Miles Davis is one who writes songs when he plays.

Thinking about the things that happened, I don't know any other ball player would could have done what he (Jackie Robinson) did. To be…

— Pee Wee Reese

I don't think I've ever bench-pressed anything in my life. Until about two years ago I swam a mile almost every day. Then I…

— Nick Antosca

We began intercepting Japanese radio transmissions, which indicated the two forces were very close to each other. We found out later that we were…

— Jack Adams

If we can send a guy to the moon we can certainly go a quarter of a mile and not get hurt.

— Don Prudhomme

Detroit, the heart of the country... I grew up on 10 Mile, 2 miles better than 8 Mile.

— Kristen Bell

When it comes down to music, I have no balance. I am 100 percent. It is like full throttle. Five hundred miles an hour.

— Yanni

You'd never think of taking a cab if you had to walk a mile down Chicago's Michigan Avenue. But in a bad city you…

— Helmut Jahn

I swam with my first shark in the 1980s. I was 20 miles off the coast of Rhode Island, working with a group of…

— Brian Skerry

Just make sure you're gone by the time we get to Miles's. It creeps me out to see you sitting in his lap without…

— Alyson Noel

Emma was a shocking driver, simultaneously sloppy and petrified, and for the first fifty miles had been absent-mindedly driving with her spectacles on top…

— David Nicholls

Empathic listening takes time, but it doesn't take anywhere near as much time as it takes to back up and correct misunderstandings when you're…

— Stephen Covey

If we take care of the inches, we will not have to worry about the miles.

— Hartley Coleridge

The most peaceful thing in the world is plowing a field. Chances are you’ll do your best thinking that way. And that’s why I’ve…

— Anonymous

Kilometers are shorter than miles. Save gas, take your next trip in kilometers.

— George Carlin

In the road ships must ride in 30, 40, or 50 fathom water, not above half a mile from the shore at farthest: and…

— William Dampier