Recede Quotes

43 quotes by 39 authors

Worldly wealth is the Devil's bait; and those whose minds feed upon riches recede, in general, from real happiness, in proportion as their stores increase,… — Robert Burton
If little else, the brain is an educational toy. Why it may be a frustrating play thing - one whose finer points recede just when… — Tom Robbins
In private enterprises men may advance or recede, whereas they who aim at empire have no alternative between the highest success and utter downfall. — Tacitus
It is the last territorial claim which I have to make in Europe, but it is a claim from which I will not recede and… — Adolf Hitler
The mathematics are distinguished by a particular privilege, that is, in the course of ages, they may always advance and can never recede. — Edward Gibbon
Pines a thousand years old. Every year they must go farther for them: they recede, like beavers and Indians, before the white man. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I could feel myself begin to recede, to tip and lose balance, slide toward the deeper darkness that had crept in from outside. It happened… — Bryan Mealer
The more genuine and the deeper our community becomes, the more will everything else between us recede, the more clearly and purely will Jesus Christ… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
The right art is purposeless, aimless! The more obstinately you try to learn how to shoot the arrow for the sake of hitting the goal,… — Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki
Only if you reach the boundary will the boundary recede before you. And if you don't, if you confine your efforts, the boundary will shrink… — Hugh Nibley
We may either proceed from principles to facts, or recede from facts to principles — Henry Mayhew
The unpurged images of day recede; The Emperor's drunken soldiery are abed; Night resonance recedes, night-walkers' song After great cathedral gong. — William Butler Yeats
The more obstinately you try to learn how to shoot the arrow for the sake of hitting the goal, the less you will succeed in… — Eugen Herrigel
If we do not defend ourselves none will defend us; if we yield we will be more and more pressed as we recede; and if… — John C. Calhoun
You canâ€™t kill history. You canâ€™t shoot it with a bullet and watch it recede into whatever lies outside of memory. History is tougher than… — Leif Enger
A painting is an object which has an emphatic frontal surface. On such a surface, I paint a black band which does not recede, a… — Jo Baer
Intimacy is not trapped within words. It passes through words. It passes. The truth is that intimates leave the room. Doors close. Faces move away… — Richard Rodriguez
By our attitude, we decide to read, or not to read. By our attitude, we decide to try or give up. By our attitude, we… — Jim Rohn
It's tough getting older. You start falling apart, you know? My gums are starting to recede now. You can't tell tonight, though, 'cause I comb… — Kevin Nealon
I could feel myself begin to recede, to tip and lose balance, slide toward the deeper darkness that had crept from outside — Bryan Mealer

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