Nearest Quotes

Chelsea's consistency is beyond us. We want to be the nearest team to them, just in case they have a Devon Loch moment and collapse. - Sir Alex Ferguson

Certainly you will find the most violent of people in enmity for those who believe (to be) the Jews and those who are polytheists, and you will certainly find the nearest in friendship to those who believe (to be) those who say: We are Christians; this is because there are priests and monks among them and because they do not behave proudly. - Quran

Call it vanity, call it arrogant presumption, call it what you wish, but I would grope for the nearest open grave if I had no newspaper to work for, no need to search for and sometimes find the winged word that just fits, no keen wonder over what each unfolding day may bring. - Bob Considine

But what do we know of the heart nearest to our own? What do we know of our own heart? - Amelia Barr

Brand of aggressive batting thrilled crowds and television audiences alike and his success is reflected in the number of votes he finished ahead of his nearest rival in the poll. - Ehsan Mani

At a formal dinner party, the person nearest death should always be seated closest to the bathroom. - George Carlin

Anyone with information on this attack is encouraged to contact local law enforcement, the nearest U.S. embassy or consulate, the nearest FBI office or the Diplomatic Security Service immediately. - Richard Boucher

And warn your nearest relations, / And be kind to him who follows you of the believers. - Quran

And this unpolished rugged verse I chose / As fittest for discourse and nearest prose. - John Dryden

An aged Christian, with the snow of time upon his head, may remind us that those points of earth are whitest which are nearest to heaven. - Edwin Hubbel Chapin