Closer Quotes - page 6

Religion promotes the divine discontent within oneself, so that one tries to make oneself a better person and draw oneself closer to God. (Cyril Cusack)
You've got to be closer to the edge than ever to win. That means sometimes you go over the edge, and I don't mean driving, either. View quote
Dale Earnhardt
I can manage a prose format as long as I keep closer to Laurence Sterne than to Henry James. View quote
David Antin
Aren't we at the point where the closer we get to chaos, the more concern that there should be about coming to the table and compromising with Democrats? This is not leadership. This is almost like dictatorship. View quote
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
I was a starter and did some good things there, and then I got a chance to prove myself as a closer. Because of that opportunity, I was blessed with the honor of being elected to the Hall of Fame. View quote
Dennis Eckersley
I have always said that I want to finish my career with the Dolphins and this put me closer to that goal. I have been fortunate to break many personal records, but my overiding goal is to win a Super Bowl here in Miami. View quote
Dan Marino
In terms of jumping into a character's skin, I try to immerse myself in the role as much as possible to bring me closer to them. All I do is what's required to achieve what I want to achieve. View quote
Dougray Scott
The closer a Negro got to the ballot box, the more he looked like a rapist. View quote
E. Franklin Frazier
On the other hand, when I give it closer thought, I realize I'm not enough of a dictator to conduct an orchestra because it requires a pretty awful person. When you read these biographies of famous conductors, they are all awful people who fail in their private relationships. View quote
Eberhard Weber
The fighter loses more than his pride in the fight; he loses part of his future. He's a step closer to the slum he came from. View quote
Floyd Patterson
He has that mentality, ... You have to have a short memory as a closer. (Frank Robinson)
For most of my 20s, I looked like I was 12. Now that I'm pushing 40, I guess I look closer to... 15? It must be my macrobiotic diet. Oh, wait, except that I don't have one of those. View quote
Gabriel Mann
Eliminating the piano means that I've always worked closer with the bass than most players. View quote
Gerry Mulligan
I am living in Norway, where I am under the care of the best cancer doctor in Norway and I can be closer to my family. View quote
Grete Waitz
I'm equally guilty of using technology - I Twitter, I text people, I chat. But I think there's something strangely insidious about it that it makes us think we're closer when in fact we're not seeing each other, we're not connecting. View quote
Jason Reitman
We're in a post-conceptual era where it's really the artist's idea and vision that are prized rather than the ability to master the crafts that support the work. Today, our understanding of an artist is closer to a philosopher than to a craftsman. View quote
Jeffrey Deitch
I had a longing for ritual, something I could cling to, a routine to make me feel well and contented. I hoped that reading Bible commentaries and theological critiques would nudge me closer to some kind of absolute that I could hold up as a torch to light my way. View quote
Jack Dee
American voters have to pay closer attention to politics if they want to avoid four years of whining about the outcome. View quote
Jack Germond
It's a combination of targeting higher paying jobs in these growth areas and fostering closer cooperation with higher education; a rising tide that lifts all boats. View quote
John Hoeven
Muslim delegates concerned about rights in Palestine could have brought their enthusiasm closer to home by addressing the fate of black Christians being slaughtered and enslaved in the Sudan. View quote
Jacob T. Schwartz
Singing in Spanish is much more honest, much closer to my roots. For me, Spanish is essential. I still think in Spanish, dream in Spanish. It's the melodies and arrangements that transmit meaning. (Juanes)
I have very fond memories of the 80s; they were very formative years for me. I certainly remember the Cold War. It was a closer doorstep for the Brits than the Americans, so it was a very real and palpable threat at the time. View quote
Matthew Rhys
Some of your teachers are actually closer in age to you than you think. View quote
Maya Lin
Every day we do get closer to a cure. Three out of four children who are diagnosed with cancer will survive the disease, but that is not good enough. The loss of one child to this disease is too much. View quote
Michael McCaul
So if we're going to build new applications that require a large time investment, like say movie editing - today that doesn't matter for the enterprise desktop, but eventually it will when we get closer to consumers - you really need to have a cross-platform story. View quote
Miguel de Icaza