982 Quotes About Distance

Opinion is like a pendulum and obeys the same law. If it goes past the centre of gravity on one side, it must go a like distance on the other; and it is only after a certain time that it finds the true point at which it can remain at rest.

At the hearings, I gave Judge Roberts every opportunity to distance himself from Justice Thomas's most extreme views, ... He refused.

Only poetry can measure the distance between ourselves and the Other.

The distance between the glorified spirits in heaven and the militant saints on earth seems great; but it is not so. We are not far from home. Heaven... is just one sigh and we get there. Our departed friends are only in the upper room, as it were, of the same house; they have not gone far off; they are upstairs and we are down below.

We must remember that the shortest distance between our problems and their solutions is the distance between our knees and the floor.

It is only with distance that we are able to turn our powers of observation on ourselves, thus fashioning stories in which we are characters.

Passion and platonic friendliness, often contrary siblings, frequently wear similar faces to hide the great distance between them.

That win in the 400 was huge for us. He is supposed to be a distance guy, but he has a lot of range. He had a great day.

One thing I like about the United States, and I kind of miss about the United States, is there's an election coming up here in England, but no one's going to have a sign in front of their house. Nobody's going to wear buttons. And in France, same thing. In America I like that people have signs and buttons and bumper stickers. Sometimes you'll smile at someone from a distance, then you'll get up close and you'll see their pin, and you're like, "Oh my god. I wasted a smile on you?"