Quotes About Proximity

Earth's brightness is less than one-billionth that of the Sun, and our planet's proximity to the Sun would make it extremely hard for anybody to see Earth directly with a visible light telescope.

As with real estate, what matters with bullet holes is location, location, location

propinquity to power is perceived to matter, especially in a time of crisis.

Proximity bred familiarity, and familiarity bred comfort.

I come from Landsberg am Lech, not so far from Munich.

Close only counts in horseshoes and hand gernades

It seemed as though Margaret hovered near Alice, aware of Alice when Alice didn't seem to be aware of Margaret.

For the enemy to be recognized and feared, he has to be in your home or on your doorstep.

What is distant is seen as exotic and alluring; what is proximate becomes mundane and ordinary. Saving the world is a much more ambitious, ennobling, and ego-gratifying project than preserving the neighborhood.

I shall die while he sleeps. The two slumbers may be good neighbors. The

Mountains appear more lofty the nearer they are approached, but great men resemble them not in this particular.

So near, and yet so very far away.

The nearer the Church the further from God.

Ty was near Kit, as he almost always was, like a magnet clicking into place.

In those days a concert was a personal experience. I wanted to be as close as possible to the audience, and of course big stadiums didn't enable you to do that. It wasn't my style.

They're right next door." "We can still hike out down the Angels Landing

says N. T. Wright, bring "two sets of ideas close together, close enough for a spark to jump, but not too close, so that the spark, in jumping, illuminates for a moment the whole area around."[12]

Joy and sorrow are next door neighbors

A half doctor near is better than a whole one far away.

We make our friends we make our enemies but God makes our next door neighbour.

Entre vós, o dinheiro é essencial, é a base de tudo. Aqui, garanto-lhe, não é assim. Na Rússia só conta o privilégio, a proximidade do poder. Tudo o resto é acessório. Era assim no tempo do czar, e durante os anos comunistas ainda mais. O sistema soviético baseava-se no estatuto

There is power in proximity. Get close to the problem you feel drawn to. Change the narrative. Stay hopeful. Be willing to do uncomfortable things.

I am reminded of Bryan Stevenson's four steps for creating change, in the secret world of prisons or otherwise: There is power in proximity. Get close to the problem you feel drawn to. Change the narrative. Stay hopeful. Be willing to do uncomfortable things. Secrets have power only as long as they are secret.

the lights of a distant city seem star-like and pretty but move closer into sight they engulf the whole night