Running Quotes
The Warrior Within: The Philosophies of Bruce Lee (1996, pg. 48).
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I believe that every human has a finite number of heartbeats. I don't intend to waste any of mine Running around doing exercises.
neil armstrong— First On The Moon: A Voyage with Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, Edwin E Aldrin, Jr. (1970) edited by Gene Farmer and Dora Jane Hamblin, p. 113, states of this: "Like many a quote which gets printed once and therefore enshrined in the libraries of all newspapers and magazines, this particular one was erroneous. Neil recalled having heard the quote, and he even recalled having repeated it once. He did not subscribe to its thesis, however, and he only quoted it so that he could disagree with it."
It is asserted that the dogs keep Running when they drink at the Nile, for fear of becoming a prey to the voracity of the crocodile.
pliny the elder— Book VIII, sec. 148.
I fled Him, down the nights and down the days; I fled Him, down the arches of the years; I fled Him, down the labyrinthine ways Of my own mind; and in the midst of tears I hid from Him, and under Running laughter.
Francis Thompson— Poems, "The Hound of Heaven" (1893)
With a few exceptions, Fellini's films have failure and despair Running through them: Life continues, but I can't imagine 'Felliniesque' as an exclusively uplifting adjective. Fellini's best films are the ones that distill this essence -- the paradoxical quality of melancholic ecstasy, a surreal, bittersweet vitality -- to perfection.
damian pettigrew— On the adjective ‘Felliniesque’, in The Los Angeles Times (April 2003)]
Red Dog smiled. 'I would like you to meet my friends Mr Sitting Bull, Mr Poisoned Buffalo, and Chief Running Skunk-Backwards.''Sitting Bull's a name I know,' Yogi remarked, shaking hands.'Oh, I'm not one of those Sitting Bulls,' Mr Sitting Bull said.
ernest hemingway— Part 3, Ch. 2
Running is many things to me: survival, calmness, euphoria, solitude. It is proof of my corporeal existence, my ability to control my movement through space if not time, and the obedience, however temporary, of my body to my will.
audrey niffenegger— p. 154 (The Time Traveler’s Wife (2003))
Running away from justice, must always be considered an evidence of guilt.
— Clerk, L.J., Muir's Case (1793), 23 How. St. Tr. 230.
"Death's got an Invisibility Cloak?" Harry interrupted again. "So he can sneak up on people," said Ron. "Sometimes he gets bored of Running at them, flapping his arms and shrieking..."
J. K. Rowling— Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 21 (2007)
My mother was born in San Juan. So I'm Puerto Rican, Jewish, colored and married to a white woman. When I move into a neighborhood, people start Running four ways at the same time.
davis, Sammy, Jr.
None would live past years again, Yet all hope pleasure in what yet remain; And, from the dregs of life, think to receive, What the first sprightly Running could not give.
john dryden— 1675 Aureng-Zebe, act 4, sc.1.
Starting from 1993 in Otaru, Hokkaid?, and now Running unchecked throughout Japan, signs saying 'Japanese Only' have gone up, making an unspoken undercurrent of fear of the outsider into clear, present, and brazen exclusionism — following the best traditions of segregation and apartheid.
debito arudou— "The Rogues' Gallery: Photos of Places in Japan which Exclude or Restrict non-Japanese Customers," Debito.Org (last revised November 2007)
Whoever is in distress can call on me. I will come Running wherever they are.
Princess of Wales Diana— ibid.
I think that the corporation is Running it and will always make it appeal to the lowest common denominator. I think we're going to have to forget about the radio and just go back to word of mouth.
joe strummer— About mainstream radio
Every father is given the opportunity to corrupt his daughter's nature, and the educator, husband, or psychiatrist then has to face the music. For what has been spoiled by the father can only be made good by a father, just as what has been spoiled by the mother can only be repaired by a mother. The disastrous repetition of the family pattern could be described as the psychological original sin, or as the curse of the Atrides Running through the generations.
carl jung— Mysterium Coniunctionis (1955) CW 14: P. 232
The fact that ACPI was designed by a group of monkeys high on LSD, and is some of the worst designs in the industry obviously makes Running it at any point pretty damn ugly.
linus torvalds— Torvalds, Linus (2005-07-31). Message. linux-kernel mailing list. IU. Retrieved on 2006-08-28.
