Distance quotes

57 distance quotes, film quotes, movie lines, taglines
  • “- Bobby Shatford: I got a woman who I can't stand to be two feet away from.
    - Captain Billy Tyne: Congratulations.
    - Bobby Shatford: Then again, I love to fish.
    - Captain Billy Tyne: Son, you've got a problem.”

    Mark Wahlberg - Bobby Shatford
    George Clooney - Captain Billy Tyne
    [Tag:distance, fishing, love]
  • “- Jake Tyler Brigance: Carl Lee, I'm your friend.
    - Carl Lee Hailey: We ain't no friends, Jake. We are on different sides of the line, I ain't never seen you in my part of town. I bet you don't even know where I live. Our daughters, Jake; they ain't never gonna play together.”

    Matthew McConaughey - Jake Tyler Brigance
    Samuel L. Jackson - Carl Lee Hailey
    [Tag:awareness, distance, separation]
  • “- Lionel: You know, I honestly wish there was something between us.
    - Cinderella's Stepmother: Really?
    - Lionel: Yes. A continent.”

    Jason Alexander - Lionel
    Bernadette Peters - Cinderella's Stepmother
    [Tag:distance, relationships]
  • “- Doug: Maybe we should invite him down his first night?
    - Jane: No, no. Doug, the last thing you want is for your tenant to become your guest. Keep your distance.
    - Doug: I suppose.
    - Jane: Well, don't. Don't. Leave him alone. Let's... let's give him a chance to get adjusted first.”

    Brian Cox - Doug
    Mercedes Ruehl - Jane
    [Tag:chance, distance, solitude]
  • “When I am close to you, I feel your hair brush my cheek when it does not. I look away from you sometimes, then I look back. When I tie my shoes, when I peel an orange, when I drive my car, when I lie down each night without you, I remain yours.”

    - - -
    [Tag:absence, distance, love]
  • “Distance is something you do to your enemies. It's a thing of the nineties, to make friends extinct. Distance... is the absence of menschkeit!”
    Al Pacino - Mayor John Pappas
    [Tag:distance, enemy, relationships]
  • Xi said, "I will take the thing to the end of the earth, and throw it off". Pabo said "The end of the earth is very far from here; about twenty days of walking, or even forty". Xi said, "I will start walking tomorrow".

    Paddy O'Byrne - Narrator
    [Tag:distance, walking]
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