Miles Quotes

1630 Miles quotes by 1176 unique authors

The beginning of 1856 found me teaching in the family of a planter named Bryan, residing in Prince George County, Md., some fifteen or twenty… — Simon Newcomb
Miles Davis was doing something inherently African, something that has to do with all forms of American music, not just jazz. — Cassandra Wilson
For a mile up and down the open fields before us the splendid lines of the veterans of the Army of Northern Virginia swept down… — Unknown Author
Sir: This point of observation commands an area nearly 50 miles in diameter. The city, with its girdle of encampments, presents a superb scene. I… — Unknown Author
Shall we then judge a country by the majority, or by the minority? By the minority, surely. 'Tis pedantry to estimate nations by the census,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I walk up a dune to a beach and look out to sea, but it's 100km away. The ships lie askew in their dry beds,… — A. A. Gill
If you want to understand the effect of weight on a horse, try running for a bus with nothing in your hands. Then try doing… — Unknown Author
Consider why Germany, fighting a war on two fronts, desperate for fuel and materiel of every sort, would bother to load millions of Jews on… — Edgar Steele
It's simple ... go the extra mile and you will stand out from the crowd — Robin Crow
I will tell you what I have learned myself. For me, a long five or six mile walk helps. And one must go alone and… — Brenda Ueland
The sight of home looks best after you've traveled hundreds of miles to get away from it. — Sam Ewing
Why couldn't Pheidippides have died at 20 miles? — Frank Shorter
The 6th of August in the morning we saw an opening in the land and we ran into it, and anchored in 7 and a… — William Dampier
I'd rather have an inch of a dog than miles of pedigree. — Dana Burnet
Ever feel like God is a million miles away? The truth is, he's not. Whatever struggle you're going through, you can rest assured you're not… — Rick Warren
Good timing is invisible. Bad timing sticks out a mile. — Tony Corinda
Wisdom is probably the ability to cope. That's why someone who has to walk seven miles every day to get water for their children can… — Stephen Fry
It is better to gain a foot than to stand still, even when you seek to gain a mile. — Hubert H. Humphrey
A true crisis. Class 3 outbreaks, more than any other, demonstrate the clear threat posed by the living dead. Zombies will number in the thousands,… — Max Brooks
I am in the lineage of Gil Scott-Heron, great activist-type artists. But I'm also in the lineage of a Miles Davis - you know, that… — Kanye West
Richard Lee calculated that a Bushman child will be carried a distance of 4,900 miles before he begins to walk on his own. Since, during… — Bruce Chatwin
Every single one of us possesses the strength to attempt something he isn't sure he can accomplish. It can be running a mile, or a… — Scott Jurek
If you can run six miles on a summer day, then you, my friend, are a lethal weapon in the animal kingdom. — Christopher McDougall
It's a long, hard road and it's going to have its bumps; there are going to be times when you fall and times when you… — Ryan Hall
It can be said that the first half of the marathon is 20 miles long; the second half, 6.2 more. — Hal Higdon

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