a story always sounds clear enough at a distance, but the nearer you get to the scene of events the vaguer it becomes.
– George Orwell
Related Quotes:
- When you are nearer, you will understand how much your eyesight is deceived by distance. Therefore, push yourself a little harder. – Dante Alighieri
- Is it not crystal clear, then, comrades, that all the evils of this life of ours spring from the tyranny of human beings? – George Orwell
- The greatest enemy of clear language is insincerity. – George Orwell
- …to give a clear picture of the whole scene of Italian gastronomy. – Anna Del Conte
- There is a story, there is a scene which you always miss and you never pay attention at it… (The Ring 1) – Deyth Banger
- What story will your life tell? Love your story. Live your story. Lead your story. – Richie Norton
- A school bell that sounds annoying at 8:00am sounds exciting at 4:00pm ….it is a matter of time , you will get there. – Osunsakin Adewale
- Your mind is like this water, my friend. When it is agitated, it becomes difficult to see. But if you allow it to settle, the answer becomes clear. – Kung Fu Panda
- How flat all sounds are at the seaside, flat and yet emphatic, like the sound of gunshots heard at a distance. – John Banville
- This moment is our greatest treasure. We cannot replay the past events. We have no control over future events. – Lailah Gifty Akita
- Life’s journey is one big path with series of events. All these events are connected. – Lailah Gifty Akita
- It no longer matters who consider themselves the masters of events. Events no longer obey their masters. – Dan Simmons
- It no longer matters who consider themselves the masters of events. Events no longer obey their masters. – Dan Simmons
- Our lives are a constellation of events, strung together, glittering; the shapes only being seen from a distance. – Patricia Robin Woodruff
- Don’t allow distance to truly separate you. Make your love last beyond the distance. – Nisla Love
- Distance was a dangerous thing, she knew. Distance changed people. – Rohinton Mistry
- if you keep a distance to get a respect, keep a distance to keep the respect – Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
- Distance can make a love fade, while closeness can make hate flare; as distance can make hate fade, while closeness can make love flare. – Anthony Liccione
- I always like the story behind the story more than the story itself. – AD Posey
- Anxiety and Afraid of being rejected, have always been the killer/s of our dreams……..Sounds like this story has been already told by me? – Deyth Banger
- Ran out of things to say, metaphors for you. Why the ocean’s clear instead of blue, why mountains in the distance had reminded me of you. – Dominic Riccitello
- …the object of waging a war is always to be in a better position in which to wage another war. – George Orwell
- When you go nearer to God, He shows you what to do, He tells you when to do it and He backs whatever He promised. – Patience Johnson
- Know what you want to do, hold the thought firmly, and do every day what should be done, and every sunset will see you that much nearer the goal. – Elbert Hubbard
- The spirit of Christ is the spirit of missions. The nearer we get to Him, the more intensely missionary we become. – Henry Martyn
- Challenges are like vehicles in the rear-view mirror. They appear larger and nearer than they are. – Vikrmn
- I nearer than I was yesterday and further than I am today, tomorrow I’ll be square one. – Racquel McDonnell
- The fact that he and she understood each other without a word seemed to bring them nearer than any explanation would have done. – Edith Wharton
- A woman’s intuition is better than a man’s. Nobody knows anything, really, you know, and a woman can guess a good deal nearer than a man. – Mark Twain
- Every step which leads from capitalism toward planning is necessarily a step nearer to absolutism and dictatorship. – Ludwig von Mises
- Pride has often been his best friend. It has connected him nearer with virtue than any other feeling. – Jane Austen
- We in America today are nearer to the final triumph over poverty than ever before. – Herbert Hoover
- That One Who is greater than us is near – nearer than we could measure. – Amy Layne Litzelman
- We need never shout across the spaces to an absent God. He is nearer than our own soul, closer than our most secret thoughts – AW Tozer
- The nearer the dawnthe darker the night. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- If they substituted the word ‘Lust’ for ‘Love’ in the popular songs it would come nearer the truth. – Sylvia Plath
- Your thoughts become your BELIEFS. Your beliefs become your TRUTH. Your truth becomes your STORY. Your story IS your REALITY. – Sarah Centrella
- When your share your story with someone, it becomes their story too. – Marty Rubin
- Sometimes a homeland becomes a tale. We love the story because it is about our homeland and we love our homeland even more because of the story. – Refaat Alareer
- Since I am never alone with myself. Since I am always watching the character playing my part in the scene, there is no possibility of spontaneity. – Ronan Bennett