Quotes about Closest

Closest to the truth are those who deal lightly with it because they know it is inexhaustible. Votes: 3

I am Opposite of weak Opposite of slack Synonym of heat Synonym of crack Closest to the peak Far from a punk Y'all ought to stop talking And start trying to catch up Votes: 3

Laughter is the closest distance between two people. Votes: 1

The relationship between husband and wife should be one of closest friends. Votes: 1

Love begins by taking care of the closest ones - the ones at home. Votes: 1

Being a celebrity is probably the closest to being a beautiful woman as you can get. Votes: 1

Gliders, sail planes, they're wonderful flying machines. It's the closest you can come to being a bird. Votes: 1

Marriage may be the closest thing to Heaven or Hell any of us will know on this earth. Votes: 1

A dog is a vehicle, you know; a dog is a window to Mother Nature, and that's the closest species we have. Votes: 1

Alexander Hamilton started the U.S. Treasury with nothing, and that was the closest our country has ever been to being even. Votes: 1

Nature will bear the closest inspection. She invites us to lay our eye level with her smallest leaf, and take an insect view of its plain. Votes: 1

Kurt and I weren't the closest of friends, but I knew him well enough to be devastated by his death. For such a quiet person, he was so excited about having a child. Votes: 1

I believe the best service to the child is the service closest to the child, and children who are victims of neglect, abuse, or abandonment must not also be victims of bureaucracy. They deserve our devoted attention, not our divided attention. Votes: 1

I grew up babysitting and always enjoyed it. I love family. A couple of my closest friends have kids, and I'm their godfather, and that's one of my greatest pleasures in life, just picking them up from school and hanging out with them. Votes: 1

Sailing is the closest I can get to nature - it's adrenaline, fear, a constant challenge and learning experience, an adventure into the unknown. And of course there is nothing better than wearing the same T-shirt for days and not brushing my hair for weeks. Votes: 1

Once the realization is accepted that even between the closest human beings infinite distances continue, a wonderful living side by side can grow, if they succeed in loving the distance between them which makes it possible for each to see the other whole against the sky. Votes: 1

And costume is so important for an actor. It absolutely helps to get into character; it's the closest thing to you, it touches you. Some actors like to go into make-up and then put their clothes on, but I like to dress first; that's my routine. Votes: 1

My strength was in singing and songwriting, which was a new discovery for me when I was 18. And I decided if I pursued songwriting, which is what was closest to my heart, then there would be no competition. I would just live my life being myself and living my dream. Votes: 1

Many times, the decisions we make affect and hurt your closest friends and family the most. I have a lot of regrets in that regard. But God has forgiven me, which I am very thankful for. It has enabled me to forgive myself and move forward one day at a time. Votes: 1

But my strength was in singing and songwriting, which was a new discovery for me when I was 18. And I decided if I pursued songwriting, which is what was closest to my heart, then there would be no competition. I would just live my life being myself and living my dream. Votes: 1

Your parents are the parents you know best. Your brother and sister, if you have them, are the brother and sister you know best. They may not be the ones you like the best. They may not be the most interesting, but they are the closest and probably the clearest to you. Votes: 1

The principle of plural marriage was revealed to the Mormons amid much secrecy. Dark clouds hovered over the church in the early 1840s, after rumors spread that its founder, Joseph Smith, had taken up the practice of polygamy. While denying the charge in public, by 1843 Smith had shared a revelation with his closest disciples. Votes: 1

There are lots of things which I would love to tell him, but in some way, I also feel that I lost the person closest to me. And I got a second chance to live. So in a way I feel that I live for both of us... and I will do my best. Votes: 1

For more and more of us, home has really less to do with a piece of soil than, you could say, with a piece of soul. If somebody suddenly asks me, 'Where's your home?' I think about my sweetheart or my closest friends or the songs that travel with me wherever I happen to be. Votes: 1

I lost relatives to AIDS. A couple of my closest cousins, favorite cousins. I lost friends to AIDS, high school friends who never even made it to their 21st birthdays in the '80s. When it's that close to you, you can't - you know, you can't really deny it, and you can't run from it. Votes: 1

I've struggled a lot to get where I am. I initially got rejected by every producer. But no complaints. I enjoyed each and every moment of the struggle. My first break came in 1997 from Krishna Vamsi and then Puri Jagannadh, who is my closest friend. I owe everything I am to him. Our careers have evolved simultaneously. Votes: 1

My closest friend, who died not long ago, is buried near Marx's grave in Highgate cemetery, so I see the gaggle of admirers laying roses at the foot of his tombstone regularly. I have never been tempted to leave flowers there myself. Great theories, shame about the practice. Marx did many things. But inventing class was not one of them. Votes: 1

So here is one of my theories on happiness: we cannot know if we have lived a truly happy life until the very end. This view of life and death was reinforced by my close witnessing of the buildup to the death of Philip Gould. Philip was without doubt my closest friend in politics. When he died, I felt like I had lost a limb. Votes: 1

The closest to Hepburn is Cate Blanchett. Votes: 0

I still come closest to success with drawing. Votes: 0

I love pensioners. My closest relations are pensioners, Votes: 0

No one has a closest friend in Hollywood. Votes: 0

No one has a closest friend in Hollywood. Votes: 0

Leader's potential is determined by those closest to him. Votes: 0

Sheer Playfulness and Deadly Seriousness are my closest friends. Votes: 0

A break up is the closest thing to bereavement Votes: 0

You are the average of your five closest associates. Votes: 0

The flak is always the heaviest closest to the target Votes: 0

Laughter is the closest thing to the grace of God. Votes: 0

Music's awesome, it's the closest thing we have to magic. Votes: 0

Writing books is the closest men ever come to childbearing. Votes: 0

We are closest to people when we help them grow. Votes: 0

We feel most alive when we are closest to death. Votes: 0

You're my closest friend and you're thousands of miles away. Votes: 0

The closest you can get to perfection is constant improvement. Votes: 0

Yachts are the closest a commoner can get to sovereignty. Votes: 0

Throwaway snapshots come closest to achieving the state of pure picture. Votes: 0

