Famous Quotes & Sayings

Roger Bannister

I found longer races boring. I found the mile just perfect.

Roger Bannister

I couldn't disappoint people. I did not want to fail and exhaust myself, because I was the kind of runner who trained so little that I couldn't race again within another 10 days.

Roger Bannister

I came from such a simple origin, without any great privilege, and I would say I also wanted to make a mark. It wasn't until I was about 15 that I appeared in a race.

Roger Bannister

My athleticism was really the core to social acceptance, because in those days the overwhelming number of students came from more of a public school background than I did.

Torii Hunter

Christ always had a passion for whatever He was doing. That's how I try to define myself as an athlete. That's the example I try to follow.

Richard Fox

Robin is an exceptional athlete and for him to win Australia's first gold medal at an Olympic or world championship has given the program a huge boost.

Jennifer Carpenter

I prepared for this role like an athlete would, so that I could do anything, physically or mentally that Scott wanted me to do, and be able to go wherever he tried to take me,

Eddie Drummond

I like the kids to see me in person. It is one thing when you see an athlete on TV say 'stay in school and do the right things' and it's another when you get to hear them say it in person.

Willis McGahee

I'm pretty sure it would work pretty good. He's a great athlete and I'm sure he can do anything on either side of the ball. Most definitely, he's dangerous wherever he's at.

Azar Nafisi

A bad author can take the most moral issue and make you want to just never, ever think about that moral issue.

Bertrand Russell

Never try to discourage thinking, for you are sure to succeed.

Charles Kettering

Thinking is one thing no one has ever been able to tax.

Demi Lovato

When I look back, it saddens me to think that I was so hard on myself - when I was younger, I thought I had to look like everyone else, but I learned that beauty comes from how you feel about yourself. Once I started taking care of my mind, body, and soul, I realized that I didn't need to conform to what's "normal" and started to love myself.

Demetri Martin

I think it's interesting that cologne rhymes with alone.

Branch Rickey

Thinking about the devil is worse than seeing the devil.

Bob Dole

I used to think that seniority was a terrible thing when I didn't have any.

Brenda Laurel

I think interactive television is doomed. It's a dead end.

Billy Boyd

I think Scotland has some great stories.

Jamie Wyeth

When I paint a portrait I want to know more than just the looks of the person. I want to know how they live and what their feelings are... It then becomes more than just physiognomy, but the feel of the person.

William Hazlitt

There is a feeling of Eternity in youth which makes us amends for everything. To be young is to be as one of the Immortals.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

I pay no attention whatever to anybody's praise or blame. I simply follow my own feelings.

William Makepeace Thackeray

Benevolence and feeling ennoble the most trifling actions.

Zig Ziglar

Action often precedes the feeling.

Aamir Khan

rightwing in India started whipping up negative feelings.

Jim Sinclair

I'm very worried about the feelings we're getting right now from this government. I worry the government has not learned its lesson.

John Abraham

I have no hard feelings about them signing Ty. It's their money and they do what they want to do with it. It has nothing to do with me. I'm a different type of player, play a different position.

Milan Kundera

...no one can do a thing about feelings, they exist and there's no way to censor them. We can reproach ourselves for some action, for a remark, but not for a feeling, quite simply because we have no control at all over it.