With a few exceptions, Fellini's films have failure and despair Running through them: Life continues, but I can't imagine 'Felliniesque' as an exclusively uplifting adjective. Fellini's best films are the ones that distill this essence -- the paradoxical quality of melancholic ecstasy, a surreal, bittersweet vitality -- to perfection.
— On the adjective ‘Felliniesque’, in The Los Angeles Times (April 2003)]
Jackie Biskupski is Running for a seat in the Utah Legislature, and she's attracting a lot of attention because she's a lesbian. Her Republican opponent, Dan Alderson, is a staunch Mormon, and is Running a negative ad campaign calling her lifestyle abnormal and deviant. His six wives agree.
— Rick Mercer, This Hour Has 22 Minutes, October 12, 1998
Time has three dimensions and one positive pitch or direction. It is therefore not so much like any river or any sea as like the Sea of Galilee, which has the Jordan Running through it and giving a current to the whole.
gerard manley hopkins— 1881 'Creation and Redemption: The Great Sacrifice'. Collected in C Devlin (ed) The Sermons and Devotional Writings of Gerard Manley Hopkins (1959), ch.8.
From the stinging rain comes a Rattle and hum.See the face of fear Running scared in the valley below
bono— "Bullet The Blue Sky"
The moment I appeared the crowd started jeering and booing and shouting ‘faggot’ and spitting, I had hired a bodyguard and when the jeering started I turned to see where the bodyguard was, I could just see the back of his head as he was Running out of the stadium.
Sacha Baron Cohen— Describing the reaction of a 60,000 crowd of American Football fans and his bodyguard, while appearing as Bruno (the flamboyantly homosexual fashion journalist) at an NFL match [1]
Once you get them Running, you stay right on top of them, and that way a small force can defeat a large one every time.
thomas "stonewall" jackson— As quoted in The Civil War : An Illustrated History (1990) by Geoffrey C. Ward, Ken Burns, and Ric Burns, p. 272
"A linebacker's job is to knock out Running backs, to knock out receivers, to chase the football."
— As noted in "Ray Lewis finds motivation in disrespect", by Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 8/11/2005. (url accessed October 22, 2008)
With Leighton Smith in charge, we've got a Navy admiral Running a predominantly land campaign — the first ever in NATO's 47-year history. ... As the U.S. continues to withdraw from overseas bases, Naval Forces will become even more relevant in meeting American forward presence requirements.
smith, leighton w., jr.— US Secretary of the Navy John Howard Dalton in an address in Newport, Rhode Island (11 June 1996)
My wife told me the car wasn't Running well. There was water in the carburetor. I asked where the car was, and she told me it was in the lake.
henny youngman— quoted from Lawrence J. Epstein's "The Haunted Smile: The Story of Jewish Comedians in America" (2001)
The process is so complicated that it offers ever so many occasions for Running abnormally.
karl marx— Vol. II, Ch. XXI, p. 500
One of the countless drawbacks of being in Congress is that I am compelled to receive impertinent letters from a jackass like you in which you say I promised to have the Sierra Madre mountains reforested and I have been in Congress two months and haven't done it. Will you please take two Running jumps and go to hell.
Kennedy— John Steven McGroarty, reported in John F. Kennedy, Profiles in Courage (1956), p. 10.
You have to walk carefully in the beginning of love; the Running across fields into your lover's arms can only come later when you're sure they won't laugh if you trip.
jonathan Samuel carroll— Jonathan Samuel Carroll, in Outside the Dog Museum (1991)
