Quotes about Closing

Closing the gap for women entrepreneurs should be a priority for the federal government - and yet the Small Business Administration has failed in their promise to women business owners. Votes: 5

One does not leave a convivial party before closing time. Votes: 4

The closing years of life are like the end of a masquerade party, when the masks are dropped. Votes: 4

Sometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing that we see too late the one that is open. Votes: 4

The closing of a door can bring blessed privacy and comfort - the opening, terror. Conversely, the closing of a door can be a sad and final thing - the opening a wonderfully joyous moment. Votes: 4

Ah, mastery... what a profoundly satisfying feeling when one finally gets on top of a new set of skills... and then sees the light under the new door those skills can open, even as another door is closing. Votes: 4

At the end of your life, you will never regret not having passed one more test, not winning one more verdict or not closing one more deal. You will regret time not spent with a husband, a friend, a child, or a parent. Votes: 4

Closing Bell is unlike any play I've written. Votes: 3

We must stop the trend of closing schools and building prisons. Votes: 3

Closing my eyes doesn't help. Fire burns brighter in the darkness. Votes: 3

Elections are about choosing sides, but inaugurations are about closing ranks. Votes: 3

Final thoughts are so, you know, final. Let's call them closing words. Votes: 3

The mantra should change from 'Always Be Closing' to 'Always to helping'. Votes: 3

Closing a public library is child abuse, really, because it hinders child development. Votes: 3

Closing your mind to religion is no different than the close-mindedness that religions can cause. Votes: 3

Closing the door to toxicity is the most effective way to make space for new opportunity. Votes: 3

That’s just silly. Closing a global business in reaction to single-issue national politics is foolish. Votes: 3

You're the only one who's closing your eyes at night. There's no one else who can do it for you. Votes: 3

Closing the prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is a promise President [Barack] Obama made it but has yet to fulfill. Votes: 3

Closing one's ears to the complaints of partisans would also entail closing one's mind to the substance of their arguments. Votes: 3

Poetry is the opening and closing of a door, leaving those who look through to guess about what is seen during the moment. Votes: 3

A few drinks later you're not so choosy when the closing lights strip off the shadows on this strange new flesh you've found. Votes: 3

The punctuation of anniversaries is terrible, like the closing of doors, one after another between you and what you want to hold on to. Votes: 3

To conclude that women are unfitted to the task of our historic society seems to me the equivalent of closing male eyes to female facts. Votes: 3

In closing, let me just thank God, on the floor of the House, for not turning away from us even though we seem to be turning away from Him. Votes: 3

The whole wood seemed running now, running hard, hunting, chasing, closing in round something or - somebody? In panic, he began to run too, aimlessly, he knew not whither. Votes: 3

The American people likewise want to see enforcement first, no tricks, no triggers, no amnesty, enforcing existing laws and closing loopholes to reaffirm that our great Republic is, in fact, a nation of laws. Votes: 3

In the early 1970s. 1971, '72. The rooms were closing down, record labels weren't signing acoustic acts any more. Although they had been pretty much been getting out of that for some time before that. Votes: 3

Take the risk of thinking for yourself, much more happiness, truth, beauty, and wisdom will come to you that way. (Closing statement of the debate with William Dembski at Prestonwood Baptist Church, Plano, Texas, November 18, 2010) Votes: 3

Secrets of Closing the Sale, is essential reading. Ziglar tells us that selling and closing are not mysteries to be solved; instead they are as tangible as when his wife up-sold him on a new house. Votes: 3

When I came to DreamWorks, I was in bad trouble. They were in bad trouble. They were millions of dollars in the hole and a few days from closing their doors. I was on my last leg. Votes: 3

La Scala is easily one of the top 10 symbols of Italy's cultural excellence. That makes it vital to our global image. Closing it would send a message to the rest of the world that Italy doesn't care. Votes: 3

What makes the perfect kiss? Closing your eyes when you kiss is important. Or lifting up the leg, but that's more of a girl thing, I'm manly. Passion is good! She brings out the best in me. (Selena) Votes: 3

There is this cave In the air behind my body That nobody is going to touch: A cloister, a silence Closing around a blossom of fire. When I stand upright in the wind, My bones turn to dark emeralds. Votes: 3

