(376 quotes found)
“Sweetest melodiesAre those that are by distance made more sweet.”
William Wordsworth
“What a splendid thing watercolor is to express atmosphere and distance, so that the figure is surrounded by air and can breathe in it”
Vincent van Gogh
“The distance that the dead have gone/ Does not at first appear --/ Their coming back seems possible/ For many an ardent year.”
Emily Dickinson
“She knew her distance and did angle for me, Madding my eagerness with her restraint, As all impediments on fancy's course Are motives of more fancy; and in fine, her infinite cunning, with her modern grace Subdued me to her rate”
William Shakespeare
“a real alternative, a set of meanings and values that can stand at a critical and redemptive distance from contemporary culture.”
Cardinal Ratzinger
“You wouldn't commit to a nice guy, given the option? [Carrie] I can't even commit to a long distance carrier. [Stanford]”
Sex and the City
“Obviously if you ask me, I'd like to see our colt's best distance be a mile and a quarter. … We weren't training this horse to win the Hopeful. We're training the horse for down the road, and the Hopeful is the next logical step.”
Bruce Lunsford
“The shortest distance between two points is a straight line”
Proverb
“Among men and women, those in love do not always announce themselves with declarations and vows. But they are the ones who weep when you're gone. Who miss you every single night, especially when the sky is so deep and beautiful, and the ground so very cold.”
Alice Hoffman
“The distance is nothing it is only the first step that costs”
Madame Marie du Deffand
