Top 1200 Closing Doors Quotes & Sayings - Page 16

When we became TV presenters, I found a place for myself and Ant bought the house for sale two doors away.

Patriotism, when it wants to make itself felt in the domain of learning, is a dirty fellow who should be thrown out of doors.

I feel like my imagination was crafted by Tolkien. He seemed to tap into that childhood intrigue of secret doors and hidden worlds.

I think that being a gentleman is what matters; taking them out to a nice dinner, open the doors, stuff like that.

This country has a proud history of opening its doors to generations of people fleeing personal persecution, civil unrest and war.

Well I know the secret places, And the nests in hedge and tree; At what doors are friendly faces, In what hearts are thoughts of me.

The joy of all mysteries is the certainty which comes from their contemplation, that there are many doors yet for the soul to open on her upward and inward way.

Always walk towards open doors. And if they slam shut in your face, kick that sucker in and keep going.

When you start messing with the Constitution and what this country was founded on - our baseline is what we call it - it just opens up too many doors.

The good Lord is amazing; He opens up doors. I was close to abandoning the dream, and He was like, 'Hey, slow down there, buddy.'

I will venture to assert, that a just translation of any ancient poet in rhyme is impossible. No human ingenuity can be equal to the task of closing every couplet with sounds homotonous, expressing at the same time the full sense, and only the full sense of his original.

As soon as you open your mind to doing things differently, the doors of opportunity practically fly off their hinges.

We speak about understanding each other, having those conversations nationwide - culturally, historically - and yet there's a lot of gaps. So I want to assist with closing the gap of knowing about and hearing about our Latino communities in terms of literature, in terms of writing.

I think that would be ungrateful if I were upset because I'm seen as attractive or sexy. That's opened so many doors for me in my life.

There are 100 different doors to come into the conservative movement. You can disagree with 99 of them, as long as you agree on one: more-limited government.

Life, within doors, has few pleasanter prospects than a neatly-arranged and well-provisioned breakfast-table.

I love the way Monteverdi's opera embodies the triumph of evil love in such a luscious way. The closing love duet is just pure amoral, liquid passion. The Orchestra of the Age of the Enlightenment sound great in the Albert Hall, and the Glyndebourne cast is fabulous.

A day out-of-doors, someone I loved to talk with, a good book and some simple food and music - that would be rest.

What is slander? A verdict of "guilty" pronounced in the absence of the accused, with closed doors, without defence or appeal, by an interested and prejudiced judge.

Though it`s a small price to pay, shaving my head has opened more doors than I ever thought possible.

We`re the generous country, we`re the ones that open our doors to other countries, and in many cases we get taken advantage of because of that.

What is private and what is discussed behind closed doors, you do not have to be instructed at the age of fifty or sixty or forty or whatever to not talk about it outside.

I haven't shut any doors, and I'm really open to anything, so I think it's just about the material and what is going to get made.

My path to motherhood was challenging, to say the least, and I always feel like I'm living a 'Sliding Doors' version of my life.

And you are never to stir out of doors till you can prove that you have spent ten minutes of every day in a rational manner.

The truth is humbling, terrifying, and often exhilarating. It blows the doors off the hinges and fills the world with fresh air.

The fact is... our doors have not exactly been knocked down by companies willing to defend Microsoft's business practices.

I was totally romanticizing the idea of Los Angeles when the Doors, Joni Mitchell, and Neil Young were hanging out there.

The Immigration Act of 1924 closed our doors to virtually all non-European immigrants - a great wrong that was not rectified for decades.

The Doors formed on the beaches of Los Angeles, in what you might imagine is the tradition of local rock bands since the Beach Boys.

The process of growing up was nothing more than figuring out what doors hadn't yet been slammed in your face.

In a dark time, doors will sometimes magically open and let us step inside to the warmth and light of a community.

I want to see the church get closer to the people. I want to get rid of clericalism, the mundane, this closing ourselves off within ourselves, in our parishes, schools or structures. Because these need to get out!

On a sudden open fly With impetuous recoil and jarring sound Th' infernal doors, and on their hinges grate Harsh thunder.

Both princes and princesses belong in palaces of power, but the doors won't always open unless you fight for your rights.

Babies change things, open doors you thought were shut, close others. Make you into something you never been.

I don't think there's ever a story the MCU tells that couldn't be expanded. They always leave it with some lovely doors that get opened.

He was one of those quite rare adults who communicate with small children fairly well and who love them all impartially--not in a sugary way but in a businesslike fashion that may sometimes entail a hug, in the same way that closing a big business deal may call for a handshake.

The idea is to make sure that these sex offenders are occupied with constructive matters and not focused on the children who may be knocking at their doors this Halloween

Let us remember Paul VI's words: "For the Catholic Church, no one is a stranger, no one is excluded, no one is far away" (Homily for the closing of the Second Vatican Council, 8 December 1965). Indeed, we are a single human family that is journeying on toward unity, making the most of solidarity and dialogue among peoples in the multiplicity of differences.

Rain puts a hole in stone because of its constancy, not its force. Just keep knocking on doors until the right one opens

I'm given a lot of credit with opening the doors for Christian fiction. It was kind of a difficult field when I got into it... But I don't feel like a king.

For four years doing that same character all the time kind of bothered me. Butit opened up a lot of doors.

When I first walked through the doors of Rex Club, I realized that I didn't have to travel to raves outside the city to enjoy techno.

Though it's a small price to pay, shaving my head has opened more doors than I ever thought possible.

Your kindness cannot be said. You open doors in the sky. You ease the heart and make God's qualities visible.

So die as though your funeral Ushered you through the doors that led Into a stately banquet hall Where heroes banqueted.

At the end of your life, you will never regret not having passed one more test, not winning one more verdict or not closing one more deal. You will regret time not spent with a husband, a friend, a child, or a parent.

OUT-OF-DOORS, n. That part of one's environment upon which no government has been able to collect taxes. Chiefly useful to inspire poets.

Being a champion opens lots of doors—I'd like to get a real estate license, maybe sell insurance.

If having it easy means there are more doors open to you, then one must not forget that you still have to navigate your life yourself.

I know a lot of people love applications on their phone, but I'm like, 'Yeah, I understand the nice experience, but there's something about it that doesn't flow well.' Opening an app, closing it, moving to something else. There's something about the open web that's very free flowing.

I do know I've lived through a bunch of things that people would maybe prefer I keep behind closed doors.

I am really bothered when I see my friends facing problems back in Iran, but I tell them that not all the doors are shut.

I need to just make as much noise and bang on as many doors as possible 'til men are, like, giving you the recognition.

When I was a kid, I used to deliver the newspaper all over town, cramming papers between screen doors and into mailboxes and under doormats.

When we awaken to the beauty of nature, the doors to our true self are opened up wide, for divine healing on all levels.

There are a few of the open-air spirits; the more domestic of their tribe gather within-doors, plentiful as swallows under southern eaves.

I can hide, and my husband's just terrible at finding me. I do like to jump out from behind doors and scare him.

High-quality education provided by MOOCs can be a significant factor in opening doors to opportunity—even among the college-educated.