Famous quotes containing the words closest and/or approach:
“Writing books is the closest men ever come to childbearing.”
—Norman Mailer (b. 1923)
“We have learned the simple truth, as Emerson said, that the only way to have a friend is to be one. We can gain no lasting peace if we approach it with suspicion or mistrust or with fear.”
—Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945)