Distance Quotes
How distance changes what we see and feel.
Several of these quotes treat distance as a matter of perspective - a fairy-land view of literature that loses its charm on closer approach, and a photographer describing every horizon as revealing another beyond it. See Far quotes for a related angle.
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I've never bought this idea of taking a therapeutic distance. If I see a student or house staff cry, I take great faith in that. That's a great person; they're going to be a great doctor.
Distances Quotes
Oh, yes; you Virginians shed barrels of perspiration while standing off at a distance and superintending the work your slaves do for you. It is different with us. Here it is every fellow for himself, or he doesn't get there.
Plays are the marathon of scriptwriting. You fix on a point somewhere in the middle distance, and you start running, and you don't stop until you get to the end. The theory is that you have something you cannot not...
I have developed my most meaningful relationships online. None of them live within driving distance. None of them are about my own age.
There was a windstorm in L.A., and the morning after there was no smog, and I could see the mountains. And I was like... 'There's mountains? Snowcap mountains?' That's insane; I've been there for thirteen years, and I've never seen...
Distant Quotes
Everybody is improving but I am improving slowly, which seemingly widens our distance.
I once tried standing up on my toes to see far out in the distance, but I found that I could see much farther by climbing to a high place.
While we were at work there came nine or 10 of the natives to a small hill a little way from us, and stood there menacing and threatening of us, and making a great noise. At last one of them...
Far Quotes
Liberalism seems to be related to the distance people are from the problem.
The land of literature is a fairy land to those who view it at a distance, but, like all other landscapes, the charm fades on a nearer approach, and the thorns and briars become visible.
Never have I found the limits of the photographic potential. Every horizon, upon being reached, reveals another beckoning in the distance. Always, I am on the threshold.
In general, anyone who paid the long distance telephone tax will get the refund on their 2006 federal income tax return. This includes individuals, businesses and non-profit organizations.
Recreational shopping is the shortest distance between two points: you and broke.
Love Quotes
The most sinister aspect of Jack is his detachment, his ability to distance himself from his feelings.
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A more literal entry mentions a federal refund tied to an old phone tax, showing how far the word can stretch beyond metaphor. Browse Distant quotes or Love quotes for nearby themes.