...bookstores, libraries... they're the closest thing I have to a church. Votes: 0

Gratitude is the closest thing to beauty manifested in an emotion Votes: 0

The best accessories a girl can have are her closest friends. Votes: 0

I'm a huge 'Futurama' fan, so that's my closest sci-fi tendency. Votes: 0

Creatures of similar plumages habitually congregate in places of closest proximity. Votes: 0

Bodybuilding is the closest we have to the fountain of youth. Votes: 0

A woman is closest to being naked when she is well-dressed. Votes: 0

Life is obstinate and clings closest where it is most hated. Votes: 0

And that was the closest I've ever come to an epiphany. Votes: 0

Life is obstinate and clings closest where it is most hated. Votes: 0

My old daddy used to say "kill the closest snake first". Votes: 0

Those closest to me will determine the level of my success. Votes: 0

Hide your secret even from the closest friend; learn to be silent... Votes: 0

John was closest of all to Paul; their relationship was very complex. Votes: 0

Engineering is the closest thing to magic that exists in the world. Votes: 0

The closest thing to eternal life on earth is a Government Program Votes: 0

The best religion is the religion that brings you closest to God. Votes: 0

I never had a sister growing up. Donny was the closest thing. Votes: 0

Smell is the closest thing human beings have to a time machine. Votes: 0

Real estate is the closest thing to the proverbial pot of gold. Votes: 0

A good joke is the closest thing we have to divine revelation. Votes: 0

You never know who anybody is. Even the people closest to you. Votes: 0

Beyond the Thunder is the closest I've recorded to an acoustic thing. Votes: 0

The closest modern equivalent to the Homeric hero is the ace fighter pilot. Votes: 0

The closest I ever came to death was masturbating with a 104-degree temperature. Votes: 0

Ice hockey is the closest thing to religion permitted by the Soviet Union. Votes: 0

Put another way, the chimpanzees' closest relative is not the gorilla but humans. Votes: 0

Lies from the closest to you are often the most numerous and paralyzing. Votes: 0

The Empire State Building is the closest thing to heaven in this city. Votes: 0

The closest I've ever come to saying "no" is "Not now, we're landing." Votes: 0

Entrails. No hissing. This is the closest we will ever come to love. Votes: 0

It may be most difficult to empathize with those we are closest to. Votes: 0

I never went bungee jumping. The closest I did was I was born. Votes: 0

The things I carry closest to my heart are things I can't own. Votes: 0

As human beings, the closest we can get to truth is through story. Votes: 0

The present is the closest that you will ever get to the future. Votes: 0

The closest thing to being cared for is to care for someone else. Votes: 0

Blay was the closest thing to an angel Qhuinn had ever come near. Votes: 0

To me, jazz is the closest thing to insanity that there is in music. Votes: 0

Art is the closest we can come to understanding how a stranger really feels. Votes: 0

Oftentimes lies are found in those closest to you and truth in perfect strangers Votes: 0

Best friends are important. They're the closest thing to a sister you'll ever have. Votes: 0

The closest I ever came to a menage-a-trois was when I dated a schizophrenic. Votes: 0

You will face your greatest opposition when you are closest to your biggest miracle. Votes: 0

The people closest to you need to hear your words of encouragement the most! Votes: 0

The charities closest to my heart have always involved helping children in some way. Votes: 0

No departure from the truth of nature shall be discovered by the closest scrutiny. Votes: 0

Familiarity is the root of the closest friendships, as well as the intensest hatreds Votes: 0

I don't like parties. I prefer something more intimate, just for the closest people. Votes: 0

The thoughts you think when you are happiest are the closest to the truth. Votes: 0

I think they called me the closest thing to a God of the Internet. Votes: 0

Mushrooms can be very fancy. It's the closest you can get to eating dirt. Votes: 0

You have to tease your family. You tease the ones that you're closest to. Votes: 0

Familiarity is the root of the closest friendships, as well as the interests hatreds. Votes: 0

It was the closest to purgatory that I've ever experienced while I've been living. Votes: 0

The closest thing to Heaven, is having a peaceful mind, and a beautiful, pure heart. Votes: 0

It's the closest I've come to touching immortality, by reading the words of dead people. Votes: 0

I don't know secret to success, but I'm pretty sure the closest thing is preparation Votes: 0

Although there is no substitute for merit in writing, clarity comes closest to being one. Votes: 0

It's great because all of my friends from elementary school are still my closest friends. Votes: 0

I've never dated a fictional character before. The closest I ever came was an Italian. Votes: 0

The closest thing to Roseanne Barr's singing the national anthem was my cat being neutered. Votes: 0

The closest natural area to you is the wild, naturally intelligent biological community within you. Votes: 0

It's very hard to lose someone who's the closest person to you in your life. Votes: 0

I feel the closest to crazy when I'm disagreeing with the voice in my head Votes: 0

Your closest and your most dedicated fans will be your ultimate test. They will test you. Votes: 0

Words play an enormous part in our lives and are therefore deserving of the closest study. Votes: 0

The closest place that I feel like I come to having religious moments is always musical. Votes: 0

Music careerists from Seattle would typically move to the closest media center, which was L.A. Votes: 0

I love the creative process. That's always been the closest thing to my heart, creating something. Votes: 0

To be desired is perhaps the closest anybody in this life can reach to feeling immortal. Votes: 0

All writers of the Chaldaean period associate monotheism in the closest way with unity of worship. Votes: 0

On 'Game of Thrones,' all of my closest friends are 30 upwards, which is quite strange. Votes: 0

Love those who hurt you the most, because they are probably the ones closest to you. Votes: 0

The things closest to the heart of God are often the most offensive to the Pharisees. Votes: 0

It’s the people you hold closest who have the most power to make you bleed. Votes: 0

Having rock-star problems may be the closest I ever get to being an actual rock star. Votes: 0

A lot of those who let you down are those who seemed the closest to you. Votes: 0

