Running Quotes · Page 172

A man often runs the risk of throwing away a witticism if he admits that it is his own.

— Jean de la Bruyere

Short of being prime minister there isn't a better job in British politics than running London.

— Ken Livingstone

“You must train regularly and there are rarely any shortcuts.”

— Rob Steger

I always tell beginning runners: Train your brain first. It's much more important than your heart or legs.

— Amby Burfoot

The easy way has never in the long run commanded the allegiance of mankind.

— Edith Hamilton

I was in the ROTC. Of course, ROTC stood for 'Running off to Canada.'

— Jay Leno

We get into ruts when we run with the first idea that pops into our head, not the last one.

— Twyla Tharp

Running has never failed to give me great end results, and that's why I keep coming back for more!

— Sasha Azevedo

The role of money in politics is terrible, particularly when you're running for president. You get a handful of billionaires who can…

— John Kasich

A lot of times, drama around it is not for the worse but for the best in the long run. If we…

— Camila Alves

Merlin's pants!" shrieked Hermione, jumping up and running from the room. "Merlin's pants?" repeated Ron, looking amused. "She must be really upset.

— Anonymous

Why do we love the idea that people might be secretly working together to control and organise the world? Because we don't…

— Jonathan Cainer

Right where you are is where you need to be. Don't fight it! Don't run away from it! Stand firm! Take a…

— Iyanla Vanzant

I'm not the kind of actor who runs around and insists on being called Stravinsky by everybody, and my family has to…

— Mads Mikkelsen

“If you can’t run fast, run slow. If you can’t run slow, walk. If you can’t walk, crawl. All that matters is…

— Toni Sorenson

The gratification you feel from making tangible progress while running is just about unparalleled, so I understand why people love it. But…

— Chip Gaines

There is no doubt that the Fed's large-scale asset purchases have caused major increases in a number of asset prices in the…

— Gerald Epstein

I'm a fan of 20th century orchestral music, the experimental avant-garde composers of the '50s, '60s, and '70s. In horror movies you…

— Christopher Young

The Marathon distance is very difficult to cover and without the support of all of the fans and people cheering us on…

— Tilahun Regassa

Between 1995 and 2005, the prison population grew by 30 percent, meaning an additional half million criminals were behind bars, rather than…

— Ann Coulter

I would say that Futurama: Bender's Big Score requires a lot of concentration to watch. It's a very complicated time-travel story. Part…

— David X. Cohen

There's a game out there, and the stakes are high. And the guy who runs it figures the averages all day long…

— Dalton Trumbo

When a child has a dream and a parent says, "It's not financially feasible; you can't make a living at that; don't…

— Esther Hicks

Objectively good spaces to work rarely end up being so; in their faultlessness, quiet and well-equipped studios have a habit of rendering…

— Alain de Botton

Wars and elections are both too big and too small to matter in the long run.

— Brendan Gill

Let us accept all the different paths as different rivers running toward the same ocean.

— Swami Satchidananda

The man who doctors himself with the aid of medical books, runs the risk of dying of a typographical error.

— Evan Esar

“I’m running late. But that’s OK, because I’m wearing Nikes.”

— Jarod Kintz

Oh, yes, thy sins Do run before thee to fetch fire from hell, To light thee thither.

— John Webster

I'm not running, I'm not planning on running, and I've got nothing new on that story.

— Mitt Romney

When someone is running for reelection in Texas, they're not looking for votes in California or New York.

— Ezra G. Levin

I used to pride myself on the fact that I kept a house running and never burdened anybody.

— Michael Learned

Destiny is that which we are drawn towards and Fate is that which we run into.

— Wyatt Earp

Everyone seems to be running against a liar, but nobody seems to be one. Odd - I mean, the math doesn't work…

— Meg Greenfield

It's great at this stage in my life to still be in the running, that people appreciate you.

— Dolly Parton

Advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise, and all courses may run ill.

— Anonymous

Hope is a renewable option: If you run out of it at the end of the day, you get to start over…

— Barbara Kingsolver

I think Lincoln had a unique parenting style. He let his kids run free and wild.

— Steven Spielberg

I'm like the Fugitive, running from the one-armed indie-rock community!

— Billy Corgan

For something to hurt that bad, and feel so good, it's just inexplicable.

— Adam Goucher