Quotes About Distance

Nor can it be argued that the time required is too short to be perceived; for though this may be the case in short distances, it cannot be so in distances so great as that which separates the East from the West.

The best course to prevent falling into the pit is to keep at the greatest distance from it; he who will be so bold as to attempt to dance upon the brink of the pit, may find by woeful experience that it is a righteous thing with God that he should fall into the pit.

'Tis distance lends enchantment to the view,And robes the mountain in its azure hue.

If you are far from the enemy, make him believe you are near.

We are as near to heaven by sea as by land.

I like Ireland because it means I'm near France.

Since the invention of steamships distant countries have become like those that are near at hand.

From my apartment in Arlington, I could see Washington. It was always nice to be near home.

Since I finished on 'The Mentalist,' I didn't need to be so near to the studio, so we decided to move a bit further out where you can get more house for your money, too. It definitely feels more like home.

I especially like the Padstow area and the south coast near Portloe. It's lovely, though I do wish it was a bit closer to London.

Obviously I've grown up around YouTubers, people getting millions of hits, but I was never anywhere near that.

I have already spent Christmas Eve and Christmas morning alone, missing my children, and crying because I have no family nearby.

Nearer the gods no mortal may approach.

I have found that no exertion of the legs can bring two minds much nearer to one another.

Nothing is farther than earth from heaven; nothing is nearer than heaven to earth.

Nothing is further than earth from heaven, and nothing is nearer than heaven to earth.

The family is something you are always missing, but it has to be like this. It is not easy for any manager to be with your family, in your house, and working at your nearest club. So you have to travel.

I don't get back to Michigan nearly as much as I'd like to.

There's one downside in comparison to both Soyuz and SpaceX, is that when you go to those places - when I went to Russia, or when I went to California - you're sort of focused on what you're doing. Your family's not there. Your lawn isn't needing to be cut. You're just focusing on what you need to do.

I think it was much better when you got on your horse and rode two miles to talk to your neighbor.

I grew up in New York, in a rough neighborhood where our biggest concern was not getting beat up. I was always far from the center of the Big Apple.

From the neighborhoods that we grew up in, we had to learn how to deal with people. How to keep certain people at a distance, how to cut people off completely.

In a social context, digital technology introduces you to neighbours of the mind - people who are separated by distance, but close to you in thought and interest.

I miss my family, and I miss the New Jersey beaches. They have beaches here in L.A., but they aren't the same.