Closing my eyes and holding still. It's the end if I get mad or scream. It's close to a prayer. Hate is not for humans. Judgment lies with God. That's what I learned from my Arabic brothers and sisters. Votes: 3

It is always important to know when something has reached its end. Closing circles, shutting doors, finishing chapters, it doesn't matter what we call it; what matters is to leave in the past those moments in life that are over. Votes: 3

I think this year we'll open up 900 gross, we're closing some, so the net count is lower, but the 900 are spread all over the place. Some of the closures are relocations, where you're moving it to another place in the marketplace. Votes: 3

Hospitals are closing across the country due to the burden of illegal immigration, college students find that summer jobs have dried up due to illegal immigration, and wages across the board are depressed by the overwhelming influx of cheap and illegal labor. Votes: 3

Closing cycles. Not because of pride, incapacity or arrogance, but simply because that no longer fits your life. Shut the door, change the record, clean the house, shake off the dust. Stop being who you were, and change into who you are. Votes: 3

When I was dating and the wine list was presented to my male companion, I tried to ignore this unfortunate faux pas. But this practice still goes on...Closing note to all servers and sommeliers: please include women in wine selection. Okay? Votes: 3

In closing I wish to say that while I was sorely beset by a number of white riders in my racing days, I have also enjoyed the friendship of countless thousands of white men whom I class as among my closest friends. Votes: 3

Ignorantly is how we all fall in love; for it is a kind of fall. Closing our eyes, we leap from that cliff in hope of a soft landing. Nor is it always soft; but still, without that leap nobody comes to life. Votes: 3

We want to obviously foster a relationship that we're a partner with states; that we all share the same goals of closing the achievement gap, just as the Congress does; and that we're practical and sophisticated enough to understand what they're talking about. Votes: 3

Closing the gate is meant to be a season-long arc, but the questions that come up in the quest, and the series of reveals and discoveries, are meant to start being the under-pinings for questions, secrets and things that will be explored in future seasons. Votes: 3

Like the people that in the 60s or 70s claimed the "end of painting" - all they did was open up a whole new branch for painting. Happily, it doesn't work. It's not a reason for art. Closing something out is not a reason for something to exist. Votes: 3

Let me say this: I believe closing Guantanamo is in our Nation's national security interest. Guantanamo is used not only by al-Qaida, but also by other nations, governments, and individuals - people good and bad - as a symbol of America's abuse of Muslims, and it is fanning the flames of anti-Americanism around the world. Votes: 3

Live albums are very important for Rush, and they became sort of a closing chapter for us. Votes: 1

When I'm stuck for a closing to a lyric, I will drag out my last resort: overwhelming illogic. Votes: 1

For an adult, the world is constantly trying to clamp down on itself. Routine, responsibility, decay of institutions, corruption: this is all the world closing in. Votes: 1

In the closing years of the nineteenth century, African-American historians began to look at their people's history from their vantage point and their point of view. Votes: 1

The opening and closing ceremonies of the London Olympics are mass satanic rituals disguised as a celebration of Britain and sport. Their medium is the language of symbolism. Votes: 1

Our breath gets shallow and ineffective when we are in a stressed state. I advocate stopping whatever you're doing for a couple of minutes five times a day, closing your eyes and taking deep breaths. Votes: 1

I support health care for people. I want people well taken care of. But I also want health care that we can afford as a country. I have people and friends closing down their businesses because of Obamacare. Votes: 1

I'm bad on Valentine's Day, but even worse on Christmas. I go shopping at nine o'clock on December 24th every year. Nobody else is there. I'm in Toys'R'Us all by myself. I get there five minutes before closing. Votes: 1

I love driving cars, looking at them, cleaning and washing and shining them. I clean 'em inside and outside. I'm very touchy about cars. I don't want anybody leaning on them or closing the door too hard, know what I mean? Votes: 1

This paranoid Islam, which blames outsider, 'infidels', for all the ills of Muslim societies, and whose proposed remedy is the closing of those societies to the rival project of modernity, is presently the fastest growing version of Islam in the world. Votes: 1

