Running Quotes · Page 185

The path to my fixed purpose is laid with iron rails whereon my soul is grooved to run

— Herman Melville

The job of mayor of London is unbelievably taxing, particularly in the run-up to the Olympics.

— Boris Johnson

In the league, if you have a bad spell, then you are running behind.

— Kevin De Bruyne

Everything has got its right size. When it is its right size and well run it's the tops.

— Agatha Christie

I like to run the slants. The slants are cool. I like routes that you can catch the ball running.

— Calvin Johnson

If the human body recognized agony and frustration, people would never run marathons, have babies, or play baseball.

— Carlton Fisk

I don't run around shooting people. Much. I only shoot two people a year. Maybe.

— Samuel L. Jackson

If you play your cards right things are going to happen in the long run. In the short run, it is anybody's…

— Ron Livingston

Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know. Even if we run a hundred miles an…

— Pema Chodron

I look back on my life and it’s 95% running around trying to raise money to make movies and 5% actually making…

— Orson Welles

Already he was a very different hobbit from the one that had run out without a pocket-handkerchief from Bag-End long ago. He…

— Anonymous

Plot is no more than footprints left in the snow after your characters have run by on their way to incredible destinations.

— Ray Bradbury

The money needed to run for office, the money spent on lobbying by special interests, the ever increasing economic disparity and the…

— Neil Young

Sometimes You gotta run to see who runs after u. Sometimes you gotta talk quieter to see who's listening. Sometimes you make…

— Punkinhead Abhishek

I don't do the running commentary as the movie's playing. I think you should be able to watch the movie without listening…

— Steven Spielberg

A word of advice, Will Henry. When a person of the female gender says she wants to show you something, run the…

— Rick Yancey

I try my jokes onstage. The only way to really find out if something is going to work is to try it…

— Brian Regan

She cast her fragrance and her radiance over me. I ought never to have run away from her... I ought to have…

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery

He lived in chambers that had once belonged to his deceased partner. They were a gloomy suite of rooms, in a lowering…

— Charles Dickens

Letting agencies are unregulated. They charge a search fee, which in some cases can run into several hundred pounds, but the search…

— Jeremy Corbyn

Where you have complexity, by nature you can have fraud and mistakes. You'll have more of that than in a company that…

— Charlie Munger

It was a bird. A bird struggling through stickiness: a bird coated in paint, floundering in its nest, splashing color everywhere. Red.…

— Lauren Oliver

I hope telling the story of how I went from being a single mom to serving in the Texas State Senate to…

— Wendy Davis

...chess is "a lot like football because you have to set up your offense and your defense, every once in a while…

— Priest Holmes

There are always going to be people who run faster, jump higher, dive deeper, and come up drier.

— Darrell Royal

No matter how old I get, the race remains one of life's most rewarding experiences.

— George A. Sheehan

I've always felt England was a great place for a comic to work. It's an island and the audience can't run very…

— Bob Hope

Lente, lente currite, noctis equi. Translation: Run slowly, slowly, horses of the night.

— Ovid

You don't win races by wishing, you win them by running faster than everyone else does.

— Philip Pullman

Instead of waiting for perfection, run with what you've got, and fix it as you go.

— Paul Arden

When my car runs out of gas, I buy a new one. I don't want to ride around with a quitter.

— Stephen Colbert

If any running event, you are absolutely alone. Nobody can help you.

— John Landy

Stay in the race. Keep running. Keep walking. Keep praying. The Lord will renew your strength.

— Jeffrey R. Holland

These young Americans sent a message to terrorists everywhere. . . . You can run but you can't hide.

— Ronald Reagan

Never be afraid to chase your dream even if it means running for the rest of your life.

— Anonymous

You cannot propel yourself forward by patting yourself on the back.

— Anonymous

You might as well go in and start getting dressed. I'm going to hit his first pitch for a home run.

— Mickey Mantle

I've been running wherever I can. There's no set plan. At my best, I'm doing 10 miles every other day.

— Kate Gosselin

There are trappings of science fiction which I kind of embrace, but there are also cliches which I run from.

— David Twohy

I'd be surprised if Ronald Reagan doesn't run again. To us it's a second term. To him it's a double feature.

— Robert Orben