The road recedes as the traveler advances, leaving a continuous present. Votes: 0
Richard Le GallienneThe advance of knowledge is an infinite progression towards a goal that ever recedes. Votes: 0
James G. FrazerMore and more Emerson recedes grandly into history, as the future he predicted becomes a past. Votes: 0
Robert Penn WarrenSooner or later. It had better be sooner. Later is like the horizon; it recedes as you approach. Votes: 0
Greg IlesTo reach the height of our ambition is like trying to reach the rainbow; as we advance it recedes. Votes: 0
Edmund BurkeThe farther we go, the more the ultimate explanation recedes from us, and all we have left is faith. Votes: 0
Vaclav Hlavaty