Quotes about distance
distance perspective firsts
All the best things are seen first of all at a far distance. Elizabeth Goudge
distance writing thinking
When it seemed like I was going to really have to be there at Todd's [Willingham] execution, I don't think I could have done it. I think I began to distance myself. I didn't visit as often; I didn't write as often. This was kind of after my conversation with [fire science expert] Gerald Hurst. And the [car] accident made sure that I didn't have to go up there. But I think he and I both shared that. Elizabeth Gilbert
distance self intimacy
Our daily existence requires both closeness and distance, the wholeness of self, the wholeness of intimacy. Judith Viorst
distance mean may
To converse at the distance of the Indes by means of sympathetic contrivances may be as natural to future times as to us is a literary correspondence. Joseph Glanvill
distance steps littles
You could say that when you introduce humour to your work, you also step back a little from it. You create a distance Lars von Trier
distance sleep funeral
Every funeral may justly be considered as a summons to prepare for that state into which it shows us that we must some time enter; and the summons is more loud and piercing as the event of which it warns us is at less distance. To neglect at any time preparation for death is to sleep on our post at a siege; but to omit it in old age is to sleep at an attack. Lyndon B. Johnson
distance world degrees
A certain degree of ceremony is a necessary outwork of manners, as well as of religion; it keeps the forward and petulant at a proper distance, and is a very small restraint to the sensible and to the well-bred part of the world. Lord Chesterfield
distance silly men
All ceremonies are in themselves very silly things; but yet, a man of the world should know them. They are the outworks of Mannersand Decency, which would be too often broken in upon, if it were not for that defence, which keeps the enemy at a proper distance.
distance night fool
Those who travel heedlessly from place to place, observing only their distance from each other, and attending only to their accommodation at the inn at night, set out fools, and will certainly return so
distance eye laughing
We sometimes laugh from ear to ear, but it would be impossible for a smile to be wider than the distance between our eyes. Malcolm de Chazal
distance animal gestures
In the distance, the gestures of animals look human, the gestures of human beings bestial.
distance people trying
I've always thought that you just make everything as best as you can, and then, one day, people will look objectively at what you do, from a distance, and see its quality. All you try to do is keep the standard up so that, one day, when I sit back and I look at it all, I can feel really good about it. Gavin Rossdale
distance sleep heart
Iain didn't go back to sleep for a long while. He continued to think about all the logical reasons he would never allow himself to be turned into a lovesick weakling like Patrick, and when he finally fell asleep, he had convinced himself that he would distance his heart from his mind. He dreamed about her. Julie Garwood
distance lying night
At night I sit in my chamber and read the bible . Far in the distance roars the sea. Then I lie down and think for a long time about the calm and pale man from Nazareth. Joseph Goebbels
distance light may
However minutely labored the picture may be in the detail, the whole will have a false and even an unfinished appearance, at whatever distance, or in whatever light it can be shown. Joshua Reynolds
distance long looks
The closer the look one takes at a word, the greater distance from which it looks back. Karl Kraus
distance people mind
Is there any point in going across the world to eat something or buy something or watch people squatting among their ruins? Travel is a state of mind. It has nothing to do with distance or the exotic. It is almost entirely an inner experience. Paul Theroux
distance lying garden
One does not lash hat lies at a distance. The foibles that we ridicule must at least be a little bit our own. Only then will the work be a part of our own flesh. The garden must be weeded. Paul Klee
distance elements lines
The longer a line, the more of the time element it contains. Distance is time whereas a surface is apprehended more in terms of the moment.
distance thinking earth
We know that within the solar system is very unlikely there will be anything more advanced than microbial life, but if we think outside the solar system and then, the distances are, of course, immense, then there could be Earth-like planets with more advanced form of life. Paul Davies
distance actors done
Over time as an actor, your life with a project can be so short lived because you come on, you do it, and then you're done. You have no control, no say, and all of a sudden there's all of this distance between the work you've put into something and the product as you see it appear on-screen. Maggie Siff
distance heart talking
You said you're going far away," Tamaru said. "How far away are we talking about?" "It's a distance that can't be measured." "Like the distance that separates one person's heart from another's. Haruki Murakami
distance eye math
Math is like water. It has a lot of difficult theories, of course, but its basic logic is very simple. Just as water flows from high to low over the shortest possible distance, figures can only flow in one direction. You just have to keep your eye on them for the route to reveal itself. That’s all it takes. You don’t have to do a thing. Just concentrate your attention and keep your eyes open, and the figures make everything clear to you. In this whole, wide world, the only thing that treats me so kindly is math.
distance eye light
The sun sliced through the windshield, sealing me in light. I closed my eyes and felt the warmth on my eyelids. Sunlight traveled a long distance to reach this planet; an infinitesimal portion of that sunlight was enough to warm my eyelids. I was moved. That something as insignificant as an eyelid had its place in the workings on the universe, that the cosmic order did not overlook this momentary fact.
distance might feels
But what seems like a reasonable distance to one person might feel too far to somebody else.
distance reality men
It is very easy to speak words of wisdom from a comfortable distance, when one sees no reality, no details, none of the effect on men's minds. Lord Acton
distance long-distance long
I maintain my sanity by keeping my distance. Luis Miguel
distance fall sea
All things of the sea belong to Venus; pearls and shells and alchemists' gold and kelp and the riggish smell of neap tides, the inshore green, and purple further out and the joy of distances and the roar of falling masonry, all these are hers, but she doesn't come out of the sea for all of us. John Cheever
distance father people
The people I see from my window. In the huts, in the distance. They're all dressed the same.' 'Ah, those people,' said Father, nodding his head and smiling slightly. 'Those people...well, they're not people at all, Bruno.' Bruno frowned. 'They're not?' he asked, unsure what Father meant by that. John Boyne
distance car lines
Be able to back up a car for a considerable distance in a straight line and back out of a driveway. Marilyn vos Savant
distance double endlessly kyle riff
I'm dying to fool around with the distance between Selina Kyle and Catwoman. And, you know, the whole double identity thing is endlessly fascinating. I mean, you can always find another riff for it.
distance glad
I'm glad it just had the distance and I got it there. I'm still in a daze. It's unbelievable.
distance future moon
The distance between the earth and her satellite is a mere trifle, and undeserving of serious consideration. I am convinced that before twenty years are over one-half of our earth will have paid a visit to the moon. Jules Verne