Far Quotes

No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of the members are poor and miserable.

Art, as far as it is able, follows nature, as a pupil imitates his master; thus your art must be, as it were, God's grandchild.

We started out as far to the left as we could.

The highly skilled workers at Lima have enabled the plant to grow far beyond its original mission, now providing a wide variety of cutting-edge military vehicles and equipment to the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps.

I am totally fascinated by people and our history as I understand and continue to explore it. People have so much to give and so far to go and yet we have given and gone a great distance. It's really just interesting to ask: why not? And see where that takes me.

Actors, I don't think, ever really grow up. I'm hoping that that rejuvenating process applies to me, too. It has so far. I've been very lucky.

After my first visit to Japan, in 1960, to work on a joint model building project at Osaka University, I maintained a continuing interest in the country and the entire Far East.

A friend who is far away is sometimes much nearer than one who is at hand. Is not the mountain far more awe-inspiring and more clearly visible to one passing through the valley than to those who inhabit the mountain?

I think there's a far more general audience now because I've done more populist stuff on telly.

I'm not as far along as Jack Nicklaus was at this age, but I'm trying.

As far as I'm concerned, the first business leader who was able to establish a cult of personality around his tenure was Lee Iacocca.

Far be it from me to force anyone into either chess or dressage, but if you choose to do so yourself, in my opinion there is only one way: follow the rules.

I am a closet toy freak. I started chasing after some things as far as Star Wars toys - some very rare stuff.

As far as the lack of hits goes, I think perhaps it's because I've played a lot of different roles and have not created a persona that the public can latch on to. I have played everything from psychopathic killers to romantic leading men, and in picking such diverse roles I have avoided typecasting.

Women's value has been under-recognized for far too long.

As far as my journal, I want to share tour life with my fans.

Life imitates art far more than art imitates Life.

It may be far in the future, but there's some kind of logical way to get from where we are to where the science fiction is.

I pitched a storyline, and as far as I know it's been picked up. It's for the third and final episode I'm contracted to do. But I can't give any spoilers.

It was less a literary thing than a linguistic, philosophical preoccupation... discovering how far you can go with language to create immediate, elementary experience.

I have pushed the boat out as far as I should in terms of taking on too many things. I'm getting older and I just could not take it any more. I am now monitoring myself very closely and I'm just trying not to get into that sort of state again.

So far I go with the Socialists as to think it a pretty general rule that, where monopoly is necessary, it is better in public hands.

We have to say now we think the character of the party has changed so far it will take something very exceptional, something really out of the ordinary line to make us be convinced there's a chance of winning back the party.

It is a paradox that far too few Americans participate in the wonderful ritual of democracy that we call Election Day.

Nerds are far more interesting human in later life.

It is our choices... that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.

Wars are, of course, as a rule to be avoided; but they are far better than certain kinds of peace.

Spiritual relationship is far more precious than physical. Physical relationship divorced from spiritual is body without soul.

As far as the leading man/romantic lead, I'll tell you what, I really enjoyed my experience more than I thought or imagined I would on 'Catch and Release.' God bless them if they want to give me another shot at that. I would love to have that as something I can go to on occasion.

I'm not that old, and I haven't lived a life so far from the ordinary, really.