Quotes about Gaps

In considering God's power, we must not look for a God of the Gaps, a god who is called in for those phenomena for which there is yet no scientific explanation. Votes: 3

Gaps can be very emotional. I mean, that's in my drumming. When I drum, you know, I don't need to drum all over the track. I play with the singer and I can back off. Votes: 3

Gaps don't/just happen./There is a/generative element/inside them,/a welling motion/ as when cold/waters shoulder/up through/warmer oceans./And where gaps/choose to widen,/coordinates warp,/even in places/constant since/the oldest maps. Votes: 3

Because there is that sort of feeling that people don't know what to do with gaps in their lives. It's a scary notion, but actually, if you can stand in space just for a little while, a new door will open, or you'll be able to see in the dark after a while. You'll adjust. Votes: 3

The big gap between the ability of actors is confidence. Votes: 2

The Indians are finding the gaps like a pin in a haystack. Votes: 2

It is very good to bridge the gaps between Indian and international cinema. Votes: 2

The statesman's duty is to bridge the gap between his nation's experience and his vision. Votes: 2

I'm supposed to be taking time off. But I'm still writing and I have this Gap advert lined up. Votes: 2

I mean, one thing I know about change is we are not going to close the achievement gap without educators. Votes: 2

We can close the gap and improve what happens in the classroom by using educational technology that is the same high quality everywhere. Votes: 2

The measure of your quality as a public person, as a citizen, is the gap between what you do and what you say. Votes: 2

A major gap between many of the denominations stems from how people define some of the most basic terms, such as 'religion' itself. Votes: 2

Cost is the spectre haunting health reform. For many decades, the great flaw in the American health-care system was its unconscionable gaps in coverage. Votes: 2

Technology advances at exponential rates, and human institutions and societies do not. They adapt at much slower rates. Those gaps get wider and wider. Votes: 2

If a man can bridge the gap between life and death, if he can live on after he's dead, then maybe he was a great man. Votes: 2

My view is that science only has something to say about a very particular notion of God, which goes by the name of 'god of the gaps'. Votes: 2

While women certainly have made great strides toward pay parity in the past 30 years, there is still a gap in earnings between men and women in equivalent professions. Votes: 2

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: 2

America's government is not even aware of the gap between its commitments and action, because almost nobody in authority understands the actions that would be needed to meet the commitments. Votes: 2

We have a positive vision of the future founded on the belief that the gap between the promise and reality of America can one day be finally closed. We believe that. Votes: 2

Time perception is very much about how you sequence your activities, how many activities you layer overtop of others, and the types of gaps, if any, you leave in between activities. Votes: 2

Then there are the people who know me from the lectures. What I am really trying to do, what I need to accomplish at this time, is to fill in the gaps. Votes: 2

Country radio went through a time where they were trying to pigeonhole everybody, and trying to make the gap really narrow, and I think that they've opened that up a little bit. Votes: 2

With freedom comes responsibility, and I can think of no responsibility greater than putting on a U.S military uniform and standing in the gap between an enemy threat and civilian life. Votes: 2

Sometimes legends find themselves remembered more for what they have not done than for their accomplishments. But those resume gaps can also help drive them to achieve even greater things in new arenas. Votes: 2

During the decades after Brown v. Board of Education there was terrific progress. Tens of thousands of public schools were integrated racially. During that time the gap between black and white achievement narrowed. Votes: 2

In the East there is a gap between the top of a wall and underside of a roof; it acts as a screen, and the Chinese were able to use it as they wished. Votes: 2

I came to accept during my freshman year that many of the gaps in my knowledge and understanding were simply limits of class and cultural background, not lack of aptitude or application as I'd feared. Votes: 2

I try to keep performing as much as possible - I just like to. I used to take huge gaps off between gigs, now I just like to do stand-up gigs as much as I can. Votes: 2

I'm fighting to make childcare more affordable for working parents so they can continue working and advancing their careers, closing wage gaps that for too long have held women back from the fair economic opportunities they need. Votes: 2

There are not as many women who support the national defense budget now as men. I really think there is a gender gap in the support for the large expenditures that are necessary to modernize the force. Votes: 2

I do think we know that a teacher who knows what he or she is doing, knows their subject matter, and knows how to impart knowledge to kids is a critical piece of closing the achievement gap. Votes: 2

The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one's real and one's declared aims, one turns, as it were, instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish squirting out ink. Votes: 2

It's not like I'm some kind of veteran and there is this huge age gap. I identify with them more off the field. I need to set an example, which is great, and I look forward to doing just that. Votes: 2

Superheroes fill a gap in the pop culture psyche, similar to the role of Greek mythology. There isn't really anything else that does the job in modern terms. For me, Batman is the one that can most clearly be taken seriously. Votes: 2

