Remote Quotes

429 quotes by 379 authors

We all have some experience of a feeling, that comes over us occasionally, of what we are saying and doing having been said and done… — Charles Dickens
Is it not time to awake from the deceitful dream of a golden age, and to adopt as a practical maxim for the direction of… — Alexander Hamilton
... the United States, for generations, has sustained two parallel but opposed states of mind about military atrocities and human rights: one of U.S. benevolence,… — Robert Parry
Deep, solemn optimism, it seems to me, should spring from this firm belief in the presence of God in the individual; not a remote, unapproachable… — Helen Keller
The emotional tone or affect of the tale should be hot and engaged, not remote and dispassionate. — Paul Di Filippo
There is no essential difference between classical and popular music. Music is music. I want to communicate with the listener who finds Indian classical music… — Amjad Ali Khan
Im crazy about my father, hes an amazing man, a real adventurer. He took us with him to travel all over the world. We were… — Peta Wilson
Climate change is more remote than terror but a more profound threat to the future of the children and the grandchildren and the great-grandchildren I… — William J. Clinton
But I will say this: In my humble opinion, knowing nothing about it, I do believe that they have remote viewers working on where Osama… — Aaron Eckhart
When some remote ancestor of ours invented the shovel, he became a giver: He could plant a tree. And when the axe was invented, he… — Aldo Leopold
We should look at the Twitter records of Andrew Fraser. Clearly, the ship was on remote control, because he spent all of his time on… — Campbell Newman
Get too conceptual, too cute and remote, and your characters die on the page. — Thomas Pynchon
There has never yet been a human society worthy of the name of civilization. Civilization remains a remote ideal. — Edward Abbey
What draws us into the desert is the search for something intimate in the remote. — Edward Abbey
I felt a curious thrill, as if something had stirred in me, half wakened from sleep. There was something very remote and strange and beautiful… — J.R.R. Tolkien
It's a curious thing, this thing we call civilization...we think it is an affair of epochs, and nations. It's really an affair of individuals. One… — William Dean Howells
Is globalization about 'the eradication of world poverty,' or is it a mutant variety of colonialism, remote controlled and digitally operated? — Arundhati Roy
He who travels much has this advantage over others â€“ that the things he remembers soon become remote, so that in a short time they… — Giacomo Leopardi
One can make this generalization about men: they are ungrateful, fickle, liars, and deceivers, they shun danger and are greedy for profit; while you treat… — Niccolo Machiavelli
Listen closely. Thereâ€™s a remote possibility that you might learn something: First, I donâ€™t give a damn if my work is commercial or notâ€¦Iâ€™m the… — John Fante

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