Narrow Quotes

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.