Metres Quotes

20 quotes by 18 authors

Yet America is a poem in our eyes; its ample geography dazzles the imagination, and it will not wait long for metres. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I know I have to be like people expect, because people love to dream with me, they like to think that I love my boat… — Roberto Cavalli
The single biggest change in middle-distance running, from the 1500 metres to 10,000 metres, has been the track surface. — Herb Elliott
Professor Focke and his technicians standing below grew ever smaller as I continued to rise straight up, 50 metres, 75 metres, 100 metres. Then I… — Hanna Reitsch
A Concordance of Leaves is an epic poem of the indomitable yet fragile human spirit. Philip Metres brings Palestine and Palestinians into English with rare… — Fady Joudah
The decathlon is nine Mickey Mouse events and the 1500 metres. — Steve Ovett
When I rest I feel utterly lifeless except that my throat burns when I draw breath... I can scarcely go on. No despair, no happiness,… — Reinhold Messner
The difference between right and wrong is often not more than five metres. — Johan Cruijff
Performance enhancing drugs are banned in the Olympics. OK, we can swing with that. But performance 'debilitating' drugs should not be banned. Smoke a joint… — Eddie Izzard
Fantastic, I am very happy to be the fastest 800 metres runner in the world. — David Rudisha
Global warming has already triggered a sea level rise that could reach from 6 metres (19.69 ft) to 25 metres (27.34 yards). — James Hansen
A 1.5 litres/100km (3 mpg) increase in the auto and light truck fleet is worth 158,968.35 cubic metres (41,994,994.53 US gallons) of oil a day. — Ernest Moniz
For it is not metres, but a metre-making argument that makes a poem, - a thought so passionate and alive that like the spirit of… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Life is about making choices: you can either spend three quid on a glossy magazine or you can spend it clearing three square metres of… — Twiggy
The Midwest isn't somewhere you mix with those from the performing arts. But my mum and dad would go off to Chicago every so often… — Willem Dafoe
The way I use to develop an aerobic condition is three against three, man to man, in a square 20 metres by 20. — Jose Mourinho
Acting is a bit like being an athlete. You spend all your time getting ready to do something for two minutes. All the things that… — Christopher Walken
For it is not metres, but a metre-making argument that makes a poem. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
After clearing 9 metres of the descending passage, in about the middle of the afternoon, we came upon a second sealed doorway, which was almost… — Howard Carter
Sometimes a fish breaches the surface when it feels another fish underneath it. They swim like a flying fish and end up several metres away. — Enrico Gennari

Who Wrote These Metres Quotes

18 authors contributed a total of 20 Metres Quotes as follows: