Now, I'm not suggesting we're going to wait 40 years or even four years, but I think we have to put in perspective the fact that we've come quite a distance. We have quite a distance to come - go, as well.

I once tried standing up on my toes to see far out in the distance, but I found that I could see much farther by climbing to a high place.

I started with paragliding. Paragliding is taking off from mountains with a paraglider, with the possibility to fly cross-country, distance, just with the use of thermals to soar. Also, different aerobatic maneuvers are possible with a paraglider. From there, I started with skydiving.

When I was about 12, I had my first paying gig - 8 dollars to play rhythm guitar in a polka band. Pretty soon, I ended up playing in all the bars within driving distance of Abbott, Texas.

I can hit the whiskers on a cat with a football from a distance of forty yards.

My guess is many top athletes, distance runners included, use performance-enhancing drugs, enough so that the problem must be tackled.

I decided that I wanted a farm back in 1940 when I was with the Dodgers. I tried to find one within commuting distance of New York.

There is no object so large but that at a great distance from the eye it does not appear smaller than a smaller object near.

I think I showed I'm resilient, I'm strong, I can go the distance against a bigger man and still box effectively.

A career in showbiz is like a distance run. You have to have patience and pace yourself.

At Penn State, I ran distance and cross country as a walk-on. I wound up running a lot of marathons, 30-plus. I was okay. I won one in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. I think it was around 2:30. I could crank those out all day.

People tend to keep their distance.

Satellite communications connect television screens in Japan with television cameras in England, and the distance of half a world loses its meaning.

As prime minister, I was the Israeli leader who walked the greatest distance in his offers to the Palestinians.

I'm not a real big wine drinker. I enjoy wine from a distance.

I suggested that we might compare earthquakes in terms of the measured amplitudes recorded at these stations, with an appropriate correction for distance.

I have developed my most meaningful relationships online. None of them live within driving distance. None of them are about my own age.

I need a distance to my characters when I write.

Most centrist Democrats... try to distance themselves from controversies that recall the 1960s. There are journalistic centrists as well, who avoid hard truths for the sake of acceptance and legitimacy.

This Congress has promised all manner of border security and port security to the tune of billions of dollars... yet we have - to date - funded our promises for port security at only $900 million. That's quite a distance between what we say and what we actually do.