Top 1200 Closing Doors Quotes & Sayings - Page 4

Unfortunately for humanity, I've gotten into the habit of providing my own closing music for shows by singing a song and playing the ukulele.

Poetry is the opening and closing of a door, leaving those who look through to guess about what is seen during the moment.

I think anybody who was ever saddened by a movie theater closing would be able to understand this film [Aquarius].

We spend so much time closing ourselves to protect from scary things that we forget that when we do open to the world, inspiration can flow.

I grew up in the Middle East, and I worry that AI increases the socioeconomic divide as opposed to closing the gap.

In closing, the greatest threat to peace on this earth is the arrogance of a super-power [America] that is out of control.

Vladimir Putin said the tanks that you see rolling through the streets are just part of the closing ceremonies of the Olympics.

Something about 'Battlestar' that I didn't realize when I took the job was this whole bubble aspect of closing people in and seeing what they do.

Silence of the heart is necessary so you can hear God everywhere - in the closing of the door, in the person who needs you, in the birds that sing, in the flowers, in the animals.

People will continue to make movies. But I do think the economic model of the studio movie is closing in on a kind of systemic collapse.

A company in which anyone is afraid to speak up, to differ, to be daring and original, is closing the coffin door on itself.

We differ on several issues. And this may include settlement, the release of prisoners, the wall closing institutions in Jerusalem.

I don't like the midnight closing on weekends. It's one thing to tell people they have to drive to Jiffy Lube Live in the outer suburbs.

Ask: is what I'm doing and thinking right now bringing me closer to myself or farther away? Opening my heart or closing it? You have a choice.

Keeping a diary is like closing your bedroom door and refusing to come out until dinnertime: it is a declaration of self.

Yes, I was born in London because my dad was closing out the West End version of Miss Saigon' there.

I know of no more beautiful prayer than that which the Hindus of old used in closing: May all that have life be delivered from suffering.

We are not going to be the agency where large businesses can masquerade as a small business and get a contract. We are closing down on fraud, waste and abuse.

In the construction of houses, choice of woods is made. Straight un-knotted timber of good appearance is used for the revealed pillars, straight timber with small defects is used for the inner pillars. Timbers of the finest appearance, even if a little weak, is used for the thresholds, lintels, doors, and sliding doors, and so on. Good strong timber, though it be gnarled and knotted, can always be used discreetly in construction.

The window of opportunity to avoid dangerous climate change is closing more quickly than previously thought.

It's a closing of the mind that happens when you want to be lazy and go with the easiest answers, like the media do all the time in their sound bytes.

Running toward danger is foolhardy. ... But so is closing your eyes to it. Many perils become less dangerous once you understand their potential hazards.

Climate change is for real. We have just a small window of opportunity and it is closing rather rapidly. There is not a moment to lose.

Technology is closing the gap between what one can imagine and what one can do and as a result the equality of opportunity is unmatched in human history.

The art world is molting - some would say melting. Galleries are closing; museums are scaling back.

That’s just silly. Closing a global business in reaction to single-issue national politics is foolish.

Meditation takes time and dedication, but, for me, it's actually just about closing your eyes and being in that moment.

I encourage the residents of Houston County to let their elected representatives know that closing the Dothan Trooper Post is unacceptable.

Human nature is, by definition, a talkative one, imprudent, indiscreet, gossipy, incapable of closing its mouth and keeping it closed.

Then again, he supposed the healing process, in contrast to trauma, was gentle and slow... The soft closing of a door, rather than a slam.- John

I'm not sitting in my office stroking a white cat... I find it very frustrating: what benefit have I got of closing stores?

A lot of the old movie theaters are closing down now, which is really sad. It's still in the back of my mind.

The universal practice of closing the eyes of the dead may be thought to have originated in the desire that he might be prevented from seeing his way.

The Olympic Games is one of those moments that you remember forever, from the moment that you step foot in the country that you're competing in to the Closing Ceremony.

It is exciting to work with students thinking about issues of the day, from closing the achievement gap to finding a cure for cancer.

You can talk about systems until you're blue in the face but that's secondary - if you're closing down, if you're first to the ball, it doesn't really matter what system you've got.

A few drinks later you're not so choosy when the closing lights strip off the shadows on this strange new flesh you've found.

Just to let you know that the buffet car will be closing for stocktaking in five minutes. The next station stop is Chesterfield.

Listen. Look. Desire is a house. Desire needs closed space. Desire runs out of doors or windows, or slats or pinpricks, it can’t fit under the sky, too large. Close the doors. Close the windows. As soon as you laugh from nerves or make a joke or say something just to say something or get all involved with the bushes, then you blow open a window in your house of desire and it can’t heat up as well. Cold draft comes in.

US special forces are closing in on Saddam Hussain but they're afraid to go in. He's hiding out in Tony Martin's farmhouse.

Never fear the golding of a sunset. It means more than just the closing of another day. But marks the brightness of a new dawn.

From making it harder to register and stay on the rolls to moving and closing polling places to rejecting lawful ballots, we can no longer ignore these threats to democracy.

I'm a terrible procrastinator. When we go to the airport, if they're not literally closing the door behind my sweaty, hyperventilating body, I feel I've been there too long.

To an entrepreneur, closing a financing often feels like the end of a marathon. It's actually the starting gun.

For me, closing libraries is the equivalent of eating your seed corn to save a little money.

It's one of the greatest festivals in the world. New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Fest is the best all-around... It's an honor to be closing it.

For me, university was just awful because it was closing one door after the other of all these candy shops of professional possibilities.

The opportunity to be a part of the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games in Rio is a huge milestone in my career, and it will be the biggest performance of my life.

I've spoken of the shining city all my political life, but I don't know if I ever quite communicated what I saw when I said it. But in my mind it was a tall, proud city built on rocks stronger than oceans, windswept, God-blessed, and teeming with people of all kinds living in harmony and peace; a city with free ports that hummed with commerce and creativity. And if there had to be city walls, the walls had doors and the doors were open to anyone with the will and heart to get there. That's how I saw it, and see it still.

It is only by closing the ears of the soul, or by listening too intently to the clamors of the sense, that we become oblivious of their utterances.

The opening and closing ceremonies of the London Olympics are mass satanic rituals disguised as a celebration of Britain and sport. Their medium is the language of symbolism.

If you're campaigning against ObamaCare, but you're also having to defend yourself for closing the government, that seems to take away the asset from you.

Keep focused on the substantive issues. To make a decision means having to go through one door and closing all others.

Sometimes in life, when we really want something, we can approach it in a way that might actually be closing us off from achieving it.

To conclude that women are unfitted to the task of our historic society seems to me the equivalent of closing male eyes to female facts.

Maybe one of the strangest opportunities was I got to ring the closing bell on the New York Stock Exchange.

We were able to sign free trade agreement with Europe at a time when people tend to be closing off.

From closing the digital divide to after-school activities and eating well, we cannot afford to ignore the link between deprivation and underachievement.

Being around my local community, seeing how many pubs are closing down there, it hurts me.

If it wasn't for the British musicians, a lot of us black musicians in America would still be catchin' the hell that we caught long before. So thanks to them, thanks to all you guys. You opened doors that I don't think would have been opened in my lifetime. When white America started paying attention to the blues - it started opening a lot of doors that had been closed to us.