Far Quotes

Maybe it's due to my west coast liberal upbringing, but, the idea of parallel universes doesn't strike me as being too far out there.

Man hath still either toys or care: But hath no root, nor to one place is tied, but ever restless and irregular, about this earth doth run and ride. He knows he hath a home, but scarce knows where; He says it is so far, that he has quite forgot how to go there.

As far as I'm concerned, blues and jazz are the great American contributions to music.

The covers of this book are too far apart.

Jehovah God is truly rich far beyond the imagination of humankind.

Uncontrolled, the hunger and thirst after God may become an obstacle, cutting off the soul from what it desires. If a man would travel far along the mystic road, he must learn to desire God intensely but in stillness, passively and yet with all his heart and mind and strength.

We spent a lot of time on that record with the sound and recorded it on the Paramount sound stage which is this huge room where the sound is reflected but the reflection is so late and comes from so far away that it doesn't blur the music but gives you a room nonetheless.

A manager should stay as far away as possible from his players. I don't know if I said ten words to Frank Robinson while he played for me.

Still, corruption and oppression are far too common threats to the democratic society.

Ninety percent of my game is mental. It's my concentration that has gotten me this far.

The time when I had desire to go to the United States I didn't have a penny. It was in the middle of the depression, you know. I couldn't get as far as Hoboken at that time.

Just let me go, we have to be able to criticize what we love, to say what we have to say 'cause if you're not trying to make something better, then as far as I can tell, you are just in the way.

We've worked very hard as a band and would like to think we've got this far on the strength of our music.

For me, the worst part of playing golf, by far, has always been hitting the ball.

I am convinced that the stratigraphic method will in the future enable archaeology to throw far more light on the history of American culture than it has done in the past.

The bottom line as far as I was concerned was presenting to the public who Gerry Ferraro was.

My Christmas present to myself each year is to see how much air travel can open up the world and take me to places as far from sheltered California and Japan as possible.

It is always easier - and usually far more effective - to focus on changing your behavior than on changing the behavior of others.

As far as Iraq is concerned, let's not forget what the UNSCR is about, that the main consideration in Iraq is that there is a leader who has been developing weapons of mass destruction, and has been violating UN resolutions for over a decade.

I remain just one thing, and one thing only, and that is a clown. It places me on a far higher plane than any politician.

An unschooled man who knows how to meditate upon the Lord has learned far more than the man with the highest education who does not know how to meditate.

So, we, as human beings, live in a very imprecise world. A world where our perceptions of reality are far more important than actual reality.

Go as far as you can see; when you get there, you'll be able to see farther.

Our failure to find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq thus far has been deeply troubling, and our intelligence-gathering process needs thorough and unbiased investigation.

Globalization, far from putting an end to power diplomacy between States, has, on the contrary, intensified it.

There are a lot of good arguments for birth control, but as far as terminating a life that has already come into existence, I haven't found any.

Basic philosophy, spirit and drive of an organization have far more to do with its relative achievements than do technological or economic resources, organizational structure, innovation and timing.

In terms of the history of a far reaching movement, 20 years is not that long.

It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to, than I have ever known.

The soul is so far from being a monad that we have not only to interpret other souls to ourself but to interpret ourself to ourself.