Nearly Quotes

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Two things scare me. The first is getting hurt. But that's not nearly as scary as the second, which is losing. — Lance Armstrong
The possessors of wealth can scarcely be indifferent to processes which, nearly or remotely have been the fertile source of their possessions. — Charles Babbage
The Postal Service delivers mail six days a week to nearly 140 million addresses. Every year this number increases by 2 million. — Joe Baca
It is very nearly impossible... to become an educated person in a country so distrustful of the independent mind. — James A. Baldwin
I think that age as a number is not nearly as important as health. You can be in poor health and be pretty miserable at… — Bob Barker
Gravity is a contributing factor in nearly 73 percent of all accidents involving falling objects. — Dave Barry
The strips are nearly effortless unless I am really emotionally upset, a wreck. — Lynda Barry
Nearly all our originality comes from the stamp that time impresses upon our sensibility. — Charles Baudelaire
The Book of Mormon offers so much that broadens our understandings of the doctrines of salvation. Without it, much of what is taught in other… — Ezra Taft Benson
The Roman Catholic Church, had it captured me, as it nearly did, would have sent me on some mission of danger and sacrifice and utilised… — Annie Besant
Nearly two weeks have passed since Hurricane Katrina made landfall along the Gulf Coast, and while we are still dealing with the tremendous devastation -… — Jo Bonner
When it comes to atoms, language can be used only as in poetry. The poet, too, is not nearly so concerned with describing facts as… — Niels Bohr
Nearly all the synth work on Heathen is mine and some of the piano. — David Bowie
It's so easy to manipulate an audience, but it's nearly always clear that you are being manipulated. I think even people that are not critically… — John Boorman
Oh, the difference between nearly right and exactly right. — H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Nearly every glamorous, wealthy, successful career woman you might envy now started out as some kind of schlep. — Helen Gurley Brown
A cat can maintain a position of curled up somnolence on your knee until you are nearly upright. To the last minute she hopes your… — Pam Brown
In a funny way, nothing makes you feel more like a native of your own country than to live where nearly everyone is not. — Bill Bryson
I loved her. I still love her, though I curse her in my sleep, so nearly one are love and hate, the two most powerful… — Edgar Rice Burroughs
A sense of humor keen enough to show a man his own absurdities will keep him from the commission of all sins, or nearly all,… — Samuel Butler

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