Where folks like Google have fallen down is in just putting a little review box up, then closing their eyes and letting the algorithm take care of itself. Yelp is a technology company, but also a company that understands how people want to connect with one another. Votes: 1

Before I was an actor I was a break dancer, one of those street performers you see. I guess my introduction into the professional world of performing was a stint as back up dancer for Lionel Richie and I performed at the closing ceremony at the '84 Olympics. Votes: 1

What is beauty, anyway? It's more than something pleasant looking. If it doesn't stop us in our tracks and make us unable to move for a moment, unable to put into words what's closing off the breath in our throats, then maybe it's pretty, but it probably isn't beauty. Votes: 1

I remember the '70s constantly being winter in Manchester and the Irish community in Manchester closing ranks because of the IRA bombings in Birmingham and Manchester, and you know the bin-workers' strike, all wrapped up in it... They were violent times. Violence at home and violence at football matches. Votes: 1

Some ISPs are blocking all BitTorrent traffic, because BitTorrent can be used to share files in a piratical way. Hollywood lobbying groups are trying to pass laws which would force ISPs to block or degrade BitTorrent traffic, too. Personally, I think this is like closing down freeways because a bank robber could use them to get away. Votes: 1

I suppose whenever you go through periods of transition, or in a way, it's a very definite closing of a certain chapter of your life - I suppose those times are always going to be both very upsetting and also very exciting by the very nature because things are changing and you don't know what's going to happen. Votes: 1

We'd all survive if Twitter shut down for a short while during major riots. Social media isn't any more important than a train station, a road or a bus service. We don't worry about police temporarily closing those. Common sense. If riot info and fear is spreading by Facebook and Twitter, shut them off for an hour or two, then restore. Votes: 1

There's only a couple times when fame is ever helpful. Sometimes you can get into a restaurant where the kitchen is just closing. Sometimes you can avoid a traffic violation. But the only time it really matters is in the emergency room with your kids. That's when you want to be noticed, because it's very easy to get forgotten in an ER. Votes: 1

There's a gap between what I want to do, what I do on camera, and what gets edited. Right? So the goal is to try and close the gaps. What's the biggest compliment is if I read a review and it's exactly what I wrote down in my diary before ever filming it. That's really cool. That's the biggest signifier of closing the gaps. Votes: 1

The window is closing. Votes: 0

Old-fogyism is comfortably closing in. Votes: 0

Death is just infinity closing in. Votes: 0

It (modernization) is just another jungle closing in. Votes: 0

Now it's closing time/the music's fading out. Votes: 0

Death is the opening-and the closing-of a Door. Votes: 0

Don't all the girls get prettier at closing time? Votes: 0

I can't start writing until I have a closing line. Votes: 0

Sleep is closing your eyes and trusting you will heal. Votes: 0

Only with the closing of the eyes are we truly free. Votes: 0

If you aren't opening doors for people, you are closing them! Votes: 0

No is always a door-closing word; Yes is a door-opening word. Votes: 0

Protectiveness has often muffled the sound of doors closing against women. Votes: 0

It's no use closing the barn door after the horse is gone. Votes: 0

Choosing not to read is like closing an open door to paradise Votes: 0

Marketers need to build digital relationships and reputation before closing a sale. Votes: 0

Witty closing remarks have been replaced by massive head trauma and severe hemorrhaging. Votes: 0

Faith, joy, optimism. But not the folly of closing your eyes to reality. Votes: 0

The living have their eyes opened by closing the eyes of the dead. Votes: 0

Night had come on like the closing of a great but gentle eye. Votes: 0

The distance between who you are and who you might be is closing. Votes: 0

Happiness is.. looking at the closing door, then bolting them from outside and fleeing. Votes: 0

Incestuous, homogeneous fiefdoms of self-proclaimed expertise are always rank-closing and mutually self-defending, above all else. Votes: 0

The Democrats are obsessing about raising tax rates, while the GOP talks about closing loopholes. Votes: 0

Certainty is a closing of the mind. To create something new you must have doubt. Votes: 0

Leaving this life is just like going from one room to another and closing the door. Votes: 0

