Quotes having the keyword Nearer
But poetry is a way of language, it is not its subject or its maker's background or interests or hobbies or fixations. It is nearer to utterance than history.
by Thomas Lynch (Politician, American , born in 1727) keywords: background, history, hobbies, interests, language, maker, nearer, poetry, subject, than, utterance , way A beast does not know that he is a beast, and the nearer a man gets to being a beast, the less he knows it.
by George MacDonald (Novelist, Scottish , born in 1824) keywords: beast, being, does, gets, know, knows, less, man , nearer Many a thief is a better man than many a clergyman, and miles nearer to the gate of the kingdom.
by George MacDonald (Novelist, Scottish , born in 1824) keywords: better, clergyman, gate, kingdom, man, many, miles, nearer, than , thief No advance in wealth, no softening of manners, no reform or revolution has ever brought human equality a millimeter nearer.
by George Orwell (Author, British , born in 1903) keywords: advance, brought, equality, ever, human, manners, nearer, reform, revolution, softening , wealth It must be remembered that the sea is a great breeder of friendship. Two men who have known each other for twenty years find that twenty days at sea bring them nearer than ever they were before, or else estrange them.
by Gilbert Parker (Politician, British , born in 1862) keywords: before, bring, days, each, else, ever, find, friendship, great, known, men, must, nearer, other, remembered, sea, than, them, twenty, two, were , years On the floor I am more at ease. I feel nearer, more part of the painting, since this way I can walk around it, work from the four sides and literally be in the painting.
by Jackson Pollock (Artist, American , born in 1912) keywords: am, around, ease, feel, floor, four, literally, more, nearer, painting, part, sides, since, walk, way , work We are nearer loving those who hate us than those who love us more than we wish.
by Francois de La Rochefoucauld (Writer, French , born in 1970) keywords: hate, love, loving, more, nearer, than, those, us , wish Human nature must have come much nearer perfection than it is now, or will be in many generations, to exclude from such a control prejudice, selfishness, ambition, and injustice.
by Elihu Root (Lawyer, American , born in 1845) keywords: ambition, come, control, exclude, generations, human, injustice, many, much, must, nature, nearer, now, perfection, prejudice, selfishness, such, than , will Adventure upon all the tickets in the lottery, and you lose for certain; and the greater the number of your tickets the nearer your approach to this certainty.
by Adam Smith (Economist, Scottish , born in 1970) topics: Science keywords: adventure, approach, certain, certainty, greater, lose, lottery, nearer, number, tickets, upon , your I told the brethren that the Book of Mormon was the most correct of any book on earth, and the keystone of our religion, and a man would get nearer to God by abiding by its precepts, than by any other book.
by Joseph Smith, Jr. (Clergyman, American , born in 1805) keywords: abiding, any, book, brethren, correct, earth, get, god, keystone, man, mormon, most, nearer, other, our, precepts, religion, than, told , would I lived in town until I was eight and then I moved nearer the farmland, so I had a mixture.
by Stephen Sprouse (Designer , born in 1953) keywords: eight, farmland, had, lived, mixture, moved, nearer, then, town , until If you are looking down while you are walking it is better to walk up hill the ground is nearer.
by Gertrude Stein (Author, American , born in 1874) keywords: better, down, ground, hill, looking, nearer, up, walk, walking , while Love from one being to another can only be that two solitudes come nearer, recognize and protect and comfort each other.
by Han Suyin (Writer, Chinese , born in 1917) keywords: another, being, come, comfort, each, love, nearer, only, other, protect, recognize, solitudes , two Any woman who understands the problems of running a home will be nearer to understanding the problems of running a country.
by Margaret Thatcher (Leader, English , born in 1925) keywords: any, country, home, nearer, problems, running, understanding, understands, will , woman
