Roadside Quotes
44 quotes by 43 authors
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If you want to succeed in the world must make your own opportunities as you go on. The man who waits for some seventh wave…
— John Bartholomew Gough
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The biggest disease today is not leprosy or cancer or tuberculosis, but rather the feeling or being unwanted, uncared for, deserted by everybody. The greatest…
— Mother Teresa
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To speak in literature with the perfect rectitude and insouciance of the movements of animals and the unimpeachable of the sentiment of trees in the…
— Walt Whitman
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We remember the grind of the insurgency -- the roadside bombs, the sniper fire, the suicide attacks. From the 'triangle of death' to the fight…
— Barack Obama
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Do you think Radiohead is my whole goddamn life? I also have a roadside cart where I sell apples and mincemeat pies.
— Thom Yorke
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At the very time that Congress is considering a Bush administration request to equip our troops in Iraq with vehicles that are more resistant to…
— Deneen Borelli
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Las Vegas is Everymans cut-rate Babylon. Not far away there is, or was, a roadside lunch counter and over it a sign proclaiming in three…
— Alistair Cooke
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The weeping voices rise straight up and strike the clouds. A passer-by at the roadside asks a conscript why, The conscript answers only that drafting…
— Du Fu
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I've given up wanting to make a killing or be a bigshot. I just want to find happiness and maybe open up a little roadside…
— Douglas Coupland
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Our military should spare no expense to ensure the safety of our troops, particularly as they confront a hostile insurgency and roadside bombs throughout Iraq.
— Christopher Dodd
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As you leave these gates and re-enter society, one thing is certain. Everyone out there is going to hate you. Never tell anyone in a…
— Conan O'Brien
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Fortune is a prize to be won. Adventure is the road to it. Chance is what may lurk in the shadows at the roadside.
— O. Henry
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I don't know of any wrestler who hasn't, at one time or another, been with a fan. One time I met a woman at a…
— Jerry Lawler
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If the garden of Eden really exists it does so moment by moment, fragmented and tough, cropping up like a fan of buddleia high up…
— Helen Dunmore
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Whoop it up for liberty! After Ireland is free, says the patriot who won't touch socialism, we will protect all classes, and if you won't…
— James Connolly
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I remember every player-every single one-who wore the Tennessee orange, a shade that our rivals hate, a bold, aggravating color that you can usually find…
— Pat Summitt
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You don't play triathlon. You play soccer; it's fun. You play baseball. Triathlon is work that you can leave you crumpled in a heap, puking…
— Chris McCormack
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Twenty miles on, we have spotted a roadside sign: 'CHAINSAW CARVED MUSHROOMS'. Troubles promptly forgotten, Stuart falls to gawping at the road ahead. What could…
— Alexander Masters
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Tanya Ward Goodman, writing with a big heart, clear eyes, and a light touch, allows us a privileged glimpse into the shabby, enchanted world of…
— Michelle Huneven
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Those forms we fancy shadows, those strange lights That flash on dank morasses, the quick wind That smites us by the roadside—are the Night's Innumerable…
— Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Who Wrote These Roadside Quotes
43 authors contributed a total of 44 Roadside Quotes, led by these top contributors: