#near

A man should live with his superiors as he does with his fire: not too near, lest he burn; nor too far off, lest he freeze. ↗

— Albert Pike

#does #far #fire #freeze #his

Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history. ↗

— Plato

#history #nearer #than #truth #vital

On the floor I am more at ease. I feel nearer, more part of the painting, since this way I can walk around it, work from the four sides and literally be in the painting. ↗

— Jackson Pollock

#around #ease #feel #floor #four

The tax code is now nine times longer than the Bible, and not nearly as interesting. ↗

— Rob Portman

#code #interesting #longer #nearly #nine

As the prospect of a Tory government gets nearer, many traditional Labour voters - some who switched away in recent times and many who stayed at home - seem more determined to prevent that happening. ↗

— Lucy Powell

#determined #gets #government #happening #home

More and more, job listings are exclusively available online and as technology evolves nearly every occupation now requires a basic level of digital literacy with web navigation, email access and participation in social media. ↗

— Michael K. Powell

#available #basic #digital #email #every

Most American elementary schools and high schools, and nearly all colleges and universities, teach everything that is significant from a liberal/Left perspective. ↗

— Dennis Prager

#colleges #elementary #everything #high #high schools

Because of President Obama's failed record on nearly every issue from the economy to the deficit to Medicare, the Obama campaign has become increasingly dirty, despicable, and desperate. ↗

— Reince Priebus

#become #campaign #deficit #desperate #despicable

The global importance of the Middle East is that it keeps the Far East and the Near East from encroaching on each other. ↗

— Dan Quayle

#east #far #far east #global #importance

Islam, the third in historical sequence of the ethical monotheistic religions of the Near East, was very successful in establishing its monotheism, but had only very moderate success in spreading its version of Jewish and Christian ethics to the Arabs. ↗

— Carroll Quigley

#christian #east #establishing #ethical #ethics