Meter Quotes

140 quotes by 124 authors

If you've climbed the first 140 meters it doesn't mean that you've succeeded; you are going to succeed by climbing the last 10 meters. — Alain Robert
I work best in rhyme and meter. I was most confident of myself in that way. — Thom Gunn
Everything that Traffic ever did, I'd give Steve a complete lyric, titled, written out with the verse, the bridge, the shape and rhyme and then… — Jim Capaldi
I have to move on now as there is no point to dwell on the past. I have a few days to refocus and get… — Usain Bolt
It is a shallow criticism that would define poetry as confined to literary productions in rhyme and meter rhythm. The written poem is only poetry… — John Ruskin
I have always hated crowds. I like deserts, prisons, and monasteries. I have discovered, too, that there are fewer idiots at 3000 meters above sea… — Jean Giono
I keep a guitar around while writing and will improvise music. I do this for several reasons, such as that it's fun, and sometimes it… — Jack Prelutsky
From authors whom I read more than once I learn to value the weight of words and to delight in their meter and cadence --… — Lewis H. Lapham
If rowing is a trial then the ergometer is the courtroom, the meter is the jury. And an honest jury at that, because the numbers… — Barry S. Strauss
Ergometer is Greek for 'work meter' — Barry S. Strauss
The last great unknown, in terms of physiological training, is the optimum length of a piece. Is three minutes enough? Is ten minutes too much?… — Brad Alan Lewis
Rigging is like Zen meditation. You must bend over the boat until your back is breaking, until your brain is filled with numbers and fractions… — Brad Alan Lewis
A man goes through many changes in 2000 meters. Some are not very pretty. Some make you hate yourself. Some make you wonder if you've… — Brad Alan Lewis
Without a doubt, the next few minutes would be the most hellishly exciting in my life. Grinding pain and killer fatigue waited just beyond the… — Brad Alan Lewis
If the wind is blowing like stink and everything is working right, a twelve-meter sailboat can go eleven and a half or twelve miles an… — P.J. O'Rourke
Life is like riding in a taxi. Whether you are going anywhere or not, the meter keeps ticking. — John C. Maxwell
The meter is ticking [particularly in the face of climate change], so you've got to get to as much as you can as fast as… — Robert Redford
The Europeans look down on raising your hands. They don't like the end-zone dance. I think that's unfortunate. That feeling - the finish line, the… — Lance Armstrong
What I worry about is working in this serial medium, where people are talking about your stories before they're done, we have this instant feedback… — Kelly Sue DeConnick
I find it terrible when talents are rejected based on computer stats. Based on the criteria at Ajax now I would have been rejected. When… — Johan Cruijff

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