Beauty plus pity -- that is the closest we can get to a definition of art. Votes: 0

Sex is really only touch, the closest of all touch. And it's touch we're afraid of. Votes: 0

Words are the closest any of us can come to making something from nothing at all. Votes: 0

I am privileged to count many Muslims among my friends - some are amongst my closest friends. Votes: 0

The closest bonds we will ever know are bonds of grief. The deepest community one of sorrow. Votes: 0

A kiss on the beach when there is a full moon is the closest thing to heaven. Votes: 0

At a formal dinner party, the person nearest death should always be seated closest to the bathroom. Votes: 0

Life is not a problem - Life is the closest God has yet come to a solution. Votes: 0

The closest thing I use to beauty products is the grease on the pizza from John's Pizzeria. Votes: 0

The people who can do you the most damage are the ones who are closest to you. Votes: 0

All my life, I've been trying to make a hole-in-one. The closest I've come is a bogey. Votes: 0

I think this [Gnomeo & Juliet] is the closest I ought to get to Shakespeare to be honest. Votes: 0

The game we are playing her is closest to the old game of 'Christians and lions.' Votes: 0

All the people I have written about remain with me - perhaps they are my closest friends. Votes: 0

A kiss on the beach when there is a full moon is the closest thing to heaven. Votes: 0

The print on canvas is the closest to the original work. I personally sign them as well. Votes: 0

Bergman made countless masterpieces, but for one reason or another, 'Winter Light' stays closest to my heart. Votes: 0

Life’s a journey that goes round and round and the end is closest to the beginning. Votes: 0

Off in the coupe, spreadin' the loot with my family and friends, and my closest of kin. Votes: 0

The closest you will ever come in this life to an orderly universe is a good library. Votes: 0

The experience of bliss can be the purest one of all and therefore the closest to God. Votes: 0

Look carefully at the closest associations in your life, for that is the direction you are heading. Votes: 0

In my godless household, poems were the closest we came to sacred speech -- the only prayers said. Votes: 0

Rightly or wrongly, most Americans look at mortgage equity withdrawal as the closest thing to a free lunch. Votes: 0

I am a passionate lover of the snapshot, because of all photographic images it comes closest to truth. Votes: 0

My public persona is badly warped and bears little resemblance to the person those closest to me know, Votes: 0

My public persona is badly warped and bears little resemblance to the person those closest to me know. Votes: 0

Whenever you find tears in your eyes, especially unexpected tears, it is well to pay the closest attention. Votes: 0

One my closest friends doesn't care about sharing her clothes or jewelry, but she never shares her fragrance. Votes: 0

Sometimes it is the person closest to us who must travel the furthest distance to be our friend. Votes: 0

Embrace the fundamentals like the closest of friends, for they will be the foundation of your future success. Votes: 0

Ninety feet between home plate and first base may be the closest man has ever come to perfection. Votes: 0

I was in Rent, for Gods sake. The closest we came to stunts was dancing on a table. Votes: 0

It's ironic that as scientists that don't believe in god, were the ones that are closest to god. Votes: 0

When you feel gratitude, you are the closest to the natural state you were born to live in. Votes: 0

No one has a closest friend in Hollywood. These guys do not do friends in the orthodox sense! Votes: 0

I tend to pick on the people I'm closest with because I know they know it's not personal. Votes: 0

It's true what people say - that actors are the closest thing there is to children. They play. Votes: 0

Dogs are the closest we come to knowing the divine love of God on this side of eternity. Votes: 0

It is by finding out what something is not that one comes closest to understanding what it is. Votes: 0

For me, God and Jesus and the Holy Spirit have always been my closest friends in this journey. Votes: 0

I always like whatever I did most recently. It's the closest to who I am at the moment. Votes: 0

I will admit he is unusual, but that is perhaps the closest I could come to complimenting him. Votes: 0

My closest friend is canine. I have precious few close friends, and most of them are not actors Votes: 0

The only ones I trust really are my Mum and Dad and those who are closest to me. Votes: 0

My closest friend is canine. I have precious few close friends, and most of them are not actors. Votes: 0

What is an angel? The two words that come closest to a true biblical answer are "manifestation" and "servant". Votes: 0

I've been coming to Notre Dame since 1957. This place, this campus, is the closest thing there is to perfection. Votes: 0

There are few men more superstitious than soldiers. They are, after all, the men who live closest to death. Votes: 0

Sometimes the closest-held secrets in the world can be pried out by the right question at the right time. Votes: 0

Our friends have nothing to do with the business. Some of our closest friends in Florida are not stars. Votes: 0

We always find that those who walked closest to Christ were those who had to bear the greatest trials. Votes: 0

The closest to being in control we will ever be is in that moment that we realize we're not Votes: 0

The 880-yard heel and toe walk is the closest a man can come to experiencing the panges of childbirth. Votes: 0

Sometimes the people closest to you betray you, and your home isn't a place you can be happy anymore. Votes: 0

The most frightening thing in the world is to discover the abnormal in that which is closest to us. Votes: 0

The next time you are called to suffer, pay attention. It may be the closest you'll ever get to God. Votes: 0

Obama is the closest thing to a Latino that we have. Barack. Everybody wants to see his birth certificate too. Votes: 0

I think this last film I finished, 'The Butler,' is the closest I will come to as a work-for-hire. Votes: 0

I feel like Jim Carrey is probably the closest thing to a true physical comedian that we have working today. Votes: 0

I am not somebody who likes to give advice, or anything like that, unless it's my closest friends or family. Votes: 0

Even my closest friend said I was finished, but I think I may be a little different from the others. Votes: 0

Out of the guys, I'm closest to Matthew Perry. He's a great friend. He cracks me up[on the set]. Votes: 0

Final Destination was the closest thing I've done to a teen movie but it certainly had an edge to it. Votes: 0

We view South Africa as one of our closest strategic partners in the developing world and in the African continent. Votes: 0

Woodstock was about the closest thing to anarchy I've ever seen in my whole life, and I didn't like it. Votes: 0

