Closer Quotes - Page 3 of 18

• Amir Khan

When you drop weight, the closer you come to the fight, the more your muscles tighten up.

• Theodor W. Adorno

None of the abstract concepts comes closer to fulfilled utopia than that of eternal peace.

• Leila Slimani

I just don't believe that a woman is naturally closer to her child than a man. Not at all.

• Gerald Brenan / Writer

We are closer to the ants than to the butterflies. Very few people can endure much leisure.

• Gerry Mulligan / Saxophonist

Eliminating the piano means that I've always worked closer with the bass than most players.

• Olivier Martinez / Film Actor

It's nice to have some distance with your family. As long as you're closer to them by love.

• Sharmila Tagore

I felt so much closer to my mother after I had babies. It bonds a mother and daughter more.

• Raashi Khanna

I struggled a bit with Malayalam, but it was easier speaking Tamil; it is closer to Telugu.

• Faye Dunaway / Film Actress

I want to play real people. Real women. I want to be where the fun is - closer to humanity.

• Adam Clymer / Journalist

I thought writing about somebody current would be a little closer to what I'm used to doing.

• David Antin / Poet

I can manage a prose format as long as I keep closer to Laurence Sterne than to Henry James.

• Ibrahim Rugova / Political Leader

Kosovo today is closer to Europe than other countries in the region of South Eastern Europe.

• Nassim Nicholas Taleb / Author

Being an economist is the least ethical profession, closer to charlatanism than any science.

• Paul G. Tremblay / Author

The closer a horror story gets to the truth of things, the more affective it is going to be.

• Gina Miller

The closer we come to the Greek tragedy that is Brexit, the more horrifying it is to behold.

• Ira Glass / Radio Personality

Like, radio is closer to a Tumblr, or a blog, or Twitter, than it is to television, I think.

• Aaron Mcgruder / Writer

One, I push my deadlines closer than anybody else, or let's say it this way: I'm really late.

• William Scranton / Former Governor Of Pennsylvania

And I remember walking in there and, I must say, I was quite unnerved the closer I got to it.

• Ron Santo / Baseball Player

We're getting closer. I believe a 5-year-old with diabetes will live long enough to be cured.

• Eric Schneiderman / New York Attorney General

Daily fantasy sports is much closer to online poker than it is to traditional fantasy sports.

• Andrew Young / Former Mayor Of Atlanta

Look at those they call unfortunate and at a closer view, you'll find many of them are unwise.

• Harry Dean Stanton / Actor

My feeling or philosophy is closer to Taoism and Zen Buddhism, 'cause it's the most practical.

• Juan Manuel Marquez / Professional Boxer

I want that fifth championship. If that does not present itself, then I'm closer to retirement.

• Gord Downie

Music brings people together. So my function in anything I do is to help bring people closer in.

• Glennon Doyle Melton

The closer you get to people who are different than you, the more you learn that we're all same.

• Morris Gleitzman / Author

I discovered you can get closer to a character's thoughts and feelings in a book than in a film.

• Norman Borlaug / Agricultural Scientist

Pricing water delivery closer to its real costs is a necessary step to improving use efficiency.

• Stacey D'erasmo / Novelist

Readers, like writers, are essentially amoral. Arm's length will never do. We want to get closer.

• Ron White / Stand-Up Comedian

I always found that the closer I got to who I really am, on stage, the more they responded to it.

• Jon Evans / Novelist

In theory, the Internet should bring us all closer together and slowly eliminate our differences.

• Michael Learned / Actress

All of us from 'The Waltons' still love each other. I think we're closer than some real families.

• Will Ferrell / Comedian

It's very easy for me to play silly, but to reveal something closer to you, that's so much harder.

• Martin Winterkorn

The two inventions of the century, the car and the computer, are gradually coming closer together.

• Alberto Giacometti / Artist

It is impossible to do a thing the way I see it because the closer I get the more differently I see.

• Mike Fitzpatrick / U.S. Representative

The Internet has brought communities across the globe closer together through instant communication.

• Thomas Jefferson / 3rd U.S. President

He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors.

• Gervonta Davis

Being a world champion again is just a step closer toward my goal. I want to be a pay-per-view star.

• Bruce Mcculloch / Actor

But after this last year and dealing with the studio, the rest of us are closer than we've ever been.

• Kassie Depaiva / Actress

It might sound odd, but filming a soap is closer to acting in a play than filming episodic television.

• Jon Jones / Mixed Martial Artist

The moment I let fear slip in is the moment that the fights are gonna start getting closer and closer.

• James Gray / Film Director

The closer you can get to being personal, the better the work is, or the more interesting the work is.

• Evan Rachel Wood / Actress

I do love when men wear cologne - if I get a hint of it, I want to move closer so I can smell it more.

• Peter Zumthor / Architect

My relationship to plants becomes closer and closer. They make me quiet; I like to be in their company.

• Rachel Roy / Fashion Designer

If a great outfit gets you one step closer to feeling good about yourself, then it's worth every penny.

• Justin Simien / Film Director

I wanted to be a filmmaker since I was a kid. I always did things that took me a little closer to that.

• Kjell Magne Bondevik / Norwegian Politician

If we dare to come closer to our fellow human beings, we will be able to see and understand them better.

• Rebecca Traister

The women's movement in the 1970s led more women into the workforce and got them closer to pay equality.

• Lee Daniels / Film Actor

When I was young, I went to a church where the lighter-skinned you were, the closer you sat to the altar.

• Namrata Shirodkar

My sister was much closer to Mom. Mom accompanied my sister to all her shootings. I made my way on my own.

• Ray J / Singer-Songwriter

A lot of time when you clash, sometimes it helps the relationship because then you grow closer after that.