Famous Quotes & Sayings

Confucius

The way of the superior man may be compared to what takes place in traveling, when to go to a distance we must first traverse the space that is near, and in ascending a height, when we must begin from the lower ground.

Confucius

The gods should certainly be revered, but kept at a distance... . The way is not beyond man; he who creates a way outside of man cannot make it a true way. A good man is content with changing man, and that is enough for him.

Confucius

Respect the gods and the devils but keep them at a distance

Confucius

The shortest distance between any two points on a golf course is a straight line that passes directly through the center of a very large tree.

Dane Cook

You can try to steal the thunder all you want, it just reminds people I'm the lightning. You rumble in the distance. I light up the sky.

Dallas Willard

In solitude we find psychic distance, the perspective from which we can see, in the light of eternity, the created things that trap, worry, and oppress us.

David Cassidy

All I had done for five years was work 18 hours a day all over the world. I needed to step back and distance myself from it.

David Byrne

I've rarely kept my distance from kind of - I don't know if we can call it politics, but kind of, civic engagement and that kind of thing, except I tended to think, 'Well, do it yourself before you start telling other people what they should be doing.'

David Byrne

Rich people will travel great distances to look at poor people....

Darin Strauss

Passion and platonic friendliness, often contrary siblings, frequently wear similar faces to hide the great distance between them.

David Levithan

Two infinities: the one that stretches to the beginning but never touches-when you halve and halve and halve, infinitely-and then the one that spreads out into the endless, endless future, the endless, endless, distance.The set of infinities that is itself infinite.

David Levithan

There has to be a moment at the beginning where you wonder whether you’re in love with the person or in love with the feeling of love itself. If the moment doesn’t pass, that’s it—you’re done. And if the moment does pass, it never goes that far. It stands in the distance, ready for whenever you want it back. Sometimes it’s even there when you thought you were searching for something else, like an escape route, or your lovers’ face.

David Levithan

Magic naturally fades over distance. But proximity - well, when it works, proximity amplifies magic.

David Letterman

Jeb Bush has to distance himself from what they call the Bush brand. So he keeps saying, 'I am my own man.' But when Governor Chris Christie is out on the campaign trail, he's always saying, 'I'm my own man, plus another guy.'

Cindy Klassen

Coming into the Games I knew I was in five events but I didn't expect to get a medal in every distance, especially the 5,000.

Cindy Sherman

I like making images that from a distance seem kind of seductive, colorful, luscious and engaging, and then you realize what you're looking at is something totally opposite. It seems boring to me to pursue the typical idea of beauty, because that is the easiest and the most obvious way to see the world. It's more challenging to look at the other side.

Cillian Murphy

I like the little bit of distance that London affords me and I like living in a world capital. I like having the culture at my fingertips.

Amish Tripathi

The distance between Evil and Good is a vast expanse in which many can exist without being either.

Anson Mount

About once a year, I do these long-distance relays with some friends of mine, and it takes about 27 or 28 hours to complete it.

Andy Rooney

We're all torn between the desire for privacy and the fear of lonliness. We need each other and we need to get away from each other. We need proximity and distance, conversation and silence. We almost always get more of each than we want at any one time.

I think it makes a big difference. Especially going a distance and on fillies, it helps fillies out a lot.

I think it makes a big difference, ... Especially going a distance and on fillies, it helps fillies out a lot.

I thought we would be okay if we stayed within striking distance in the first quarter and we did. We were able to take the lead in the second half. This will be such a great learning experience for the younger girls on the team.

It is a long distance that the seismic waves have to travel before they reach Mexico City, ... and that reduces the amplitude of the waves. It is very much reduced at this distance.

Rob Blake

We just have to hope we're in striking distance near the end (of the season).

Hogs are extremely sensitive to hunting pressure, and they can move quite a distance in a short time. If hogs receive a lot of hunting pressure, they'll pick up and move, often a mile or two away. So when you have hogs on your property, all your neighbors soon will have hogs on their lands too, whether they want them or not.

He's a threat to take it the distance every snap. That's a special gift to have on offense. He's an explosive player.

There aren't many rests in Jennifer's concerto. She's done her homework well and knows what works. But I have to be more like a long distance runner for this concerto, while orchestra playing is more like being a sprinter.

Harry Shearer

I think it's the distance between what we're supposed to think their job entails and what their job really entails.

He has done some good things for us. We would like to see some more distance with his punting.

He has done some good things for us, ... We would like to see some more distance with his punting.

Rick Barnes

He did well going the distance because he did not even practice yesterday.

He is a tough kid, but he has a lot to learn about distance running. When he learns it, look out.