Quotes about distance
distance men hands
It has been observed that the height of a man from the crown of the head to the sole of the foot is equal to the distance between the tips of the middle fingers of the two hands when extended in a straight line. Pliny the Elder
distance world should
But it’s only by having some distance from the world that you can see it whole, and understand what you should be doing with it. Pico Iyer
distance doubt safe
No doubt it is true that science cannot study God, but it hardly follows that God had to keep a safe distance from everything that scientists want to study. Phillip E. Johnson
distance communication long
These sites have torn down the geographical divide that once prevented long distance social relationships from forming, allowing instant communication and connections to take place and a virtual second life to take hold for its users. Mike Fitzpatrick
distance our-world people
There is a huge gap between us (Jews) and our enemies, not just in ability but in morality, culture, sanctity of life, and conscience. They are our neighbours here, but it seems as if at a distance of a few hundred meters away, there are people who do not belong to our continent, to our world, but actually belong to a different galaxy. Moshe Katsav
distance people links
That's why I've never thought of retiring because I do it all the time whether on the stage or off. I found that in a precarious situation, a smile is the shortest distance between people. When one needs to reach out for sympathy or a link with people, what better way is there? Victor Borge
distance moving airplane
He moves not through distance, but through the ranges of satisfaction that come from hauling himself up into the air with complete and utter control; from knowing himself and knowing his airplane so well that he can come somewhere close to touching, in his own special and solitary way, that thing that is called perfection. Richard Bach
distance believe home
But it does no good--solves nothing--to distance myself from the front lines of human need by using the mail as a safe shelter. I believe that serving the best ends of humanity means getting out in the middle of it just as it is, not staying home writing checks and thinking hopeful thoughts. The world does not need tourists who ride by in a bus clucking their tongues. The world as it is needs those who will love it enough to change it, with what they have, where they are. And you're damned right that's idealistic. No apology. When idealism goes into the trash as junk mail, we're finished. Robert Fulghum
distance years people
I have spent many years trying to recover a common language, one that can cross the distance between people. Robert Bly
distance home garden
A few moments of silence may be all the meditation we need at times. Our homes could have a little space for withdrawal and quiet, and even a small garden could offer some distance from noise. Thomas Moore
distance heaven way
The way to heaven out of all places is of length and distance. Thomas More
distance opportunity desire
We continue to build temples. We desire that as many members as possible have an opportunity to attend the temple without having to travel inordinate distances. Thomas S. Monson
distance long optics
This part of optics, when well understood, shows us how we may make things a very long distance off appear as if placed very close, and large near things appear very small, and how we may make small things placed at a distance appear any size we want, so that it may be possible for us to read the smallest letters at incredible distances, or to count sand, or seed, or any sort or minute objects. Robert Grosseteste
distance night light
From this distance, in the dimness, the model looked surreal, made up of parts filled with buildings, bordered by long stretches of empty space. It reminded me of the way cities and towns look when you are flying at night. You can't make out much. But the places where people have come together, and stayed, are collections of tiny lights, breaking up the darkness. Sarah Dessen
distance moving two
During the long stretches of quiet two-lane highway, with the sun setting in the distance, it was somehow easier to say things aloud, and regardless of what was said, we just kept moving toward that horizon.
distance long-distance long
It's never long distance between friends.
distance grief way
Maybe that's what you got when you stood over your grief, facing it finally. A sense of its depths, its area, the distance across, and the way over or around it, whichever you chose in the end.
distance knowing lines
I didnt pay atteniton to times or distance, instead focusing on how it felt just to be in motion, knowing it wasn't about the finish line but how I got there that mattered.
distance people changed
Distance was a dangerous thing, she knew. Distance changed people. Rohinton Mistry
distance average numbers
I wear a pedometer, a little device that counts every step. It works as a goad, because you walk additional distances to pile up the numbers. The average person walks 2,000 to 3,000 steps a day. I walk 10,000 steps a day. I have lost a lot of weight as a result. Roger Ebert
distance philosophical language
It is the distance between us that creates language.
distance looks realizing
You won't realize the distance you've walked until you take a look around and realize how far you've been. Sasha Azevedo
distance may too-much
There are goods so opposed that we cannot seize both, but, by too much prudence, may pass between them at too great a distance to reach either. Samuel Johnson
distance imagination misery
Of the present state, whatever it be, we feel and are forced to confess the misery; yet when the same state is again at a distance, imagination paints it as desirable.
distance mind wonderful
Distance either of time or place is sufficient to reconcile weak minds to wonderful relations.
distance dirt looks
By those who look close to the ground dirt will be seen. I hope I see things from a greater distance.
distance knowing excellence
Affectation naturally counterfeits those excellences which are placed at the greatest distance from possibility of attainment, because, knowing our own defects, we eagerly endeavor to supply them with artificial excellence.
distance struggle mean
Everybody in life is struggling for power, and some people use morality and righteousness as a weapon, while others use different means, even passive aggression. From a distance, we are all fighting, and I am looking at this from a distance. Robert Greene
distance military police
Along the borders to Ethiopia and Somalia, anarchy reigns, the police and military have retreated quite some distance. Richard Leakey
distance intellectual afternoon
That afternoon I came to understand that one of the deepest purposes of intellectual sophistication is to provide distance between us and our most disturbing personal truths and gnawing fears. Richard Russo
distance thinking might
So much of my poetry begins with something that I can describe in visual terms, so thinking about distance, thinking about how life begins and what might be watching us. Tracy K. Smith
distance people way
People can travel great distances on a computer, so why can't we travel that way emotionally? Tori Amos
distance vanity goal
Evolution has no long-term goal. There is no long-distance target, no final perfection to serve as a criterion for selection, although human vanity cherishes the absurd notion that our species is the final goal of evolution. Richard Dawkins