Distant

Distant may refer to:

  • Distant (album), an album by Sarge
  • Distant (film), the North American title of a Turkish film released as Uzak
  • William Lucas Distant (1845-1922), an English entomologist
  • Distant signal in railway signalling

Famous quotes containing the word distant:

    “A short letter to a distant friend is, in my opinion, an insult like that of a slight bow or cursory salutation—a proof of unwillingness to do much, even where there is a necessity of doing something.”
    —Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)

    “Where a blood relation sobs, an intimate friend should choke up, a distant acquaintance should sigh, a stranger should merely fumble sympathetically with his handkerchief.”
    —Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)

    “On whose forbidden ear
    The distant strains of triumph
    Burst agonized and clear!”
    —Emily Dickinson (1830–1886)