Running Quotes
The Warrior Within: The Philosophies of Bruce Lee (1996, pg. 48).
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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 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."
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)]
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)]
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.
— Book VIII, sec. 148.
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.
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
Soccer is a game in which everyone does a lot of Running around. Twenty-one guys stand around and one guy does a tap dance with the ball.
Jim Murray— American sportswriter at the Los Angeles Times (1919 - 1998)
Now, here, you see, it takes all the Running you can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!
— 1871Through the Looking-Glass, ch.2,'The Garden of Live Flowers'.
(Monte) Johnson recalled that: "Wilt had such unbelievable endurance and speed that, if he took off Running, there wasn't any chance that anybody would keep up with him. He glided around the track and had the grace of a deer. I said to the coach, 'It might look like it helps us to chase him, but it may kill us because you can't catch someone who runs that fast.' After practice, he was the only one who wasn't tired. I never saw him tired."
wilt chamberlain— Wilt: Larger than Life, Robert Cherry
The mind of man is like a clock that is always Running down, and requires to be as constantly wound up.
william hazlitt— "On Cant and Hypocrisy"
Personal desire, age, and my health do not allow me to personally have a role in Running the country after the fall of the current system.
ruhollah khomeini— Associated Press interview in Paris (7 November 1978); repeated on several occasions before Khomeini returned to Iran
I still want my right to defend myself. A railroad operation, and you know it, from Nixon on down. they got you Running around violating my constitutional rights.
bobby seale— Transcript from Seale's conspiracy case as part of the Chicago 8 (October 1968)
A slave in the fields one night He's Running along Gets far enough to be a free man And he's feeling so strong
john frusciante— Ah Yom (The Empyrean (2009))
The best reason I can think of for not Running for President of the United States is that you have to shave twice a day.
adlai stevenson— As quoted in Bartlett's Unfamiliar Quotations (1971) by Leonard Louis Levinson, p. 237.