The eyes of our souls only then begin to see when our bodily eyes are closing. Votes: 0

I was always the last woman on the last down elevator as the store was closing. Votes: 0

When hearing a door creak, the optimist thinks it's opening and the pessimist thinks it's closing. Votes: 0

The window of opportunity to avoid dangerous climate change is closing more quickly than previously thought. Votes: 0

For me, closing libraries is the equivalent of eating your seed corn to save a little money. Votes: 0

The art world is molting - some would say melting. Galleries are closing; museums are scaling back. Votes: 0

There are Muslims of all kinds. The idea of closing them into a single identity is wrong. Votes: 0

You're still going to see accidents, you always will. Especially towards the closing laps of a race. Votes: 0

I have the wonderful pleasure of finishing the book and closing it. And I don't read them later. Votes: 0

I live in two unique worlds, traveling between both with just the opening or closing of my eyes. Votes: 0

I won't be managing the Mets. I am closing the door on managing the Mets and probably everybody else. Votes: 0

If the FBI parks a van bristling with cameras outside your house, you are justified in closing your blinds. Votes: 0

Spiritual process is not about chanting a mantra or closing your eyes, spiritual process is essentially about enhancing your perception. Votes: 0

Human nature is, by definition, a talkative one, imprudent, indiscreet, gossipy, incapable of closing its mouth and keeping it closed. Votes: 0

The only pressure that you use in a professional selling presentation is the presence of silence after the closing question. Votes: 0

The difference between closing or opening your eyes is the choice between the imagined vs real. Blinking is only human. Votes: 0

I think anybody who was ever saddened by a movie theater closing would be able to understand this film [Aquarius]. Votes: 0

If your options are closing-in around you and you feel panicked, scared and helpless, this is the time for action. Votes: 0

I think closing-off is the most detrimental thing we can do as people. Also, the idea of not judging oneself. Votes: 0

I know of no manner of speaking so offensive as that of giving praise, and closing it with an exception. Votes: 0

Maybe one of the strangest opportunities was I got to ring the closing bell on the New York Stock Exchange. Votes: 0

There was no closing my eyes and sliding back into that blissful dream of normal. This was my normal now. Votes: 0

I love you. I love you, but I'm turning to my verses and my heart is closing like a fist. Votes: 0

In the papers this morning: 'Police closing in on Ian Holloway.' Sorry, it's 'Palace closing in on Ian Holloway.' Votes: 0

It's less a matter of looking the other way than of closing our eyes to what we can't stop from happening. Votes: 0

Keep focused on the substantive issues. To make a decision means having to go through one door and closing all others. Votes: 0

Rain never understands why people hide under their umbrellas! Let us make a surprise to the rain by closing our umbrellas! Votes: 0

Men, being conditioned badly, are always feeling nooses closing around their necks, even dumpy boors no girl would take on a bet. Votes: 0

Vladimir Putin said the tanks that you see rolling through the streets are just part of the closing ceremonies of the Olympics. Votes: 0

I suppose because I do and can work in the theatre, I don't see work as closing down as an older woman. Votes: 0

The only way to have a better world and end poverty is by closing the gap between the top and the bottom. Votes: 0

US special forces are closing in on Saddam Hussain but they're afraid to go in. He's hiding out in Tony Martin's farmhouse. Votes: 0

In closing, the greatest threat to peace on this earth is the arrogance of a super-power [America] that is out of control. Votes: 0

Keeping a diary is like closing your bedroom door and refusing to come out until dinnertime: it is a declaration of self. Votes: 0

I am reaching a point in my life where the basketball chapter in my life is slowly closing from a competition standpoint. Votes: 0

If my life depended on it - if my daughter's life depended on it - I'd want Mariano Rivera closing. Wouldn't you? Votes: 0

It is well to open one's mind but only as a preliminary to closing it ... for the supreme act of judgment and selection. Votes: 0

I breathed him in, closing my mouth tight and inhaling the scent of him through my nose. I felt sheltered by him. Safe." Votes: 0

I breathed him in, closing my mouth tight and inhaling the scent of him through my nose. I felt sheltered by him. Safe. Votes: 0

