logo

Quotes About Far

How could human civilization decline so far, yet seem so normal in many respects? And is it scientifically possible that a blight could wipe out all edible
~ Kip S. Thorne
The sky was a mixture of rose, green, and violet, the enchanting colors of malaria country, and it seemed far, far away.
~ Carlo Levi
The deliberate effort of memory for small detail is a social grace that will take a person far.
~ Carolyn Haines
You are mad," the godswife said hoarsely. "Is it so far from madness to wisdom?" Dany asked.
~ George R.R. Martin
Our deeds still travel with us from afar, and what we have been makes us what we are.
~ George Eliot
Neither said anything while they embraced. Sometimes words didn't go far enough, the vessels of letters and the ladles of grammar incapable of holding the heart's sentiments.
~ J.R. Ward
Most umpires are good about letting the argument go, but you can only go on for so long, or go so far. If you don't leave it alone after a minute or two, you're in trouble. They want to keep the game moving, so they've got to throw you out. I had trouble leaving it alone, I guess.
~ Bobby Cox
What is all wisdom save a collection of platitudes? But the man who orders his life according to their teachings cannot go far wrong.
~ Norman Douglas
Cal's eyes are still getting used to looking this far, after all those years of city blocks. Landscape is one of the few things he knows of where the reality doesn't let you down. The West of Ireland looked beautiful on the internet; from right smack in the middle of it, it looks even better.
~ Tana French
To disappear into deep water or to disappear toward a far horizon, to become part of depth of infinity, such is the destiny of man that finds its image in the destiny of water.
~ Gaston Bachelard
BARABAS: Why, I esteem the injury far less, To take the lives of miserable men Than be the causers of their misery.
~ Christopher Marlowe
What good were bright gods who only watched from afar while dark gods strove every moment to devour you?
~ Laini Taylor
Our concern be peace of mind: some old crone let us seek,To spit on us for luck and keep unlovely things afar.
~ Theocritus
I live not too far from it in New York City.
~ Piper Perabo
The doors go shutting far in the distance, gently knocking like the pulse of a heart.
~ Virginia Woolf
Temple Bar was hundreds of miles away,
~ Charles Dickens
My heart responds most warm with thine To pray and hope each day No heart can feel more deep than mine If near—or far away.
~ Samuel Woodhull, 1851
But when a place has been an island the memory of water lingers, and of water magic, no matter how far away the sea may be, or how long ago it fell away. And
~ Guy Gavriel Kay
Though inland far we be, Our Souls have sight of that immortal sea Which brought us hither." William Wordsworth
~ James Hollis
Most women don't want to take the time to figure out their style. It's okay to experiment a little bit, but don't get too far from what looks good on you.
~ Beyonce Knowles
I tried to be just a singer of standards when I was starting out. And there was nothing special enough about my voice to make it that far. So I feel a bit like Rod Stewart. Once you've had that rock career, people will give you that chance where otherwise they might not.
~ Nellie McKay
With dancing, you have to know spatial movement with somebody. It is steps. It's literally steps and knowing how close to be or how far away. You have to have the beat in the right place with the camera.
~ Channing Tatum
Are these the duties I required? I called for the heart and spirit and you bring nothing but the carcass of duty. Should I receive this?" "The Lord says These people come near to me with their mouth and honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me." Isaiah 29:13
~ Thomas Watson
Is everyone who lives in Ignorance like you? asked Milo. Much worse, he said longingly. But I don't live here. I'm from a place very far away called Context.
~ Norton Juster