Closer Quotes - page 2

In coming closer to nature, man shows himself superior to it. As a mere part of nature, man's existence would be a series of isolated phenomena. All life would proceed from and depend on contact with the outside world. (Rudolf Christoph Eucken)
Rational beliefs bring us closer to getting good results in the real world. View quote
Albert Ellis
I had to get used to wearing a mask and wearing a prosthetic and performing with those things while singing and expressing myself through stylized movement, while keeping it as human as possible so the audience could be closer to the horror of the Phantom. View quote
Gerard Butler
Notwithstanding these setbacks, the dream of a beautiful American orchestra goes on, and I share Dr. King's faith that each year we move inexorably closer to a magnificent opening night. View quote
Adam Schiff
Of course the barbarians' aim of world domination has not escaped the attention of the Europeans, perhaps because unlike us they are closer to the walls. View quote
Barbara Amiel
You can't get closer to the heart of national sovereignty than national security and intelligence services. View quote
Gijs de Vries
It's nice to have some distance with your family. As long as you're closer to them by love. View quote
Olivier Martinez
As time goes on we get closer to that American Dream of there being a pie cut up and shared. Usually greed and selfishness prevent that and there is always one bad apple in every barrel. View quote
Rick Danko
If you have a secret, people will sit a little bit closer. View quote
Rob Corddry
Perhaps women have always been in closer contact with reality than men: it would seem to be the just recompense for being deprived of idealism. View quote
Germaine Greer
The benefits of science are not only material ones. The truths that science teaches are of common interest the world over. The language of science is universal, and is a powerful force in bringing the peoples of the world closer together. (Arthur Compton)
That's because, like everyone else on the planet, you believed that time would teach you to grow closer to God. But time doesn't teach; it merely brings us a sense of weariness and of growing older. View quote
Paulo Coelho
Conservatism, though a necessary element in any stable society, is not a social program; in its paternalistic, nationalistic and power adoring tendencies it is often closer to socialism than true liberalism; and with its traditionalistic, anti-intellectual, and often mystical propensities it will never, except in short periods of disillusionment, appeal to the young and all those others who believe that some changes are desirable if this world is to become a better place. View quote
Friedrich Hayek
None of the abstract concepts comes closer to fulfilled utopia than that of eternal peace. View quote
Theodor Adorno
There is nothing that comes closer to true humility than the intelligence. It is impossible to feel pride in one's intelligence at the moment when one really and truly exercises it. View quote
Simone Weil
I come closer to my desk as to a bulwark against life. View quote
Fernando Pessoa
We live in a time when the words impossible and unsolvable are no longer part of the scientific community's vocabulary. Each day we move closer to trials that will not just minimize the symptoms of disease and injury but eliminate them. View quote
Christopher Reeve
I suppose the longer anyone spends on earth, the closer we all get to becoming superfluous characters. View quote
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
I am trying to get closer to God. View quote
Lenny Kravitz
Kosovo today is closer to Europe than other countries in the region of South Eastern Europe. View quote
Ibrahim Rugova
Africa is closer to me in every way than Iraq or Syria. (Muammar Gaddafi)
The intimate rapport with nature is one of the most precious things in life. Nature is indeed very close to us; sometimes closer than hands and feet, of which in truth she is but the extension. The emotional appeal of nature is tremendous, sometimes almost more than one can bear. View quote
Jan Smuts
Like her father, he wasn't comfortable sharing his thoughts and feelings. She tried to explain that she needed to be closer to him, but it had never seemed to make a difference. View quote
Nicholas Sparks
We in America should see that no man is ever given, no matter how gradually or how noble and excellent the man, the power to put this country into a war which is now being prepared and brought closer each day with all the pre-meditation of a long planned murder. For when you give power to an executive you do not know who will be filling that position when the time of crisis comes. View quote
Ernest Hemingway
He had known the love that is fed on caresses and feeds them; but this passion that was closer than his bones was not to be superficially satisfied. View quote
Edith Wharton