There is always a gap between conception and execution. We keep writing in the burning hope of closing that gap before we die. Votes: 0

But on the contrary Wikileaks is under heavy attack by the government and corporations are participating in that by closing down their websites. Votes: 0

For me, university was just awful because it was closing one door after the other of all these candy shops of professional possibilities. Votes: 0

Just to let you know that the buffet car will be closing for stocktaking in five minutes. The next station stop is Chesterfield. Votes: 0

Democracies die behind closed doors. . . . When government begins closing doors, it selectively controls information rightfully belonging to the people. Selective information is misinformation. Votes: 0

It is exciting to work with students thinking about issues of the day, from closing the achievement gap to finding a cure for cancer. Votes: 0

Running toward danger is foolhardy. ... But so is closing your eyes to it. Many perils become less dangerous once you understand their potential hazards. Votes: 0

A company in which anyone is afraid to speak up, to differ, to be daring and original, is closing the coffin door on itself. Votes: 0

Unfortunately for humanity, I've gotten into the habit of providing my own closing music for shows by singing a song and playing the ukulele. Votes: 0

If you're campaigning against ObamaCare, but you're also having to defend yourself for closing the government, that seems to take away the asset from you. Votes: 0

Testing is not a substitute for curriculum and instruction. Good education cannot be achieved by a strategy of testing children, shaming educators, and closing schools. Votes: 0

Never fear the golding of a sunset. It means more than just the closing of another day. But marks the brightness of a new dawn. Votes: 0

I used to think God guided us by opening and closing doors, but now I know sometimes God wants us to kick some doors down. Votes: 0

How we choose to deal with pain is ultimately the measure of who we are and of the success we have in closing our gaps. Votes: 0

It is a dead heart. It is inside of me. It is a stranger yet once it was agreeable, opening and closing like a clam. Votes: 0

When true friends meet in adverse hour; 'Tis like a sunbeam through a shower. A watery way an instant seen, The darkly closing clouds between. Votes: 0

Listening is the key to total concentration. You listen as the character would listen, closing the door on everything else. Then you are ready to respond. Votes: 0

Is it astonishing that, like children trying to catch smoke by closing their hands, philosophers so often see the object they would grasp fly before them? Votes: 0

It lies around us like a cloud- A world we do not see; Yet the sweet closing of an eye May bring us there to be. Votes: 0

The writing is the most important bit, and performing it is just closing the circle because I'm less likely to screw it up than anyone else. Votes: 0

I know of no more beautiful prayer than that which the Hindus of old used in closing: May all that have life be delivered from suffering. Votes: 0

People will continue to make movies. But I do think the economic model of the studio movie is closing in on a kind of systemic collapse. Votes: 0

I don't like the midnight closing on weekends. It's one thing to tell people they have to drive to Jiffy Lube Live in the outer suburbs. Votes: 0

The white moth to the closing vine, The bee to the open clover, And the Gypsy blood to the Gypsy blood Ever the wide world over. Votes: 0

Climate change is for real. We have just a small window of opportunity and it is closing rather rapidly. There is not a moment to lose. Votes: 0

God always forgives, always. But he asks that I forgive. If I don't forgive, in a certain sense I am closing the door to God's forgiveness. Votes: 0

The act the act must not be a revenge. It must be a calm, weary renunciation, a closing of accounts, a private, rhythmic deed. The last remark. Votes: 0

Then again, he supposed the healing process, in contrast to trauma, was gentle and slow... The soft closing of a door, rather than a slam.- John Votes: 0

Ask: is what I'm doing and thinking right now bringing me closer to myself or farther away? Opening my heart or closing it? You have a choice. Votes: 0

Don´t be unnecessarily burdened by the past. Go on closing the chapters that you have read; there is no need to go back again and again. Votes: 0

Walking my dogs twice a day provides me with an opening and closing of my day, and I've learned to use those walks for a walking meditation. Votes: 0

When he feels the world is closing in, he turns his stereo way up high. He just spends his life, living in a rock and roll fantasy. Votes: 0

We demand an unconditional peace, we demand a cease-fire, a withdrawal of all foreign troops, and closing of the border.... We will find a compromise within the country. Votes: 0

