I will take the sun in my mouth and leap into the ripe air Alive with closed eyes to dash against darkness
The opposite of ‘open’ isn’t closed. The opposite of open is broken.
God has always opened one door after another. Sometimes you think all the doors are closed and just when you think that, a door opens.
I once waited on Sean Connery. A long time ago. This was at the Caledonian Hotel in Edinburgh. They closed down the restaurant for him, and when he walked in with his morning paper, all the waitresses started squealing. He was a big guy, bigger than in the movies.
Every book for me is a chapter in the long book which will finally be closed on the day of my death.
No one can hit their target with their eyes closed.
One man's observation is another man's closed book or flight of fancy.
It is Stoicism that demands a closed universe, not the Bible.
I never really think about my gender, first and foremost - until a door is closed to you. Until you can see a parallel opportunity with a man in a similar place in his career and you think, That opportunity is not open to me or my fellow actresses. That's interesting.
Proportion thy charity to the strength of thine estate, lest God proportion thine estate to the weakness of thy charity. Let the lips of the poor be the trumpet of thy gift, lest in seeking applause, thou lose thy reward. Nothing is more pleasing to God than an open hand and a closed mouth.
The lips are closed, for the dancer has plenty of other voices at his service.
I have always thought that clarity is a form of courtesy that the philosopher owes; moreover, this discipline of ours considers it more truly a matter of honor today than ever before to be open to all minds. . . This is different from the individual sciences which increasingly [interpose] between the treasure of their discoveries and the curiosity of the profane the tremendous dragon of their closed terminology.
We've all heard that in life, when one door is closed, another is opened. Unfortunately, many of us are so focused on the darkness left by what has been lost, we never see the light coming through the newly opened door.
Loss is like a closed road that forces us to turn around and find another way to our destination. Who knows what we will discover and see along the way.
When the time comes to leap in faith whether you have your eyes open or closed or scream all the way down or not makes no practical difference.
If it's the first kiss, it's important for the eyes to be closed so you know it's real. It's almost like a Disney movie!
I think behind closed doors people behave differently no matter what period we're looking at, because people have to stand up straight in public but can slouch behind closed doors - can you imagine wearing those corsets?
I want to unfold. Let no place in me hold itself closed, for where I am closed, I am false.
God Ain't no stained glass window, cause he never keeps his window closed.
Trying to always be the nice guy, to appear good, can be limiting. Avoiding confrontation has closed up a number of possibilities for me.