Near Quotes

You take the cards you're dealt. I'm now ferociously healthy in body and mind. You couldn't pay me to go near a psychiatrist again. Stopping seeing them was my first step to getting well.

You will seek not a near but a distant objective, and you will not be satisfied with what you may have done.

We are as near to heaven by sea as by land.

In the depth of the near depression, that he faced when he came in, Barack Obama and Democratic leaders in Congress provided 'recovery funds' that literally kept our classrooms open. Two years ago, these funds saved nearly 20,000 teacher and education jobs - just here in North Carolina.

Of everyone else who was running, and there were some very talented people, none of them had anywhere near the experience I had in hiring people, holding them accountable, creating systems for accountability.

I am not driven by any bitterness by what happened in Athens. I learnt a lot of lessons from it and probably came through it a stronger person in the end. There have been a lot of near misses, and that's taught me to keep persevering and that there is a chance it can come right.

I believe life is a series of near misses. A lot of what we ascribe to luck is not luck at all. It's seizing the day and accepting responsibility for your future. It's seeing what other people don't see And pursuing that vision.

Alone! Alone! No beacon, far or near! No chart, no compass, and no anchor stay!

I have looked into your eyes with my eyes. I have put my heart near your heart.

I don't think the space station will ever do anything for exploration. Putting people up there for a year or more is the only way you will get anywhere near the exploration concept.

Just as the water of a river near its mouth, in its final form, is composed largely of many tributaries, so an idea, in its final form, is composed largely of later additions.

The banding together by the nations of the world against Israel is the guarantee that their time of destruction is near and the final redemption of the Jew at hand.

A friend who is near and dear may in time become as useless as a relative.

The firm, the enduring, the simple, and the modest are near to virtue.

Over the near term there is clearly the opportunity to work with Microsoft to do to a better job of creating a more secure Windows experience for users around the world.

Now I am near to the getting of my crown, which shall be sure; for I bless the Lord, and desire all of you to bless Him that He hath brought me here, and makes me triumph over devils, and men, and sin: they shall wound me no more.

It is common for those that are farthest from God, to boast themselves most of their being near to the Church.

To the solemn graves, near a lonely cemetery, my heart like a muffled drum is beating funeral marches.

The atmosphere is much too near for dreams. It forces us to action. It is close to us. We are in it and of it. It rouses us both to study and to do. We must know its moods and also its motive forces.

On my best days, such as when I was a junior in high school coming off a 42-point performance and near triple-double, my dad was there to tell me I haven't arrived yet and bring me back to reality.

Accuracy of statement is one of the first elements of truth; inaccuracy is a near kin to falsehood.

A rusty nail placed near a faithful compass, will sway it from the truth, and wreck the argosy.

He who lives in our mind is near though he may actually be far away; but he who is not in our heart is far though he may really be nearby.

Turkeys, quails, and small birds, are here to be seen; but birds are not numerous in desart forests; they draw near to the habitations of men, as I have constantly observed in all my travels.

For many members of Congress, the time for choosing is near - do what the party leadership demands, or do what the people have asked you to do. If my colleagues don't mind some advice from a newcomer, I'd suggest going with the will of the people.

The Baltic Sea is becoming more and more polluted. Not everybody living near the shore of the Baltic Sea is protecting it. It is the water of life for countries like Finland and Sweden.

We moved over to Silver Spring, actually near University Park.

If you are far from the enemy, make him believe you are near.

The near stillness recalls what is forgotten, extinct angels.

Describing comic sensibility is near impossible. It's sort of an abstract silliness, that sometimes the joke isn't the star.