Narrow Quotes

Having experienced everything you don't want in a partner over time, it starts to narrow down to what you actually do want.

War on terrorism defines the central preoccupation of the United States in the world today, and it does reflect in my view a rather narrow and extremist vision of foreign policy of the world's first superpower, of a great democracy, with genuinely idealistic traditions.

For me, the great problem growing up in England was that I had a very narrow concept of what God can be, and it was damn close to an old man with a beard.

The most fatal illusion is the narrow point of view. Since life is growth and motion, a fixed point of view kills anybody who has one.

The press secretary who starts to narrow down or close the president's options because he answers delicate negotiating questions no longer serves the president.

Acting can be a narrow and isolated experience, because you only examine your particular part.

The leader must aim high, see big, judge widely, thus setting himself apart form the ordinary people who debate in narrow confines.

The tastes of country music fans are not limited to the narrow range defined by consultants and programmers and record company moguls.

Whenever a female takes a strong stand for herself, the majority of the time they have to really, really narrow it down to being feminine and wearing dresses and just being lipstick chic.

Reading, like writing, is a creative act. If readers only bring a narrow range of themselves to the book, then they'll only see their narrow range reflected in it.

One science only will one genius fit; so vast is art, so narrow human wit.

Comedy is an escape, not from truth but from despair; a narrow escape into faith.

I understand personally that it is frustrating to lose presidential elections by narrow margins.

We have a very narrow view of what is going on.

The house burned an hour before midnight on the last day of April. The wild, distant ringing of the fire bells woke George Hazard. He stumbled through the dark hallway, then upstairs to the mansion tower, and stepped outside into the narrow balcony.

Independence did not mean chauvinism and narrow nationalism.

Because I have a girlfriend, I try and take the straight and narrow path, which is good because it prevents VD.

Every life is narrow. Our only escape is not to run away, but to learn to love the people we are and the world in which we find ourselves.

Manhattan is a narrow island off the coast of New Jersey devoted to the pursuit of lunch.

I talked to women who lived there, to get their speech patterns and outlook on life - and how narrow that is.

We shall have to pass through many a valley, many a narrow defile. Many will grow tired on the way. Of course they will mostly be those who have no reason to do so.

A narrow compass! and yet there Dwelt all that 's good, and all that 's fair; Give me but what this riband bound, Take all the rest the sun goes round.

We beg you to save young America from the blight of race prejudice. Do not bind the children within the narrow circles of your own lives.

Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence.

On this narrow planet, we have only the choice between two unknown worlds. One of them tempts us - ah! what a dream, to live in that! - the other stifles us at the first breath.

Perhaps the best definition of progress would be the continuing efforts of men and women to narrow the gap between the convenience of the powers that be and the unwritten charter.

Very narrow areas of expertise can be very productive. Develop your own profile. Develop your own niche.

Foreign policy can mean several things, not only foreign policy in the narrow sense. It can cover foreign policy, relations with the developing world, and enlargement as well.

I think he could have made most of the trips and gone to most of the fund-raisers if he would have avoided the partisan rhetoric and talked to the country as President in each of these appearances rather than to the narrow partisan audiences.

The average GOP presidential vote in these last five elections was 44.5 percent. In the last three, it was 48.1 percent. Give Romney an extra point for voter disillusionment with Obama, and a half-point for being better financed than his predecessors. It still strikes me as a path to narrow defeat.