You might not be ready for diplomacy with Beijing if you can't visit the Olympics without insulting our closest ally, Votes: 0

I'd hate to compare anyone with Sugar Ray Robinson, but Donald is the closest thing to Robinson I've ever seen Votes: 0

I've decided to aim a telescope at my neighbour's window. It's the closest I'll ever come to living with someone comfortably. Votes: 0

I keep a lot to myself, and I cherish the things that are for me and the people closest to me. Votes: 0

In tennis you're on an island. Of all the games men and women play, tennis is the closest to solitary confinement, Votes: 0

Nothing is stable in the realm of power, and even closest of friends can be transformed into the worst of enemies. Votes: 0

Unfortunately they're practically all dead. And many were my closest associates: friends, co-directors, whatever you want to say-my partners in crime. Votes: 0

No man has ever been a perfect ballplayer. Stan Musial, however, is the closest to being perfect in the game today. Votes: 0

The closest thing to hell on earth is prison. It's the worst experience I've ever had in my life. Besides death. Votes: 0

Faste knew better than to argue with a doctor, since they were the closest things to God's representatives here on Earth. Votes: 0

I think this is what hooks one to gardening: it is the closest one can come to being present at creation. Votes: 0

In a creative journey, it is essential, no matter how far one runs, to examine that which is closest to home. Votes: 0

My father was a saint. He was the closest thing to a saint that you can find in a normal man. Votes: 0

How can we know the true meaning of charity if we don't even know how to help those closest to us? Votes: 0

So my degree was in political science, which I think was - the closest I could come to marketing is politics. Votes: 0

The best poem is that whose worked-upon unmagical passages come closest, in texture and intensity, to those moments of magical accident. Votes: 0

I was never OJ's closest pal, and the media would say that over and over, but I wasn't his enemy either. Votes: 0

I think this is what hooks one to gardening: it is the closest one can come to being present at creation. Votes: 0

Traits like humility, courage, and empathy are easily overlooked - but it's immensely important to find them in your closest relationships. Votes: 0

This thing I am feeling, I'm almost certain, is the closest I'll ever come to standing somewhere in between truth and reconciliation. Votes: 0

Our social life is literally primal, in the sense that chimpanzees and gorillas, our closest relatives among the primates, are also social." Votes: 0

It is the closest instrument to the human voice, and the things you can do on the cello... there are endless possibilities. Votes: 0

Let the will embrace the highest ideals freely and with infinite strength, but let action first take hold of what lies closest. Votes: 0

Our social life is literally primal, in the sense that chimpanzees and gorillas, our closest relatives among the primates, are also social. Votes: 0

It's definitely like being in some weird sorority. I'm friends with a lot of actresses, but my 'SNL' friends are my closest. Votes: 0

We have a duty to rescue our closest living relatives as part of our wider responsibilities to conserve the ecosystems they inhabit Votes: 0

Mockery when done without prejudice or discretion, can be a form of respect. It's the closest we'll ever come to true equality. Votes: 0

Sometimes you might think the machines we worship make all the chief appointments, promoting the human beings who seem closest to them. Votes: 0

The notes sound like they're coming from inside your mind... It was the closest thing to a psychedelic experience I've ever had. Votes: 0

It is very hard to separate one's self from a character. Sometimes the people closest to me have to be very understanding. Votes: 0

There are the relationships you make. All of the friends I made in grad school are the closest ones that I have. Votes: 0

The truth was only another mask, even if it was the best fit, the closest to skin and all that lay beneath Votes: 0

Winning 'Motor Trend' Car of the year is probably the closest thing to winning the Oscar or Emmy of the car industry. Votes: 0

The truth was only another mask, even if it was the best fit, the closest to skin and all that lay beneath Votes: 0

On a more human level, the closest things to truths that I have been able to access are Love, Art, and Play. Votes: 0

They accuse me of having a hard hand, but people closest to me know that is not the nature of my heart. Votes: 0

What's closest to your heart is what you talk about, and if God is close to your heart, you'll talk about Him. Votes: 0

In a friend one should have ones best enemy. You should be closest to him with your heart when you resist him. Votes: 0

In some ways, I think it's the closest that we come to the truth — is in the form of fiction. Votes: 0

The closest I ever came to getting married was just before I started singing. In fact, my first record saved my neck. Votes: 0

Gratitude feels so good because it is the state of mind closest to your natural state in which you were born to live. Votes: 0

People drain me, even the closest of friends, and I find loneliness to be the best state in the union to live in. Votes: 0

I will tell you, when 20 6-year-olds are gunned down and Congress literally does nothing, yeah that's the closest I came to feeling disgusted. Votes: 0

I do not speak Hebrew, but I understand that it has no word for 'history.' The closest word for it is memory. Votes: 0

My closest friends in the league are Dirk Nowitzki and Rex Chapman. Although I think Michael Finley and I will be friends forever. Votes: 0

Enemies are nothing compared to traitors, after all. It's the people you hold closest who have the most power to make you bleed." Votes: 0

I'll give you a theory: Man's closest relative is not the chimpanzee, as the TV people believe, but is, in fact, the dog. Votes: 0

Keeping the truth from the people closest to you is how you'll survive, and how you'll protect them if anything ever goes wrong. Votes: 0

His books were the closest thing he had to furniture and he lived in them the way other men live in easy chairs. Votes: 0

It's the closest to death I have ever been. The chemotherapy takes you as far down into hell as you've ever, ever been. Votes: 0

State visits are often an opportunity for the United States to reaffirm our ties and friendship with our closest partners around the world. Votes: 0

When we try to get ourselves out of the way, we can understand much better the needs of the people closest to us. Votes: 0

There is reason to believe that voluntary activity, more than highly developed intellect, distinguishes humans from the animals which stand closest to them. Votes: 0

For some reason for me, and a lot of people, it's so hard to accept help even when it's from your closest friends. Votes: 0

Sometimes when you are the closest to your breakthrough the pressure is the greatest. You have come too far to give up now! Votes: 0

