A man's ideal, like his horizon, is constantly receding from him as he advances toward it.
Quotes about receding (16 Quotes)
There is no pain you are receding A distant ship, smoke on the horizon. You are only coming through in waves. Your lips move but I can't hear what you're saying. When I was a child I had a fever My hands felt just like two balloons. Now I've got that feeling once again I can't explain you would not understand This is not how I am. I have become comfortably numb.
The history of astronomy is a history of receding horizons.
The U. S. dollar is being held firm by short-term rate expectations and until there is some sign of visible weakness in the U. S. housing market or receding inflation expectations, euro-dollar will likely remain under pressure,
You are gradually receding from my face.
It was a challenge for me to play somebody who was so quiet and receding and depressed because she's also on screen all the time, and she has to remain compelling and entertaining. I was really nervous that people were not going to stay with me while I wa
People here were frightened. By experience, they know that if they see the water receding, it's just concentrating, to come rushing back in furiously.
Actors worry about bad breath, weight, receding hairlines and why their leading lady looks like their daughter.
The possibility of bringing white-collar criminals to justice is ever receding over the horizon.
A graphic representation of data abstracted from the banks of every computer in the human system. Unthinkable complexity. Lines of light ranged in the nonspace of the mind, clusters and constellations of data. Like city lights, receding.
If you compare it to the people in Louisiana and Mississippi, we fared pretty good. The water was the biggest factor, and most of it was already receding by today.
Our knowledge is a receding mirage in an expanding desert of ignorance.
Inventories are at pretty comfortable levels based on a milder weather outlook, so the chances of a squeeze on supply this (northern) winter are receding.
The IFO survey hit a 14-year high... receding oil prices and an exchange rate that has stayed below the 1.20 figure for most of the month has buoyed business confidence in the region and bodes well for future prospects of growth in Q1. The news also helps to buttress the expected European Central Bank decision to raise rates to 2.5 at the upcoming March 8 meeting.
I think the White House is very frustrated. There's been good data on gross domestic product, employment and business spending, and even oil prices are receding. But it's not reflected in the polling data on Americans' views.
It really costs me a lot emotionally to watch myself on screen. I think of myself, and feel like I'm quite young, and then I look at this old man with the baggy chins and the tired eyes and the receding hairline and all that.