From harmony, from heavenly harmony, This universal frame began: From harmony to harmony Through all the compass of the notes it ran, The diapason closing full in Man. Votes: 0

We keep this love in a photograph We made these memories for ourselves Where our eyes are never closing Hearts are never broken And time's forever frozen still Votes: 0

If a train is coming at you, closing your eyes won't save you ... but if you look right at it, you at least have a chance to jump. Votes: 0

While closing our innovation gaps won't solve all our problems, we have some very real opportunities to improve the quality of care that's delivered to millions of Americans. Votes: 0

I hate that bookstores are closing. Hate it! What's better than hanging out a bookstore, be it independent or chain, and talking books with people who love books? Votes: 0

To use an electronics analogy, closing a book on a bookmark is like pressing the Stop button, whereas when you leave the book facedown, you've only pressed Pause. Votes: 0

As far as the Internet is concerned, we're not talking about closing the Internet. I'm talking about parts of Syria, parts of Iraq, where ISIS is, spotting it. Votes: 0

I am deeply committed to the cause of Indigenous Australians, and not just because of the Apology, but the big challenges which lie ahead in closing the gap. Votes: 0

The Internet is like closing time at a blue-collar bar in Boston. Everyone’s drunk and ugly and they’re going to pass out in a few minutes. Votes: 0

Technology is closing the gap between what one can imagine and what one can do and as a result the equality of opportunity is unmatched in human history. Votes: 0

It is only by closing the ears of the soul, or by listening too intently to the clamors of the sense, that we become oblivious of their utterances. Votes: 0

I'm a terrible procrastinator. When we go to the airport, if they're not literally closing the door behind my sweaty, hyperventilating body, I feel I've been there too long. Votes: 0

Change was as much about loss as gain, about giving something up even as you reached for something new or different. The world was opening up, not closing in. Votes: 0

As long as he deceived himself about the truth, he could blame fortune and have confidence in the future. Now the clouds of madness were closing round his mind. Votes: 0

The days of wine and roses laugh and run away like a child at playThrough the meadow land toward a closing doorA door marked "nevermore" that wasn't there before Votes: 0

I think of the church often. Not because religion was closing in on me, but because for a long time my ass was sore from that hard, unupholstered pew. Votes: 0

It's hard selling books in general: companies are merging, editors being laid off, bricks-and-mortar bookstores closing, large chain bookstores squeezing out independents, and online retailers squeezing out chain bookstores. Votes: 0

There you see Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson closing a deal with [Vladimir] Putin in 2011. Two years later, he received one of Russia's highest civilian honors, the Order of Friendship. Votes: 0

The palmist looks at the wrinkles made by closing the hand and says they signify character. The philosopher reads character by what the hand most loves to close upon. Votes: 0

The sense of urgency is real for me, because the window of opportunity is closing. Gotta get back to the Super Bowl, gotta get back there and win it. Votes: 0

If you try too carefully to plan your life, the danger is that you will succeed-succeed in narrowing your options, closing off avenues of adventure that cannot now be imagined. Votes: 0

I try to be rational and suppress the hope that this is for real, but hope has a way of closing its eyes to reason and it just keeps growing. Votes: 0

What happens when you shut your eyes? The images you have been accustomed to look at suddenly disappear. See through the images by closing your eyes and opening your heart. Votes: 0

In the closing seconds of every game, I want the ball in my hands for the last shot - not in anybody else's, not in anybody else's in the world. Votes: 0

He thought about his people without sentimentalily, with a strick closing of his accounts with life, beginning to understand how much he really loved the people he hated the most. Votes: 0

We are not going to be the agency where large businesses can masquerade as a small business and get a contract. We are closing down on fraud, waste and abuse. Votes: 0

The body slows with mortal ache , yet my promise remains true at the closing of our days ,A tender touch that ends with a kisswill awaken love in joyous ways" Votes: 0

But men love abstract reasoning and neat systematization so much that they think nothing of distorting the truth, closing their eyes and ears to contrary evidence to preserve their logical constructions. Votes: 0

But men love abstract reasoning and neat systematization so much that they think nothing of distorting the truth, closing their eyes and ears to contrary evidence to preserve their logical constructions. Votes: 0