If there's something you want to build, but the tech isn't there yet, just find the closest possible way to make it happen. Votes: 0

Do you believe in magic?" she asked. "I believe in you," he said. "And you're the closest thing to magic that I've found. Votes: 0

Judge the Catholic Church not by those who barely live by its spirit, but by the example of those who live closest to it. Votes: 0

She [Beyonce]is probably the closest thing we've seen to Michael Jackson as far as having that determination and drive that I've ever seen. Votes: 0

I still come closest to success with drawing. When I use color the results are dubious, for these painfully gained experiences bear less fruit. Votes: 0

Children are the closest we have to wisdom and they become adults the moment that final drop of everything mysterious is strained from them. Votes: 0

I actually don't hang out with any celebrities. My closest friends are old friends. And my real close friends, none of them are actors. Votes: 0

Children are the closest we have to wisdom, and they become adults the moment that final drop of everything mysterious is strained from them. Votes: 0

Southern barbecue is the closest thing we have in the US to Europe's wines or cheeses; drive a hundred miles and the barbecue changes. Votes: 0

I have three kids. I was blessed with very supportive parents and some close friends, and the people closest to me are my inspiration. Votes: 0

I see [my pen] as an extension of my musculature. It's like being a painter. It's the closest I can get to my breath. Votes: 0

Because artists can be extremely eccentric and insane, and unfortunately, the people they hurt the most are the people that are closest to them. Votes: 0

We have the notion that we exist but we have no way to prove it. 'I am' is the closest foundation we can get. Votes: 0

The closest friends I made all through life have been people who also grew up close to a loved and loving grandmother or grandfather. Votes: 0

The truth feels different from other things. The closest you can come to describing it is that it feels like taking a perfect breath. Votes: 0

For Christians this present life is the closest they will come to Hell. For unbelievers, it is the closest they will come to Heaven. Votes: 0

My dream has always been to suspend myself in space when I write, and lying horizontal in bed is the closest to doing that. Votes: 0

When you want something with all your heart, that's when you are closest to the Soul of the World. It's always a positive force. Votes: 0

The moment when you are most repelled by a child's behavior, that is your warning light to draw the very closest to that child. Votes: 0

I am often asked which of my films has come closest to my own ideal of performance, and I always answer, 'Educating Rita.' Votes: 0

I not only lived physically away from my native land, but the values and critical judgments of those closest to me became stranger and stranger. Votes: 0

Painters... are the most lively observers of what passes in the world about them, and the closest observers of what passes in their own minds. Votes: 0

The response closest to the truth was probably something like 'Nothing'; but it's always difficult to explain that kind of thing to an active person. Votes: 0

We know where most of the creativity, the innovation, the stuff that drives productivity lies - in the minds of those closest to the work. Votes: 0

If one were asked to name one musician who came closest to composing without human flaw, I suppose general consensus would choose Johann Sebastian Bach... Votes: 0

So much of this world is based on illusion, temporaries, and disposability that I think it's essential that our closest relationships reflect what is real. Votes: 0

Humans cannot produce viable offspring with our closest animal cousin: the chimpanzee. We cannot impregnate a chimp. So you know what that means? No condoms. Votes: 0

And the closest I've come to an out-of-body experience was when Joe Morelli took his mouth to me fourteen years ago, behind the eclair case. Votes: 0

I don't think anyone has ever succeeded in putting Ian Fleming's James Bond up on the screen. The closest in my opinion is Pierce Brosnan. Votes: 0

I wanted to give a woman comfortable clothes that would flow with her body. A woman is closest to being naked when she is well-dressed. Votes: 0

And concentrating on the spot where the two spindles should be is the closest I get to looking Hannah's eyes as she tells my story. Votes: 0

My dad had an aunt at the turn of the century who died from diabetes, but she was the closest affected relative in my family. Votes: 0

I love revisions...We can't go back and revise our lives, but being allowed to go back and revise what we have written comes closest. Votes: 0

I have a few caftans just for lounging purposes. When I want to feel free, it's the closest thing to feeling naked without being naked. Votes: 0

The closest thing to a law of nature in business is that form has an affinity for expense, while substance has an affinity for income. Votes: 0

Southern barbecue is the closest thing we have in the U.S. to Europe's wines or cheeses; drive a hundred miles and the barbecue changes. Votes: 0

Some of my very closest friends are my guy friends, going back to the third grade, so I believe in the integrity of the male-female friendship. Votes: 0

As soon as we abandon ourselves to God and do the task He has placed closest to us, He begins to fill our lives with surprises. Votes: 0

Poetry is the special medium of spiritual crazy wisdom, the form of expression that comes closest to creating a bridge between words and what is wordless. Votes: 0

Ask God to show you any changes you need to make in your relationships. And make sure your closest relationship continues to be with Jesus Himself. Votes: 0

I get totally out of myself. It's the closest I come to not existing, I think, which is the best - which is to me attractive. Votes: 0

I always say that photography's closest cousin is poetry because of the way it sparks your imagination and leaves gaps for the viewer to fill in. Votes: 0

When I met my wife 20 plus years ago, she was a vegetarian, so I was the closest thing to the devil that she had ever met. Votes: 0

Egoism is the law of perspective applied to feelings: what is closest appears large and weighty, and as one moves farther away size and weight decrease. Votes: 0

It is St. Patrick's Day. And here in Scranton, that is a huge deal. It is the closest that the Irish will ever get to Christmas. Votes: 0

What makes humility so desirable is the marvelous thing it does to us; it creates in us a capacity for the closest possible intimacy with God. Votes: 0

The closest I've come to knowing myself is in losing myself. That's why I loved football before I loved music. I could lose myself in it. Votes: 0

Anytime I need any type of strength, the relationships that I have had with my closest friends for the majority of my life, is my home. Votes: 0

My limited experience of such things told me that you get closest to the truth by not giving it advance warning that you're coming after it. Votes: 0

The closest Ive come to knowing myself is in losing myself. Thats why I loved football before I loved music. I could lose myself in it. Votes: 0

