Running Quotes
There's no secret about my ambition, I do not want to go into the House of Commons. My only real political interest is in London and if one day I'm in a position to run for mayor, then terrific.
I can't wait for the oil wells to run dry, for the last gob of black, sticky muck to come oozing out of some remote well. Then the glory of sail will return.
Admiration takes on a whole new level when you appreciate just how complex it is to run a modern business.
Take the tale in your teeth, then, and bite till the blood runs, hoping it's not poison.
But now - look, I have to take care of myself. I work out every day. I'm a dancer. I've always been an athlete, and I'm one of those people who start to go crazy if they don't run or do something.
I don't have a nanny or a housekeeper, and I only have a cleaner for one hour each week. I finish work and go home. I cook the dinner. I run into Tesco and do the housework in the evening.
If you're trying to please everyone, then you're not going to make anything that is honestly yours, I don't think, in the long run.
If a man is running down the street with everything you own, you won't let him get away. That's tackling.
I want to say that I cannot be intimidated or stopped. In order to put an end to various attempts to get rid of me as a possible candidate, I want to say that I'm running for president.
Every time I hear that word, I cringe. Fun! I think it's disgusting; it's just running around. It's not my idea of pleasure.
Over the tea-cups and in the square the tongue has its desire; Still waters run deep, my dear, there's never smoke without fire.
Time is a horse that runs in the heart, a horse Without a rider on a road at night. The mind sits listening and hears it pass.
The fundamental basis of above-average performance in the long run is sustainable competitive advantage.
While great leaders may be as rare as great runners, great actors, or great painters, everyone has leadership potential, just as everyone has some ability at running, acting, and painting.
I used to think that running an organization was equivalent to conducting a symphony orchestra. But I don't think that's quite it; it's more like jazz. There is more improvisation.
I lay my head on the railroad track, waitin' on the Double E. But the train don't run by here no more, poor, poor, pitiful me.
Most artists I run into aren't that thrilled with what they do anyway. They are glad to have different versions out there to see which one the audience likes the best.
Just when you're beginning to think pretty well of people, you run across somebody who puts sugar on sliced tomatoes.
I traveled a good deal all over the world, and I got along pretty good in all these foreign countries, for I have a theory that it's their country and they got a right to run it like they want to.
Legalize racing in every State. Sure people will bet, but they get to see the horses run and you certain can't see General Motors and General Electric and General Utility run when you bet on them.
Joy and woe are woven fine, A clothing for the soul divine. Under every grief and pine Runs a joy with silken twine.
A hungry wolf at all the herd will run, In hopes, through many, to make sure of one.
But truths on which depends our main concern, That 'tis our shame and misery not to learn, Shine by the side of every path we tread With such a lustre he that runs may read.
Running a school where the students all succeed, even if some students have to help others to make the grade, is good preparation for democracy.
Every time Bush talks about trust it makes chills run up and down my spine. The way he has trampled on the truth is a travesty of the American political system.
If I were running the world I would have it rain only between 2 and 5 a.m. Anyone who was out then ought to get wet.
If thou remeber'st not the slightest folly that ever love did make thee run into, thou hast not lov'd
Unless the old adage must be verified, That beggars mounted, run their horse to death.
Our wills and fates do so contrary run, That our devices still are overthrown; Our thoughts are ours, their ends none of our own.
This day I breathed first: time is come round, And where I did begin there shall I end; My life is run his compass.
Thou hast seen a farmer's dog bark at a beggar? And the creature run from the cur. There thou mightst behold the great image of authority-a dog's obeyed in office.
By the time I was 12 I was challenging every boy in our neighborhood at running, jumping, everything.
Somethings don't always work out the way you plan. The main thing is to keep trying, do better next time, and deal with disappointment if it comes.
One should write not unskillfully in the running hand, be able to sing in a pleasing voice and keep good time to music; and, lastly, a man should not refuse a little wine when it is pressed upon him.
But I'm really trying to run this company like it is going to be here a hundred years from now. That's what's important.
Work is when you confront the problems you might otherwise be tempted to run away from
He was a mystery to her, and every time she tried to solve him it caused her a little more pain. But when she tired to give him up he pursued her in her thoughts, stronger each time.
If you're spending your entire early 20s chasing the next party, what are you running away from?