Quotes of: Near Keyword

Alchemy is the art of far and near, and I think poetry is alchemy in that way. It's delightful to distort size, to see something that's tiny as though it were vast.

Robert Morgan

Safety comes in our nearness to God, not in our distance from our enemies.

Hunger No More: A 1-Year Devotional Journey Through the Psalms

There will be no redemption because the men who run this place do not want redemption. They want to be as near to hell as they can.

The Intuitionist

When you love someone, you're willing to give up damn near anything for them to be happy.

Just for Appearances

Bulgaria, I reflected as I walked back to the hotel, isn’t a country; it’s a near-death experience.

Neither Here nor There: Travels in Europe

I would kiss the ground where your shadow fell just to be near you.

Night of a Thousand Stars

The urge to draw near to the female silhouette resided deep in the ancient center of a man...

In Need of a Good Wife

Sometimes you don't need words to feel better; you just need the nearness of your dog.

A Snicker of Magic

You have to be willing to spend time making things for no known reason.

Picture This: The Near-sighted Monkey Book

Searching for a mind long lost I found it shaping colors and history near the cliffs of your heart.

Visions of a Skylark Dressed in Black

for the space of half a year, the gunpowder lay as harmless as sand, because no fire came near to explode it.

Wuthering Heights

Vessels large may venture more, But little boats should keep near shore.

The Way to Wealth

There’s a saying, isn’t there, that when you’ve had a near death experience, all you want to do is have sex?

Yours Truly

To exercise at or near capacity is the best way I know of reaching a true introspective state. If you do it right, it can open all kinds of inner doors.

Al Oerter

We should not be making near-term decisions with long-term consequences without robustly debating these questions and fully considering the substantial and unpredictable risks of these actions.

Niki Tsongas

I've built two wooden houses near Vals. I built them for my wife. Those were private projects.

Peter Zumthor

I grew up near the sea in British Columbia and San Francisco, and lived in Malibu and Fiji for years. I get uncomfortable being too far inland.

Raymond Burr

In real football, I wouldn't want Terrell Owens anywhere near my team. But you're nuts if you don't take him in fantasy.

Randy Cross

Teachers who help to open young minds perform a duty which is as near sacred as I will admit.

Richard Dawkins

There was quite a lot of lying around in fields at Stonar, a small independent girls' school in the country near Bath. It was a non-selective school and the right environment for me: academically not particularly pushy.

Romola Garai

The end was surely near. The Nazis killed you only when you were naked, because they knew, psychologically, that naked people never resist.

Simon Wiesenthal