Each country is different. Keep an open mind, and you will able to find where the niche entry level lies - the areas where there are gaps. You have to keep an ear to the ground, and you can find a business opportunity. Votes: 2

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: 2

The hardest thing is to go to sleep at night, when there are so many urgent things needing to be done. A huge gap exists between what we know is possible with today's machines and what we have so far been able to finish. Votes: 2

Books don't exist unless you read them. And it's a two way process - you write the book as you read it and you fill in the gaps. You discover it and you put the marks together and without you doing it they're just marks. Votes: 2

One of the gaps in our international development efforts is the provision of global public goods - that is, goods or conditions we need that no individual or country can secure on their own, such as halting global warming, financial stability and peace and security. Votes: 2

Alcohol doesn't console, it doesn't fill up anyone's psychological gaps, all it replaces is the lack of God. It doesn't comfort man. On the contrary, it encourages him in his folly, it transports him to the supreme regions where he is master of his own destiny. Votes: 2

In education, technology can be a life-changer, a game changer, for kids who are both in school and out of school. Technology can bring textbooks to life. The Internet can connect students to their peers in other parts of the world. It can bridge the quality gaps. Votes: 2

We take it for granted sometimes that certain parts of our history are told, and we take it for granted that we know all that stuff, and we move forward along on that basis, but there are also massive gaps, and we have to try to address them. Votes: 2

I am interested in the gaps between one piece of sidewalk and the next. I am interested in the things for which we don't always have a name, and the things that are not easy to articulate - the difference between what we think and how we feel. Votes: 2

At 20, I realized that I could not possibly adjust to a feminine role as conceived by my father and asked him permission to engage in a professional career. In eight months I filled my gaps in Latin, Greek and mathematics, graduated from high school, and entered medical school in Turin. Votes: 2

What turns me on about the digital age, what excited me personally, is that you have closed the gap between dreaming and doing. You see, it used to be that if you wanted to make a record of a song, you needed a studio and a producer. Now, you need a laptop. Votes: 2

Obama's entire foreign policy was predicated on the notion that by existing, he would bridge all gaps and bury all hatchets. Instead, the Muslim world burns his picture even as he tells them he respects their radicalism. It turns out that diversity is a one-way street for the devotees of global Islam. Votes: 2

I mean, I was born the day war broke out, but I don't remember all the bombs though they did actually break up Liverpool, you know. I remember when I was a little older, there was big gaps in all the streets where houses used to be. We used to play over them. Votes: 2

Irish writing is so strong that it can feel like the country has all been covered, but in fact, there are so many gaps. The small west of Ireland cities and the working classes there have almost never appeared in Irish literature, simply because those communities were never in the way of producing books. Votes: 2

The most extraordinary thing about trying to piece together the missing links in the evolutionary story is that when you do find a missing link and put it in the story, you suddenly need all these other missing links to connect to the new discovery. The gaps and questions actually increase - it's extraordinary. Votes: 2

If you ask me about my success story, the secret is I know when to pull myself back. I don't overexpose myself; I give proper gaps whenever I can. I do not over spend myself, I keep myself busy in lot of activities. I really work hard; I work harder than others, by focussing on my fitness level and studying music. Votes: 2

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: 2

Storytelling bridges the generational gaps in ideology. Votes: 0

we lived in the gaps between the stories Votes: 0

Build gaps in your life. Pauses. Proper pauses. Votes: 0

We have gaps that are rooted in systemic racism. Votes: 0

Innovation: Imagine the future and fill in the gaps. Votes: 0

The world of fantasy fills the gaps in people's knowledge. Votes: 0

Sometimes the silences, the gaps, tell us more than anything else. Votes: 0

It's the real world, full of gaps and inconsistencies and anticlimaxes. Votes: 0

Rhyme and meter force gaps in meaning so the muse can enter. Votes: 0

The trick is to find happiness in the brief gaps between disasters. Votes: 0

God fills the gaps of human need, Each crisis brings its word and deed. Votes: 0

The gaps between the forms worry me. I can never get these spaces right... Votes: 0

The world is richer than ever, and the gaps between rich and poor are wider. Votes: 0

As your reputation gets bigger, the gaps and chances to go through them get smaller. Votes: 0

Schooling after the second grade plays only a minor role in creating or reducing gaps. Votes: 0

Where God tears great gaps we should not try to fill them with human words. Votes: 0

The mind revels in conjecture. Where information is lacking, it will gladly fill in the gaps. Votes: 0

The future is inevitable and precise, but it may not occur. God lurks in the gaps. Votes: 0

The power of storytelling is exactly this: to bridge the gaps where everything else has crumbled. Votes: 0

For a novelist, the gaps in a story are as intriguing as material that still exists. Votes: 0

My mind no longer has romantic abysses, but has become shallow, with many little gaps and cracks. Votes: 0

