Whether for good or evil, it is sadly inevitable that all political leadership requires the artifices of theatrical illusion. In the politics of a democracy, the shortest distance between two points is often a crooked line.
You can have computer sights of anything you like, but I think you have to go to the enemy on the shortest distance and knock him down from point-blank range. You'll get him from in close. At long distance, it's questionable.
In terms of distance, the prodigal's pigsty is the farthest point from home; in terms of time, the pigsty is the shortest distance to the father's house.
We must remember that the shortest distance between our problems and their solutions is the distance between our knees and the floor.
God is the shortest distance from zero to infinity.
The shortest distance between two points is under construction.
Laughter is the shortest distance between two people.
The shortest distance between two points is often unbearable.
A straight line is not the shortest distance between two points.
So often the shortest distance to happiness is the length of an about-face.
The shortest distance between two idiots is a conga line.
The shortest distance between two points is a straight line.
As regards obstacles, the shortest distance between two points can be a curve.
Recreational shopping is the shortest distance between two points: you and broke.
The shortest distance between two jokes makes a perfect speech.
You have to understand, my dears, that the shortest distance between truth and a human being is a story.