When I need God most, He comes to me the fastest and closest. When I need the creation most, they run from me the fastest and farthest. Votes: 0

Grissom is pretty asexual. He's not that interested in anything other than work - except for Lady Heather. She's the closest to getting his heart of anyone. Votes: 0

Frances Ha' is the closest final product to what I had in my head of any movie I've made. I'm not entirely even sure why that is. Votes: 0

While some of my closest friends were jocks, it seemed that they spoke a different language with each other. Joining in their conversation was fraught with risk. Votes: 0

When my mother was raising me, she moved us upstate to the Woodstock area. Our closest neighbor was a mile away. She planted all her own vegetables. Votes: 0

Never let the little things, disrupt the biggest things you cherish in life. The smallest mistake, can cause the biggest regret and hurt to your closest companion. Votes: 0

So we are disappointed that some of our closest allies, including Canada, have not agreed with us on the urgent need for this military action against Iraq. Votes: 0

I get off on a man with strong moral fiber. The closest Barrons ever gets to fiber is walking down the cereal aisle at the grocery store. Votes: 0

My closest friends from Israel make fun of me for becoming an American, and my American friends make fun of how Israeli I am I can't win. Votes: 0

Kellan [Lutz] and I were really the closest, and he and I have been really good friends before "Twilight" even happened - we have the same agent. Votes: 0

My closest friends from Israel make fun of me for becoming an American, and my American friends make fun of how Israeli I am... I can't win. Votes: 0

A terrible thing about getting oldish is that your friends start dying, and in the last ten years I have lost seven or eight of my closest. Votes: 0

And the wicked thing is, that when we're really upset, we always take it out on the people who are closest and whom we love the most. Votes: 0

If actors could actually make a living doing theater, that would be my first choice. Sitcoms are the closest thing to being onstage in front of an audience. Votes: 0

There's not really a whole lot you could say about liberation. The closest experience you can have of it is to come meditate with someone who is liberated. Votes: 0

Take any two-year-old through a car wash and their skulls are blown. FLAPS! FOAM! ROLLING THINGS! It's the closest they'll ever get to being inside a working spaceship. Votes: 0

Forget worrying about the break-up of celebrities you don't even know. I have long since given up trying to figure out why even my closest friends split up. Votes: 0

I'll probably pay more attention to the musicians in the pit than the stars because they're the closest you're going to get to normal people in the audience. Votes: 0

I really love storytelling, and I love the stories as they reveal themselves. It's an incredibly nourishing process; it's probably the closest I come to having a religion. Votes: 0

Probably the closest things to perfection are the huge absolutely empty holes that astronomers have recently discovered in space. If there's nothing there, how can anything go wrong? Votes: 0

The person closest to actually achieving this look is Kim Kardashian, who, as we know, was made by Russian scientists to sabotage our athletes. Everyone else is struggling. Votes: 0

My relationship with my sister is so central to my life. She's my closest friend, my biggest supporter, and I know she would say the same about me. Votes: 0

'My Father's Eyes' is very personal. I realized that the closest I ever came to looking in my father's eyes was when I looked into my son's eyes. Votes: 0

Many great writers have been extraordinarily awkward in daily exchange, but the greatest give the impression that their style was nursed by the closest attention to colloquial speech. Votes: 0

My Father's Eyes' is very personal. I realized that the closest I ever came to looking in my father's eyes was when I looked into my son's eyes. Votes: 0

The closest friends you'll have are the ones you'd take a bullet for, but they're the ones you constantly feel you could put a bullet in as well. Votes: 0

All my closest friends are the ones I made while in college or who knew me growing up. They keep me grounded, and I adore that about them. Votes: 0

The closest I can get to describing what happens is that voices come to me. I feel like I'm accessing something that is deeper and richer than me. Votes: 0

He was the closest thing I'd ever had to something, or someone, that mattered. But in the end, close didn't count. You were either in, or you weren't. Votes: 0

I grew up in a house with no running water, 16 miles from the closest place that had a post office. I had a very parochial view of the world. Votes: 0

I'm not religious, but I've always been attracted to the rituals of religion; as a kid, Sunday church was the closest thing I had to an interactive, theatrical experience. Votes: 0

On behalf of the American people, just let me say that we are proud to count Greece as one of our closest allies and one of our greatest friends. Votes: 0

I cannot imagine not going home to animals. They are the closest thing to God; they don't harbor resentment. I wanted to be a vet when I grew up. Votes: 0

I want to go up to the closest white person and say: 'You can't understand this, it's a black thing' and then slap him, just for my mental health. Votes: 0

A sitcom is the closest thing for me to doing stage because you work in front of an audience, and if it's well written it can be very satisfying. Votes: 0

I won't go into a big spiel about reincarnation, but the first time I was in the Gucci store in Chicago was the closest I've ever felt to home. Votes: 0

Journalism is the closest thing I have to a religion, because I believe deeply in the role and responsibility the journalists have to the people of a self-governing community. Votes: 0

My experience tells me that any time you hear people laughing on a sitcom, it's the writers who happen to be closest to the microphones - not the audience. Votes: 0

A solution of two national states - a Jewish state, Israel; an Arab state, Palestine. The Palestinians are our closest neighbors. I believe they may become our closest friends. Votes: 0

Both of these branches of evolutionary science, are, in my opinion, in the closest causal connection; this arises from the reciprocal action of the laws of heredity and adaptation. Votes: 0

I think we need to grow in our self-assurance that is not scared of being challenged, that the truth we uphold can stand up to the closest possible scrutiny. Votes: 0

The closest Indian analogy to the position of black Americans is that of the Dalits - formerly called 'Untouchables,' the outcastes who for millennia suffered humiliating discrimination and oppression. Votes: 0

I have always maintained that translation is essentially the closest reading one can possibly give a text. The translator cannot ignore "lesser" words, but must consider every jot and tittle. Votes: 0

Music is one of the closest link-ups with God that we can probably experience. I think it's a common vibrating tone of the musical notes that holds all life together. Votes: 0

A fretful temper will divide the closest knot that may be tied, by ceaseless sharp corrosion; a temper passionate and fierce may suddenly your joys disperse at one immense explosion. Votes: 0

The greatest analgesic, soporific, stimulant, tranquilizer, narcotic, and to some extent even antibiotic - in short, the closest thing to a genuine panacea - known to medical science is work. Votes: 0

I think my magical dream land would have all of my friends from high school and elementary school. I'm extremely nostalgic so my closest friends are people from my childhood. Votes: 0

In 1960, I enrolled in the chemical engineering program at UNAM, as this was then the closest way to become a physical chemist, taking math-oriented courses not available to chemistry majors. Votes: 0

Sports teaches you very important lessons that are many and varied. It's probably the closest thing to the lessons we learned in fighting and warfare, about loyalty and growing up. Votes: 0

That happens every time I get behind a guitar, regardless of what I'm saying, 'cause music is freedom and being free is the closest I've ever felt to being spiritual. Votes: 0

And so I've always been fascinated by the technical end of theater, and a lot of my closest friends are not actors, but in the other end of the business. Votes: 0

My dad didn't want me to go for drama in school, so I chose the closest thing to it and got a bachelors degree in Communications at the Manhattan College. Votes: 0

Scott Medlock. Some say he's a genius, some say he's a fool. I say he's the Jim Morrison of sports art, and proud to say, one of my closest friends. Votes: 0

One passes through the world knowing few, if any, of the important things about even the people with whom one has been from time to time in the closest intimacy. Votes: 0

Sometimes, when I clean a kill, I feed Buttercup the entrails. He has stopped hissing at me. Entrails. No hissing. This is the closest we will ever come to love. Votes: 0

When I feel a little confused, the only thing to do is to turn back to the study of nature before launching once again into the subjects closest to heart. Votes: 0

Yale men do not like to be told anything by people who didn't go to Yale. The closest I came to Yale was once I had one of their padlocks. Votes: 0

It's funny, people talk about the characters they play and who do you sort of see yourself as or which ones maybe were closest to you and in some ways. Votes: 0

So I fancied a game of darts with my mate. He said, 'Nearest the bull goes first.' He went 'Baah' and I went 'Moo'. He said 'You're closest.' Votes: 0

I don't think I've ever had a mentor. The closest thing is my friend Christopher Fowler, another writer. Chris kept me sane for a long time before I made it. Votes: 0

Mandela is just the eternal man. You want that man to be around forever. It's the closest thing we have to God, I think. He's the father of mankind, almost. Votes: 0

Darkwing Duck and Don Karnage are the most fun to do, because they're both probably the closest to me - I kinda improvise a lot of them, kinda ad lib. Votes: 0

Obviously, the opinions that are most accurate are the ones that are closest to you - your crew, your friends, your family. Those people know who you are, and that's accurate. Votes: 0

I have lost someone I loved as a brother, as a closest friend, and a remarkable human being. We have also lost one of the best damn actors we'll ever see. Votes: 0

I don't go to the gym or practice yoga. And the closest thing I have to a nutritionist is the Carlsberg Beer Company. I just have the appetite of a pigeon. Votes: 0

Highest good is like water. Because water excels in benefiting the myriad creatures without contending with them and settles where none would like to be, it comes closest to the way. Votes: 0

Poetry, whose material is language, is perhaps the most human and least worldly of the arts, the one in which the end product remains closest to the thought that inspired it. Votes: 0

He spends the majority of the evening in the company of Celia Bowen, whose elaborate gown changes color, shifting through a rainbow of hues to compliment whoever she is closest to. Votes: 0

Dissembling was so large a part of middle-class life that honesty and frankness seemed the most devious stratagem of all. The most outright lie was the closest one came to truth. Votes: 0

There is no doubt that Einstein's pipe was his closest associate, while others--including wife and family--were never permitted the illusion that they would ever be at the center of his life. Votes: 0

To be a part of a championship team, I'm excited... This is the closest I've ever been to a championship. I'm looking forward to the challenge of helping this team repeat. Votes: 0

Some days you feel like you're the worst of sinners; others like you're the most righteous person on earth. I am convinced that the former is when you're closest to God. Votes: 0

I've been singing with Roomful of Teeth since the beginning in 2009, and it's a really mind-blowingly wonderful vocal ensemble. Very brave and very creative, and they're some of my closest friends. Votes: 0

The closest thing we have to the traditional ideology of the leisure class is a group of artists and intellectuals who regard their work as play and their play as work. Votes: 0

As our closest relatives, they (chimpanzees) tell us special things about what it means to be a primate and, ultimately, what it means to be a human at the DNA level. Votes: 0

Among the most disheartening and dangerous of . . . advisors, you will often find those closest to you, your dearest friends, members of your own family, perhaps, loving, anxious, and knowing nothing whatever . . . Votes: 0

But the other notion is, we also believe that those folks closest on the ground that we're holding accountable for the results can decide, and ought to evaluate which programs get results. Votes: 0

Manz, formerly one of Zwingli's closest allies, held that there was no biblical warrant for infant baptism. Refusing to recant his views, he was tied up and drowned in the River Limmat. Votes: 0

In the person of Christ God beholds a holiness which abides His closest scrutiny, yea, which rejoices and satisfies His heart; and whatever Christ is before God, He is for His people. Votes: 0

When objects shattered into fragments appeared in my painting about 1909, this for me was a way of getting closest to the object... Fragmentation helped me to establish space and movement in space. Votes: 0

I grew up on the back of a motorcycle - my dad didn't have a car until I was a teenager. And then my closest friend from grade school was a guy. Votes: 0

You are who you associate with. Look around at your five closest friends and that's who you are. If you don't want to be that person, you know what you gotta do. Votes: 0

What people are really after is, what is my stance on religion or spirituality or God? And I would say, if I find a word that came closest, it would be agnostic. Votes: 0

When you become a raindrop in your mind Thunder is the closest friend you may find Wind lashed trees, dark clouds, lightning or the dust Everything you will bear once you adjust Votes: 0

