Distance Quotes

Offensive objects, at a proper distance, acquire even a degree of beauty.

The shortest distance between two points is under construction.

Beginning to reason is like stepping onto an escalator that leads upward and out of sight. Once we take the first step, the distance to be traveled is independent of our will and we cannot know in advance where we shall end.

Distance, n. The only thing that the rich are willing for the poor to call theirs, and keep.

No distance of place or lapse of time can lessen the friendship of those who are thoroughly persuaded of each other’s worth.

Laughter is the closest distance between two people.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

The shortest distance between two points is through Hell.

If a man take no thought at what is distant, he will find sorrow near at hand.

The distance is nothing; it is only the first step that is difficult.