Distance Quotes - Page 14

• Difficult is a far cry from impossible. The distance between these two lies hope.  Hope and fear cannot occupy the same space at the same time. Invite one to stay.

  Maya Angelou

  Lying, Two, Space

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• And what looks dark in the distance may brighten as I draw near.

  Mary Gardiner Brainard

  Dark, Looks, May

  "Not Knowing". The Congregationalist; set to music as a hymn by Philip Paul Bliss in the 1870s, as quoted in "Glimpses of Christian History Presents More Stories: Blessed Bliss" (2007) by Thomas Corts, March 1869.

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• 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

  Reality, Men, Words Of Wisdom

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• People are like birds - from a distance, beautiful: from close up, those sharp beaks, those beady little eyes.

  Richard J. Needham

  Beautiful, Eye, People

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• The tyranny of distance is such an important element of policy and the allocation of resources.

  George Brandis

  Important, Elements, Resources

  Source: www.abc.net.au

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• I believe in fierce love, pushing the edge, calling the robbers, the corporates, the elites, the pillagers and insanely wealthy to task, going whatever distance we need to go now to protect our earth and each other.

  Eve Ensler

  Believe, Tasks, Needs

  Interview with Kevin Powell, bknation.org. May 1, 2014.

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• Receive no satisfaction for premeditated impertinence - forget it, forgive it - but keep him inexorably at a distance who of∣fered it.

  Johann Kaspar Lavater

  Forgiveness, Forgiving, Satisfaction

  "Aphorisms on man. Translated from the original manuscript of the Rev. John Caspar Lavater, citizen of Zuric" by Johann Kaspar Lavater, New-York: re-printed by T. and J. Swords, for Berry and Rogers, Hanover-Square, 1790.

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• Well, great authors are great people - but I believe that they are best seen at a distance.

  Mary Russell Mitford

  Believe, People, Wells

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• Between highway sounds I heard waves and thought how the curve of the coastline here had sheltered and nurtured live-born sharks, humans, and migrating whales. Here, at the edge of the continent, time and distance stopped; in the lull between sets of waves I could get a fresh start.

  Gretel Ehrlich

  Ocean, Curves, Sharks

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• Love at a distance may be poignant; it is also idealized. Contact, more than separation, is the test of attachment.

  Ilka Chase

  Attachment, May, Tests

  Ilka Chase (1948). “Free Admission”

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• But a piece of paper can be a powerful presence. I have always had enormous respect for the written word and invariably find a letter more revealing than a face-to-face conversation. In a strange way I suspect I will get to know you better at a distance than I would if you had stayed at home.

  Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey

  Powerful, Home, Pieces

  Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey (1998). “A Woman of Independent Means”, p.172, Penguin

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• The so-called new Russian man is characterized mainly by his complete exhaustion. You may find yourself wondering if he has the strength to enjoy his new-found freedom. He is like a long-distance runner who, on reaching the finishing line, is incapable even of raising his hands in a gesture of victory.

  Ryszard Kapuscinski

  Men, Hands, Long

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• Southward, two mighty ranges of the Appalachians shouldered their way into the blue distance like tremendous caravans marching across eternity.

  Hervey Allen

  Book, Blue, Two

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• All papas and mammas have exactly that sort of sight which distinguishes objects at a distance clearly, while they need spectacles to see those under their very noses.

  Giovanni Ruffini

  Sight, Perception, Papa

  Giovanni Ruffini (1858). “Doctor Antonio. A tale. By the author of Lorenzo Benoni [i.e. Giovanni Domenico Ruffini].”, p.159

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• We each live in a private, distorted, individual world - stars turning in space, warmed for a moment by each other's light, then lost in infinite distance.

  Winifred Holtby

  Stars, Light, Space

  Winifred Holtby (2011). “Mandoa, Mandoa!: A Comedy of Irrelevance”, p.193, Hachette UK

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• Those in the margins are always trying to get to the center, and those at the center, frequently in the name of tradition, are trying to keep the margins at a distance.

  Anna Deavere Smith

  Names, Always Trying, Outsiders

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• If a young dog strays up the aisle during church no one says anything, no one does anything, but, none the less, he soon becomes aware that something is wrong. Even so, as the distance between myself and the hearthrug diminished, did I become aware that something was very wrong indeed.

  Ethel Smyth

  Dog, Heart, Say Anything

  Ethel Smyth (1987). “The memoirs of Ethel Smyth”, Viking Pr

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• I found I could also be good in cross country. I don't think my running style has anything to do with it. If you have speed and your body feels good, you can do any distance.

  Catherine Ndereba

  Country, Running, Thinking

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• Sleep marks passing time, giving us distance from the things that have hurt us. When a person is wounded they will often fall unconscious. Similarly, someone who hears traumatic news will often swoon or faint. This is the mind's way of protecting itself from pain.

  Patrick Rothfuss

  Hurt, Pain, Fall

  Patrick Rothfuss (2010). “The Name of the Wind: The Kingkiller Chonicle:”, p.108, Hachette UK

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• God knows no distance.

  Charleszetta Waddles

  God, God Knows, Knows

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• Time sheds a softness on remote objects or events, as local distance imparts to the landscape a smoothness and mellowness which disappear on a nearer approach.

  William Benton Clulow

  Time, Events, Landscape

  William Benton Clulow (1843). “Aphorisms and Reflections: A Miscellany of Thought and Opinion”, p.160

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• It is a most unhappy state to be at a distance with God: man needs no greater infelicity than to be left to himself.

  Owen Feltham

  God, Men, Unhappy

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• Those old ages are like the landscape that shows best in purple distance, all verdant and smooth, and bathed in mellow light.

  Edwin Hubbel Chapin

  Light, Purple, Age

  "Humanity in the city". Book by Edwin Hubbell Chapin, 1854.

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• some journalists have described the South Pole as 'hell on earth.' Others refer to my time here as 'an ordeal.' They would be surprised to know how beautiful Antarctica has seemed to me, with its waves of ice in a hundred shades of blue and white, its black winter sky, its ecstatic wheel of stars. They would never understand how the lights of the Dome welcomed me from a distance, or how often I danced and sang and laughed here with my friends. And how I was not afraid.

  Jerri Nielsen

  Beautiful, Stars, Winter

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• To whom one reports is a unit of measure. It measures the exact distance between the player and the center of power. It is the closest we can get to a calibrated answer to the question 'How big am I?' More than the size of an executive's office or even his title, which no one remembers anyway, the fewer people between the player and a 'yes,' the more powerful he is.

  Lynda Obst

  Powerful, Player, Office

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