The closest I've ever come to saying "no" is "Not now, we're landing."
For Christians this present life is the closest they will come to Hell. For unbelievers, it is the closest they will come to Heaven.
Writing books is the closest men ever come to childbearing.
Entrails. No hissing. This is the closest we will ever come to love.
The closest you will ever come in this life to an orderly universe is a good library.
Blay was the closest thing to an angel Qhuinn had ever come near.
I've never been good at meditation, but surfing is the closest I've ever come to that inner something.
I've decided to aim a telescope at my neighbour's window. It's the closest I'll ever come to living with someone comfortably.
Mockery when done without prejudice or discretion, can be a form of respect. It's the closest we'll ever come to true equality.
My first job ever was at Baskin-Robbins when I was 14, which is probably the closest I'll ever come to having a corporate job like the one I play on TV - although I do work for Universal, so I suppose that's corporate.
Ninety feet between home plate and first base may be the closest man has ever come to perfection.
This thing I am feeling, I’m almost certain, is the closest I’ll ever come to standing somewhere in between truth and reconciliation.
I never edit the songs that come out. And they tend to come out as a whole. The closest thing I have ever done to editing them is just cutting out a verse, but never rewriting lyrics.
Woods pumped both fists and yelled, as jacked as you'll ever see him. But the crowd explosion drowned out whatever was coming out of his mouth. It was the closest golf has ever come to sounding like fourth-and-goal at LSU's Tiger Stadium on a Saturday night.
We all know of course, that we should never ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever fiddle around in any way with electrical equipment. NEVER.
I like characters who aren't typically heroic and come to some sort of epiphany about themselves.