I have a little gypsy palace here in New York. It's all mirrors, and I have my own garden. It's so secluded - the closest thing to a caravan I could find! Votes: 0

The greatest Christians in history seem to say that their sufferings ended up bringing them the closest to God - so this is the best thing that could happen, not the worst. Votes: 0

For the record, folks; I never took a shit on stage and the closest I ever came to eating shit anywhere was at a Holiday Inn buffet in Fayetteville, North Carolina, in 1973. Votes: 0

I believe that the United States government was set up with the help of God, and it is the closest government in the world to how God would have men govern themselves. Votes: 0

I always tell my fans that are closest to me, if it's not coming from my mouth, my website, or my appointed person, then it's generally not true. Or it's an exaggeration. Votes: 0

The post-Soviet mafia wove a spider's web of dirty money around the world. Where better to attack it than to start with the Ukrainian criminal heavyweights - the 'family' and its closest circle? Votes: 0

One must love God first, and only then can one love one's closest of kin and neighbors. We must not be idols to one another, for such is not the will of God. Votes: 0

I think that Election Day is the closest thing we have to a civic sacrament, when people meet their neighbors at the firehouse or the school and they vote at the same time. Votes: 0

humor bears the closest relation to emotion, either bubbling up as from a deep and happy wellspring, or in an opposite fashion rising like a re-birth of feeling from dead levels after turmoil. Votes: 0

I only do private room karaoke where its just me and one of my closest girlfriends. My mom always said I could really belt songs out, and the Dixie Chicks feed that encouragement. Votes: 0

Personally, I do the best work with people I'm closest with. I know what their tastes are, and they are similar to mine. That close personal relationship is what delivers the best work. Votes: 0

Even the closest relationships that I have I know could potentially fall away. That's not to speak pessimistically or negatively about those relationships. In a weird way, it's the opposite. I value them. Votes: 0

Even the closest relationships that I have I know could potentially fall away. That's not to speak pessimistically or negatively about those relationships. In a weird way, it's the opposite. I value them." Votes: 0

I did put together the coalition to impose sanctions. I actually started the negotiations that led to the nuclear agreement, sending some much my closest aides to begin the conversations with the Iranians. Votes: 0

Don't look for obscure formulas or mystery in my work. It is pure joy that I offer you. Look at my sculptures until you see them. Those closest to God have seen them. Votes: 0

I only do private room karaoke where it's just me and one of my closest girlfriends. My mom always said I could really belt songs out, and the Dixie Chicks feed that encouragement. Votes: 0

Everybody you work with has their own voice, and if you do your job well enough, even their closest friends or their partner of 40 years isn't going to recognise the fingerprints of a ghostwriter. Votes: 0

I have listened to college radio quite a lot. I never went to college, so actually the college radio station is sort of like the closest I got to some kind of college experience. Votes: 0

Texting has become my favorite way to communicate. I feel like many of my relationships are based in this, because in a sense it feels the closest to actual conversation that isn't the phone. Votes: 0

Cleanliness and sanitation were closest to Gandhiji's heart. We will launch a 'Clean India' campaign and by Gandhiji's 150th birth anniversary, all schools in the country should have toilets with separate toilets for girls. Votes: 0

Okra is the closest thing to nylon I've ever eaten. It's like they bred cotton with a green bean. Okra, tastes like snot. The more you cook it, the more it turns into string. Votes: 0

The only school that let me in was U.C. Santa Cruz, which is where I went. They didn't have a journalism program, so I took sociology, which is the closest thing to journalism. Votes: 0

The Toddstock thing is the closest thing, I have to say, a Grateful Dead sort of thing where it all lapses over from the formality of a concert into more of a lifestyle thing. Votes: 0

Fear is an enemy that can be killed only at close range. The closest range of all is intimacy. The deeper the fear is embedded in one’s spirit, the more vulnerable it is. Votes: 0

Honestly, I don't buy papers or the weeklies. I think when something messy does happen, you just need your closest friends and family all around you, and it's nothing to do with anyone else. Votes: 0

Show me a man's closest companions and I can make a fairly accurate guess as to what sort of man he is, as well as what sort of man he is likely to become. Votes: 0

My life has been centered around sports. It is where I have met my closest friends and shaped the values that have made me a successful athlete, student and role model for young people. Votes: 0

So many I considered, closest to me,turned on a dime and sold me out dutifully,although that knife was chipping away at me,they turned their eyes away and went home to sleep. Votes: 0

To me, theater is a spiritual experience. Probably the reason I do theater is it, I guess, comes the closest to feeling like God, or to feeling a spiritual experience that people can have together. Votes: 0

I exult in the fact I can see everywhere with a flexible eye; the very notion of home is foreign to me, as the state of foreignness is the closest thing I know to home. Votes: 0

I miss my mother very much, and I feel closest to her when I have dinner in the oven and the children are nearby playing and I'm reading a book or doing some little project. Votes: 0

That which we remember of our conduct is ignored by our closest neighbour; but that which we have forgotten having said, or even what we never said, will cause laughter even into the next world. Votes: 0

Far from being the father of jihad, [Prophet] Mohammad was a peacemaker, who risked his life and nearly lost the loyalty of his closest companions because he was determined to effect a reconciliation with Mecca Votes: 0

Congratulations to the Italian people for winning the World Cup. ... They won after France's best player got ejected for head butting. That's the closest anyone in a French uniform has come to combat in 60 years Votes: 0

A person is an objective entity, which as a definite subject has the closest contacts with the whole (external) world and is most intimately involved with it precisely because of its inwardness, its interior life. Votes: 0

Your impulses are your closest communication with your inner self, because in the waking state they are the spontaneous urgings toward action, rising from that deep inner knowledge of yourself that you have in dreams. Votes: 0

My wife is my closest friend. Sure, I'm attracted to her in every way possible, but that's not the answer. Because I've been attracted to other people, and I couldn't stand 'em after a while. Votes: 0