Sighted Quotes

94 quotes by 85 authors

It is not the clear-sighted who rule the world. Great achievements are accomplished in a blessed, warm fog. — Joseph Conrad
I am very short-sighted, and if I don't like a situation I take my glasses off. — Jenny Eclair
I gauge success in years, not weeks. The weekend box-office approach to book launches is short sighted and encourages crappy books. — Tim Ferriss
I always like to pretend two things: one, I'm sitting in the seat beside you watching the game together. I'll say, 'Wasn't that a great… — Chick Hearn
I don't think generally politician come from democratic country. I think not that thinking. But sometimes little bit short-sighted. They are mainly looking for their… — Dalai Lama
The TUC's new slogan 'a future that works' sets a profound challenge. Austerity and rapid deficit reduction is failing in its own terms, but even… — Frances O'Grady
Self-interest makes some people blind, and others sharp-sighted. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Oceans are one of the most important things in the world now and that is a national security threat of the United States of America,… — Ian Somerhalder
Somebody who only reads newspapers and at best books of contemporary authors looks to me like an extremely near-sighted person who scorns eyeglasses. He is… — Albert Einstein
Being made merely in the image of God but not otherwise resembling him enough to be mistaken by anybody but a very near sighted person. — Mark Twain
So, is there hope for a truly democratic Africa? Long answer: Only if continent-wide improvements in education, human rights and public health are coupled with… — Jon Stewart
Second to the right, and straight on till morning.' That, Peter had told Wendy, was the way to the Neverland; but even birds, carrying maps… — James M. Barrie
Cosmetics is a boon to every woman, but a girl's best beauty aid is still a near-sighted man. — Yoko Ono
A typical National World Weekly would tell the world how Jesus' face was seen on a Big Mac bun bought by someone from Des Moines,… — Neil Gaiman
Her death would leave me scattered, talking to chairs and pillows. Don't let us die, I want to cry out to that fifth-century sky ablaze… — Don DeLillo
Come over here so I can examine your face with my hands and see deeper into your soul than a sighted person ever could. — John Green
Calvin said, "Do you know that this is the first time I've seen you without your glasses?" "I'm blind as a bat without them. I'm… — Madeleine L'Engle
A child blind from birth doesn't even know he's blind until someone tells him. Even then he has only the most academic idea of what… — Stephen King
Strange how short-sighted being invisible can make you. — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
The People's democratic dictatorship needs the leadership of the working class. For it is only the working class that is most far-sighted, most selfless and… — Mao Zedong

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