Mile Quotes
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After dinner sit a while, and after supper walk a mile.
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More Mile Quotes
And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain.
Bible (NewTestament)— St Matthew 5:41.
All through that summer at ease we lay, And daily from the turret wall We watched the mowers in the hay And the enemy half a mile away. They seemed no threat to us at all.
Edwin Muir— 1946 The Voyage,'The Castle', stanza1.
The Doctorissaidalsotohaveinventedanextraordinary weapon which will make war less brutal. It is described as a very powerful liquid which rots braces at a distance of a mile.
Michael) pseudonym Beachcomber— 1936 'Bracerot'.
'In about half a mile you cross the river by an Irish bridge' 'Whatever is that?' 'It'sjust a bridge, but built under thewater instead ofover it.' 'Extremely sensible.'
John Innes Mackintosh Stewart— 1969 A FamilyAffair.
Happy those early days when I Shined in my Angel-infancy. Before I understood this place Appointed for my second race, Or taught my soul to fancy aught But a white, celestial thought; When yet I had not walked above A mile or two from my first love, And looking back (at that short space) Could see a glimpse of His bright face. When on some gilded cloud or flower My gazing soul would dwell an hour And in those weaker glories spy Some shadows of eternity.
Henry Vaughan— 1650 Silex Scintillans,'The Retreat'.
You can get anything you want at Alice's Restaurant. You can get anything you want at Alice's Restaurant. Walk right in, it's around the back just a half a mile from the railroad track. You can get anything you want, at Alice's Restaurant.
arlo guthrie— The Chorus of the song. The only part that is actually sung in the song. At the end of the performance, after the first line is sung, Arlo will quickly add in the phrase "Excepting Alice."
There was Riley pushing it, shoving it, shushing itHogan, Logan and ev'ryone in town lined upAttacking it and shoving it and smacking itThey might as well have tried to push the Town Hall down.The donkey was eyeing them,Openly defying themWinking, blinking and twisting out of place,Riley reversing it,Ev'rybody cursing itThe day Delaney's donkey ran the half mile race.
william hargreaves— Song Delaney's Donkey
We have more televangelists per square mile here in this part of the country than I really care to think about. Maybe somebody out there will figure out how to spray for them.
mercedes lackey— Introduction to "Small Print", Fiddler Fair (Baen, 1998), p. 18
It is a magnificent country, lonely, grand in scale, stretching for mile upon mile,the clear blue air stabbed with peaks of snow, where the sun glints on the ice surfaces, green as sea ice, breath taking in its scope.
judy lamarsh— CHAPTER 8, Centennial summer, p. 196 (On Canada...)
I am tired of hotels promising to go the extra mile only to have them refuse to go round the corner!
richard quest— Wednesday, August 29, 2007
I hope, my lord, if you ever come within a mile of my house that you will stay there all night.
boyle roche— In a letter.Falkiner, C. Litton (1902). "Sir Boyle Roche". Studies in Irish History and Biography, mainly of the Eighteenth Century. New York: Longmans, Green, and Co.. pp. p.230.
Don't judge a man until you have walked a mile in his boots.
— "Do not pass judgment on somebody until you have been in the same situation, undergone the same experiences, or tried the same thing."
— Martin H. Manser (2007). The Facts on File Dictionary of Proverbs. Infobase Publishing. p. 62. Retrieved on 16 August 2013.
A miss by an inch is a miss by a mile.
— Cf. Scottish Proverbs Collected and Arranged by Andrew Henderson, 1832, p.103: "An inch o' a miss is as gude as a span."
When yet I had not walk'd above A mile or two from my first Love, And looking back, at that short space Could see a glimpse of His bright face; When on some gilded cloud or flower My gazing soul would dwell an hour, And in those weaker glories spy Some shadows of eternity; Before I taught my tongue to wound My conscience with a sinful sound, Or had the black art to dispense A several sin to every sense, But felt through all this fleshly dress Bright shoots of everlastingness.
Henry Vaughan— "The Retreat," l. 7 - 19.
Laws with broad definitions of rape are like laws making 55 mile per hour speed limits for men and no speed limits for women.
warren farrell— p. 317. (Part III: Government as substitute husband)
During a debate with Farrell Till, Hovind made the following claim about Donald Johanson: " [He] found the leg bones of Lucy a mile and a half away from the head bones. The leg bones were 200 feet deeper in a deeper layer of strata. I would like to know how fast the train was going that hit that chimpanzee ."
kent hovind— However, the claim itself is false and, while Hovind has been informed of this, he continues to make it. [2].
For John Howard to get to any high moral ground he would have to first climb out of the volcanic hole he's dug for himself over the last decade. You know, it's like one of those deep diamond mined holes in South Africa, you know, they're about a mile underground. He'd have to come a mile up to get to even equilibrium, let alone have any contest in morality with Kevin Rudd.
paul keating— ABC Radio interview, March 5, 2007.
There's not much to hide behind We can see for a mile Without our eyes. I can see through a smile To any lie.
happy rhodes— "Words Weren't Made For Cowards"
A miss is as good as a mile.
walter scott— Journal (December 3, 1825).
But it's a sad man my friend who's livin' in his own skin and can't stand the company.
Bruce Springsteen— "Better Days"
Well I rode a while, for a mile or so Down the road to the 18th Avenue And the people I saw were the people I know And they all came down to take a view
cat stevens— 18th Avenue (Kansas City Nightmare)
During a debate with Farrell Till, Hovind made the following claim about Donald Johanson: " [He] found the leg bones of Lucy a mile and a half away from the head bones. The leg bones were 200 feet deeper in a deeper layer of strata. I would like to know how fast the train was going that hit that chimpanzee ."
— However, the claim itself is false and, while Hovind has been informed of this, he continues to make it. [2].
The letter is too long by half a mile.
william shakespeare— William Shakespeare, Love's Labour's Lost (c. 1595-6), Act V, scene 2, line 54.
After supper walk a mile.
— Act II, scene 4.
We have more televangelists per square mile here in this part of the country than I really care to think about. Maybe somebody out there will figure out how to spray for them.
— Introduction to "Small Print", Fiddler Fair (Baen, 1998), p. 18
Rule forty-two. All persons more than a mile high to leave the court.
Lewis Carroll— Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland', Ch. 12 - Alice's Evidence
Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes.
unknown— As quoted in Emotional Intelligence for Project Managers: The People Skills You Need to Achieve Outstanding Results (2013, pg. 101), by Anthony Mersino.