The more I learn about stuff the more conscious I become of grave gaps in my knowledge. Votes: 0

Why can't you understand? The stars fall down now and then. The gaps have to be filled. Votes: 0

I am always excited for gaps of time where I can actually hang out with my friends. Votes: 0

Part of a soldier's duty is to fill gaps...one must be willing to be nothing, as something. Votes: 0

We still have gaps that are rooted in gender inequality. Certainly we have discrimination against the LGBT community. Votes: 0

Alcohol doesn't console, it doesn't fill up anyone's psychological gaps, all it replaces is the lack of God. Votes: 0

I think I've finally learned to stop worrying about how big the gaps are between my novels' publication. Votes: 0

Kindness is a steeling feeling that has a power of filling the gaps in relationships by stealing hearts." Votes: 0

Kindness is a steeling feeling that has a power of filling the gaps in relationships by stealing hearts. Votes: 0

Art is a way of freezing time, or extending time. ... It's another way to bridge the gaps between us. Votes: 0

Misfoutune always comes to those who wait. The trick is to find happiness in the breif gaps between distaters. Votes: 0

Where I'm living is not a storybook world. It's the real world, full of gaps and inconsistencies and anticlimaxes. Votes: 0

I know that gaps can be closed. And they can be closed substantially, more than I think we believe. Votes: 0

It's a particular skill, I think, doing backing vocals. You're blending the vocals between the gaps, between the music. Votes: 0

By and by... there are more and more gaps of silence. Through those gaps, windows will open to the divine. Votes: 0

Actually when we stopped New Order I was busier than ever. The only gaps have been while we've been writing. Votes: 0

With his nightcaps and the tatters of his dressing-gown he patches up the gaps in the structure of the universe. Votes: 0

Archives exist because there's something that can't necessarily be articulated. Something is said in the gaps between all the information. Votes: 0

The Patriot Act closed dangerous gaps in America's law enforcement and intelligence capabilities, gaps that terrorists exploited when they attacked us. Votes: 0

So geographers, in Africa maps, With savage pictures fill their gaps, And o'er uninhabitable downs Place elephants for want of towns Votes: 0

Since the beginning of time, spirituality and religion have been called to fill in the gaps that science did not understand. Votes: 0

Reality also is that there are a lot of gaps, there are a lot of business in between the iconic things. Votes: 0

Creativity in all forms of life, from arts to business to domestic situations, depends on our ability to recognize and explore gaps Votes: 0

I've never really considered myself a home run hitter. Mostly I'm a guy who hits into the gaps for a lot of doubles. Votes: 0

The historian does simply not come in to replenish the gaps of memory. He constantly challenges even those memories that have survived intact. Votes: 0

Some people feel like they don't deserve love. They walk away quietly into empty spaces, trying to close the gaps of the past. Votes: 0

The historian has before him a jigsaw puzzle from which many pieces have disappeared. These gaps can be filled only by his imagination. Votes: 0

The best craftsmanship always leaves holes and gaps... so that something that is not in the poem can creep, crawl, flash or thunder in. Votes: 0

If we don't rebuild that connection with people we will really find even bigger gaps, because our gap on inequality is not just economic. Votes: 0

I came from God, and I'm going back to God, and I won't have any gaps of death in the middle of my life. Votes: 0

I grew up with music hall and revue and was used to filling in the little gaps here and there to get bigger audience reaction. 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

Creativity is the process of sensing problems or gaps in information, then identifying the difficulties and seeking solutions through trial and error or through forming hypotheses. Votes: 0

We are all born with a grab bag of gifts and gaps. Identify your true talents, then find out how to use them to make money. Votes: 0

I always say that photography's closest cousin is poetry because of the way it sparks your imagination and leaves gaps for the viewer to fill in. Votes: 0

There's tonnes of room for more people in the tech market, and there are lots of content gaps that have still not yet been tapped into. Votes: 0

I don't really look at myself as a power hitter. I look at myself as someone who drives the ball to the gaps, hits line drives. Votes: 0

There are no unnatural or supernatural phenomenon, only very large gaps in our knowledge of what is natural... we should strive to fill those gaps of ignorance. Votes: 0

New ideas are difficult just because they are new. Repetition has somehow plastered over the gaps and inconsistencies in the old ones, and the new cannot penetrate. Votes: 0

Many of the gaps in my knowledge and understanding were simply limits of class and cultural background, not lack of aptitude or application as I feared. Page 135 Votes: 0

A library is an ever-growing entity; it multiples seemingly unaided, it reproduces itself by purchase, theft, borrowings, gifts, by suggesting gaps through association, by demanding completion of sorts. Votes: 0

Today secular philosophers call that kind of divine invocation God of the gaps-which comes in handy, because there has never been a shortage of gaps in people's knowledge. Votes: 0