No matter what's happening in your life, you can change the trajectory of events by closing your eyes, reviewing your thought and behavior, and sending love wherever you've been withholding it. Votes: 0

What has been happening the last four years in City Hall is that they have been closing recreation centers, closing libraries. We have not looked after our children in City Hall. Votes: 0

What does Obama mean keep working on closing Gitmo? It's a broken promise. Obama said we were gonna close Gitmo the first day he was in office and it never happened. Votes: 0

It's a closing of the mind that happens when you want to be lazy and go with the easiest answers, like the media do all the time in their sound bytes. Votes: 0

What does Obama mean keep working on closing Gitmo? It's a broken promise. Obama said we were gonna close Gitmo the first day he was in office and it never happened. Votes: 0

People at the top are closing ranks so tightly that all possibility of subjective deviation has gone, and difference can be sought only in the more distinguished cut of an evening dress. Votes: 0

Since war often enters homes through the "kitchen door," we need to understand women's attempts to keep life going in the face of shortage of food, closing of schools and reduced freedoms. Votes: 0

The reality is when you open a door, there is no sense in closing it - so I would never say, 'I'll never act again.' But it's definitely not my priority. Votes: 0

You know I could go for a sandwich, but uh, I'm not gonna open two jars. I can't be opening and closing all kinds of jars. And who knows how many knives! Votes: 0

Effortlessness is the ability to slow down and listen for the spaces between the joints... Deep within all things there is a natural rhythm, a music of opening and closing, expansion and contraction. Votes: 0

There is a universe behind and before him. And the day is approaching when closing the last book on the last shelf on the far left; he will say to himself, "now what? Votes: 0

Steed threatens steed, in high and boastful neighs Piercing the night's dull ear; and from the tents The armorers accomplishing the knights, With busy hammers closing rivets up, Give dreadful note of preparation. Votes: 0

Taking your own life could become the ultimate failure, because you will be killing and closing the existing door to a chance that might have been waiting to lead you into another path. Votes: 0

For me, the difference between a musician reading an arrangement on a piece of paper, and them closing their eyes and listening to what's happening around them and responding to it, is huge. Votes: 0

Power, as it is, has a whole apparatus operating that goes about cutting down, closing doors, so that protests, exercises, platforms, and organizations, such as the Zapatistas, can't grow further in the barrio. Votes: 0

Instead of closing our eyes and bowing our heads, sometimes God wants us to keep our eyes open for people in need, do something about it, and bow our whole lives to Him instead. Votes: 0

One of the problems that we are confronted with is, when we decide to buy or build a home, we don't get a clear picture of what closing costs will be of that home. Votes: 0

Universities think people come up with great ideas by closing the door. The academic tenure process, where you have to publish to journals which are very narrow, stands in the way of great research. Votes: 0

The Very Big Stupid is a thing which breeds by eating The Future. Have you seen it? It sometimes disguises itself as a good-looking quarterly bottom line, derived by closing the R&D department. Votes: 0

Am I such a bad person for dreaming of a world that ends when I do? I don't mean the world ending with respect to me, but every set of eyes closing with mine. Votes: 0

The window of opportunity to avert famine is rapidly closing and could already have closed. The real issue facing us is not whether there will be famine but how many people will actually die. Votes: 0

Walk around any shopping mall, and you will see stores and restaurants opened six months ago and are - that are now closing. In the life of a company, eight years is an eternity. Votes: 0

Okay," he said. He took a breath. "What would you do, if you could do anything?" I took a step toward him, closing the space between us. "This." I said. And then I kissed him. Votes: 0

When we close ourselves off, we're not just closing ourselves off to other people, we're closing ourselves off from ourselves and impeding ourselves. When you open up, you allow yourself to be who you are. Votes: 0

When faith is kneeling by his bed of death, And innocence is closing up his eyes, Now if thou would'st, when all have given him over, From death to life, thou might'st him yet recover Votes: 0

The physical act of meditating by closing one's eyes and slowing down the speed of internal thoughts - especially worrisome thinking - results in a physiological response that is well documented in the scientific literature. Votes: 0