Quotes about distance
distance rain night
These 'messengers' will not be hindered from accomplishing at their best speed the distance which they have to go, either by snow, or rain, or heat, or by the darkness of night. Herodotus
distance years judging
There may be dead ground in between; and I may not have got The knack of judging a distance; I will only venture A guess that perhaps between me and the apparent lovers, (Who, incidentally, appear by now to have finished,) At seven o'clock from the houses, is roughly a distance Of about one year and a half. Henry Reed
distance men taxes
Men at a distance, who have admired our systems of government unfounded in nature, are apt to accuse the rulers, and say that taxes have been assessed too high and collected too rigidly. Henry Knox
distance boys two
When the boy begins to understand that the visible point is preceded by an invisible point, that the shortest distance between two points is conceived as a straight line before it is ever drawn with pencil and paper...the fountain of all thought has been opened to him...the philosopher can reveal him nothing new, as a geometrician he has discovered the basis of all thought. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
distance science return
Normally, the sciences distance themselves from life and the return to it via a detour.
distance soul mind
Distance... is like futurity. A dim vastness is spread before our souls; the perceptions of our mind are as obscure as those of our vision... But alas! when we have attained our object, when the distant 'there' becomes the present 'here,' all is changed; we are as poor and circumscribed as ever, and our souls still languish for unattainable happiness.
distance grief eye
Grief, when it comes, is nothing we expect it to be. Grief has no distance. Grief comes in waves, paroxysms, sudden apprehensions that weaken the knees and blind the eyes and obliterate the dailiness of life. Joan Didion
distance thinking people
I think people who make objects like the distance; they're not there when the other person is taking it in. Eric Fischl
distance imagination demand
The imagination demands that life be told slant because of its need of distance. John McGahern
distance gun bird
But hopes are shy birds flying at a great distance, seldom reached by the best of guns. John James Audubon
distance spring farewell
Look at that mallard as he floats on the lake; see his elevated head glittering with emerald green, his amber eyes glancing in the light! Even at this distance, he has marked you, and suspects that you bear no goodwill towards him, for he sees that you have a gun, and he has many a time been frightened by its report, or that of some other. The wary bird draws his feet under his body, springs upon then, opens his wings, and with loud quacks bids you farewell.
distance far last looking personal three
So far in the last three meets, he's had personal bests. That's what you're looking for, especially in the distance events.
distance everywhere walking
Everywhere is walking distance if you have the time.
distance joy mediocrity
In truth, I am nothing but a plodding mediocrity — please observe, a plodding mediocrity — for a mere mediocrity does not go very far, but a plodding one gets quite a distance. There is joy in that success, and a distinction can come from courage, fidelity and industry. Benjamin Cardozo
distance goal mind
There are few persons who have not, at some period of their lives, amused themselves in retracing the steps by which particular conclusions of their own minds have been attained. The occupation is often full of interest and he who attempts it for the first time is astonished by the apparently illimitable distance and incoherence between the starting-point and the goal. Edgar Allan Poe
distance voice clouds
Sound-- That stealeth ever on the ear of him Who, musing, gazeth on the distance dim, And sees the darkness coming as a cloud-- Is not its form--its voice--most palpable and loud?
distance flying
Anything flying that distance should have a pilot.
distance doors hamper inspired longer open people sharing works
As educators, we are inspired by the possibility of sharing these important works with people around the globe. Think of the doors it will open for students; geographical distance will no longer hamper research.
distance great meet showing
There was a lot of great performances in the distance group. It was a much better showing than in the Danville meet (on Monday).
distance improve main
Right now the main thing is to concentrate on the little things. She's not going to improve on this distance every meet.
distance enable face history nobody perhaps time
Perhaps history and distance and time enable us to face things that nobody particularly wanted to look at at the time, but it's very important that all of this be known. How did this happen? Joseph Kanon
distance dwelling forget jeff joe master rather seen timing
Rather than dwelling on what Jeff didn't do in the ring, I'd like to dwell on what Joe did. He was a master of distance and timing tonight. I've never seen a better performance, even by an American boxer, forget about Britain.
distance extreme gave himself judge justice opportunity roberts
At the hearings, I gave Judge Roberts every opportunity to distance himself from Justice Thomas's most extreme views, ... He refused. Charles Schumer
distance far ourselves
They think we should distance ourselves as far as possible.
distance good growing junior miles potential runners running start
A lot of these long distance runners start out at junior high. They have just as good times but they're also running 80 miles a week. So you see a lot of potential in someone who is running 20 miles a week. You see a lot of growing potential.
distance high improve mostly noticed recruit room
They mostly recruit distance runners. They noticed how I've progressed through high school. They told me I have a lot of room to improve once I get to college.
distances farther
This is an important race. Do we go farther distances or shorten up?
distances great guys jumps middle raise runners today win
It was our distances and jumps today and they put on a show. The jumpers did great and the middle distance and the distance runners really were on pace. We had a lot of guys raise their performances and that is what you have to have to win a championship.
distance men wind
There are no limits to either time or distance, except as man himself may make them. I have but to touch the wind to know these things. Hal Borland
distance fall autumn
Autumn is the eternal corrective. It is ripeness and color and a time of maturity; but it is also breadth, and depth, and distance. What man can stand with autumn on a hilltop and fail to see the span of his world and the meaning of the rolling hills that reach to the far horizon?
distance eye autumn
The earth's distances invite the eye. And as the eye reaches, so must the mind stretch to meet these new horizons. I challenge anyone to stand with autumn on a hilltop and fail to see a new expanse not only around him, but in him, too.
distance profane
I abhor the profane rabble and keep them at a distance. Horace
distance hate silence
I hate the uncultivated crowd and keep them at a distance. Favour me by your tongues (keep silence). [Lat., Odi profanum vulgus et arceo. Favete linguis.]