 quotes by 225 authors

The nearest to my heart are a king without a kingdom and a poor man who does not know how to beg. — Khalil Gibran
I would walk - not run - to the nearest seismograph. — Charles Francis Richter
What is a country without rabbits and partridges? They are among the most simple and indigenous animal products; ancient and venerable families known to antiquity… — Henry David Thoreau
When questioned whether the Blessed will not be saddened by seeing their nearest and dearest tortured answers, "Not in the least." — Martin Luther
The constitution has broken down. We have no enemies except the ones we select and direct towards the nearest nuclear bombs. They need an enemy… — Gore Vidal
VANITY, n. The tribute of a fool to the worth of the nearest ass. — Ambrose Bierce
Of several bodies all equally larger and distant, that most brightly illuminated will appear to the eye nearest and largest. — Leonardo da Vinci
Well, between Scotch and nothin', I suppose Iâ€™d take Scotch. Itâ€™s the nearest thing to good moonshine I can find. — William Faulkner
When by the flood of your tears, the inner and the outer have fused into One, you will find Her whom you sought with such… — Anandamayi Ma
I have a feeling that you're riding for some kind of a terrible, terrible fall. But I don't honestly know what kind.... It may be… — J D Salinger
Hymn tunes are the nearest we've got to English folk music.. — John Betjeman
O bees, sweet bees!" I said; "that nearest field Is shining white with fragrant immortelles Fly swiftly there and drain those honey wells. — Helen Hunt Jackson
If someone from the government tries to put his hands on your money... run away as fast as you can and tell the nearest conservative. — Andrew Klavan
Speculation has been singularly fruitful as to what these markings on our next to nearest neighbor in space may mean. Each astronomer holds a different… — Percival Lowell
Do the duty which lies nearest to thee. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The vector equilibrium is the true zero reference of the energetic mathematics. Zero pulsation in the vector equilibrium is the nearest approach we will ever… — R. Buckminster Fuller
O thou sculptor, painter, poet! Take this lesson to thy heart: That is best which lieth nearest; Shape from that thy work of art. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Four Seasons fill the measure of the year; There are four seasons in the mind of man: He has his lusty Spring, when fancy clear… — John Keats
Led by long years to my last hours, too late, O world, I know your joys for what they are. You promise a peace which… — Michelangelo
Our relatives form the natural setting of our childhood. We understand ourselves best and are best understood by others through the persons who came nearest… — Lucy Larcom

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