Close Quotes

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.

It was a scene in the sense that we were all close and we all knew each other before the different bands had really formed. We used to rehearse in the same place.

The just is close to the people's heart, but the merciful is close to the heart of God.

It seems to me that unless you or someone very close to you has had a bad head injury, you really can't fathom it. You have no concept of what it is all about. It was so difficult for my whole family, not just me.

I am taking a break, but not a huge break because the Maiden record is actually happening right now, and I am recording it as we speak, well not right as we speak, but close.

Seemed to me that drumming was the best way to get close to God.

Johnny Mercer was my father's best friend and became mine as well. And Harold Arlen, whom I would call Uncle Harry, and Harry Warren: those were ones who I really became close to.

We have a close, unshakable bond between the United States and Israel, and between the American and Israeli people. We share common values and a commitment to a democratic future for the world, and we are both committed to a two-state solution. But that doesn't mean that we're going to agree.

Perhaps, to the uninformed, it may appear unaccountable that a man should be able to retain in his memory such a variety of learning; but the close alliance with each other, of the different branches of science, will explain the difficulty.

Weekends are a bit like rainbows; they look good from a distance but disappear when you get up close to them.

The links between the American government and the Iraqi government are so close that you cannot judge one without asking at least the other what he has done by this time.

In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don't try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present.

These days too many of us seem inclined to cover our ears, close our eyes, and blindly follow the most narrow, conservative tenets of religion; or else seek comfort in the ancient traditions of New Age ritual.

The most terrifying moment in my life was October 1962, during the Cuban Missile Crisis. I did not know all the facts - we have learned only recently how close we were to war - but I knew enough to make me tremble.

I'm really close to all of my family.

I couldn't have come close without my teammates' help because the Knicks didn't want me to make 100.

It's the oddest match: Mary J. Blige and Julianne Hough! But we became so close.

Historically, China is not a nation of sportsmen. We traditionally put more emphasis on being close to nature than pushing endlessly to excel. A philosophy that values tranquil contemplation of the landscape cannot easily be adapted to the Olympic slogan of 'higher, stronger, faster.'

For a writer it's a dream to sit and watch people as close as possible.

The Onion Field, that one got pretty close to me because I was a cop when it happened. I saw some of the indifference that my police department showed to the surviving officer.

Yes, I'm very close to my family. And being that close to your family, I think you also struggle with how to become your own person.

When I'm down or maybe when it's close in the match, I feel like I'm still in it. I don't feel like I'm letting down. Mentally, I'm still really, really tough.

Without a doubt, Ozzy is the craziest person I've ever met. Son of Sam is a close second.

There is something about killing people at close range that is excruciating. It's bound to try a man's soul.

I became a journalist to come as close as possible to the heart of the world.

Politics is just like show business. You have a hell of an opening, coast for a while, and then have a hell of a close.

Let me close as I did in Gander on September 11, 2002 when I went to that community to thank the people of Gander and the people of Canada for the overwhelming support and help that was given to us in the wake of those attacks on September 11, 2001.

To find a friend one must close one eye - to keep him, two.

He who looks in the crystal ball ends up eating glass... They're way, way close.

Art is the close scrutiny of reality and therefore I put on the stage only those things that I know happen in our society.