CRATEL is a center with a two-fold mission - to explore technology as an expressive element and to use technology to bridge gaps between diverse groups of people. Votes: 0

And, even if Affirmative Action survives, it is also clear that these policies are not themselves sufficient to close the educational and employment gaps that plague U.S. minorities. Votes: 0

I am constantly hustling and finding new things. You try to manage so you don't look back and see huge gaps of time that you missed with your family. Votes: 0

I'm kind of a builder of institutions. I think I've got some ability to look at what's out here, look at a playing field, and identify gaps and niches. Votes: 0

The gaps in power, the gaps in wealth, the gaps in ideology which hold the nations apart also make up the abyss into which mankind can fall to annihilation. Votes: 0

Beyond highways and roads, we need more money for mass transit, intercity passenger rail and freight rail. We have a long way to go to bridge the funding gaps. Votes: 0

It's not just the emotional, intellectual, and physical gaps between you and money. The real gap is always between what you think you want and what you actually want, deep down. Votes: 0

When I listen to the public debates about climate change, I am impressed by the enormous gaps in our knowledge, the sparseness of our observations and the superficiality of our theories. Votes: 0

I believe in the power of journalism. To make informed decisions, you have to have an understanding of the dynamics of a situation. And journalism does bridge gaps and creates dialogue. Votes: 0

Well, for me, really, I think it was I wanted to try and clear up some of the misperceptions that were out there and fill in some of the historical gaps. Votes: 0

The thing I learned was the lack of coordination in research projects in the world and therefore you will have gaps in what we could possibly learn from these research projects. Votes: 0

Invest in a couple of really good things - a great, classic coat; a good pair of shoes; and a timeless bag - then fill in the gaps with lower-priced pieces. Votes: 0

We don't need fossils - the case for evolution is watertight without them; so it is paradoxical to use gaps in the fossil record as though they were evidence against evolution Votes: 0

At certain periods of life, we live years of emotion in a few weeks, and look back on those times as on great gaps between the old life and the new. Votes: 0

It's a small town; everybody eats in the same cafe; everybody gets their hair cut in the same barber shop. That kind of community building, I think, begins to bridge those gaps. Votes: 0

Bigger spreads mean bigger gaps between what buyers pay and sellers receive. For example, a spread of 10 cents a share means that the buyer pays $100 more for 1,000 shares than the seller receives. Votes: 0

Rarely does a candidate think ahead and take the time to understand what the hiring company's priorities are, and then carefully presents himself as a 'solution' to the company's existing gaps/needs. Votes: 0

Science knows it doesn't know everything; otherwise, it'd stop. But just because science doesn't know everything doesn't mean you can fill in the gaps with whatever fairy tale most appeals to you. Votes: 0

It was an overcast late November morning, the grass splintered by hoarfrost, and winter grinning through the gaps in the clouds like a bad clown peering through the curtains before the show begins. Votes: 0

To argue that the gaps in knowledge which confront the seeker must be filled, not by patient inquiry, but by intuition or revelation, is simply to give ignorance a gratuitous and preposterous dignity. Votes: 0

In the end we had the pieces of the puzzle, but no matter how we put them together, gaps remained, oddly shaped emptinesses mapped by what surrounded them, like countries we couldn't name. Votes: 0

Of course smartphones are brilliant inventions, but the nefarious thing about Twitter and other social media is that it starts to fill all the gaps in your day. I quickly become an addict. Votes: 0

The lamp you lighted in the olden time Will show you my heart's-blood beating through the rhyme: A poet's journal, writ in fire and tears... Then slow deliverance, with the gaps of years... Votes: 0

Hell is out of fashion --institutional hells at any rate. The populated infernos of the 20th century are more private affairs, the gaps between the bars are the sutures of one's own skull. . . Votes: 0

Java is like a variant of the game of Tetris in which none of the pieces can fill gaps created by the other pieces, so all you can do is pile them up endlessly. Votes: 0

You never know how your skills are going to play out at the next level. But I knew I had a lot of doubles and I was capable of driving the ball into gaps. Votes: 0

My ties and ballasts leave me - I travel - I sail - My elbows rest in the sea-gaps. I skirt the sierras. My palms cover continents - I am afoot with my vision. Votes: 0

We were the people who were not in the papers. We lived in the blank white spaces at the edges of print. It gave us more freedom. We lived in the gaps between the stories. Votes: 0

The reality is you don't get stand offs who are expert kickers as well as top drawer runners. The trick is to find a balance but Phil is putting a lot of guys into gaps. Votes: 0

The scientific approach to the phenomenon of human nature enables us to be ignorant without bieng frightened, and without, therefore, having to invent all sorts of wierd theories to explain away our gaps in knowledge. Votes: 0