cross country running quotes

A lively and lasting sense of filial duty is more effectually impressed on the mind of a son or daughter by reading King Lear, than by all the dry volumes of ethics, and divinity, that ever were written. ~Thomas Jefferson



Jealousy is the dragon in paradise; the hell of heaven; and the most bitter of the emotions because associated with the sweetest. ~A.R. Orage



Suicide is man's way of telling God, "You can't fire me - I quit." ~Bill Maher, on Politically Incorrect, 1995



It's the only job I can think of where I get to be both an engineer and an artist. There's an incredible, rigorous, technical element to it, which I like because you have to do very precise thinking. On the other hand, it has a wildly creative side where the boundaries of imagination are the only real limitation. ~Andy Hertzfeld, about programming



Children are natural mimics who act like their parents despite every effort to teach them good manners. ~Author Unknown Children are natural mimics who act like their parents despite every effort to teach them good manners. ~Author Unknown



Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around. ~Leo Buscaglia



Children are contemptuous, haughty, irritable, envious, sneaky, selfish, lazy, flighty, timid, liars and hypocrites, quick to laugh and cry, extreme in expressing joy and sorrow, especially about trifles, they'll do anything to avoid pain but they enjoy inflicting it: little men already. ~Jean de La Bruyere, Les Caracteres, 1688



All art is autobiographical; the pearl is the oyster's autobiography. ~Federico Fellini



The aim of an argument or discussion should not be victory, but progress. ~Joseph Joubert, Pensees, 1842



There are twelve hours in the day, and above fifty in the night. ~Marie de Rabutin-Chantal



Happiness is a by-product of an effort to make someone else happy. ~Gretta Brooker Palmer



Freedom is never given; it is won. ~A. Philip Randolph



No man is lonely eating spaghetti; it requires so much attention. ~Christopher Morley



I always look for a woman who has a tattoo. I see a woman with a tattoo, and I'm thinking, okay, here's a gal who's capable of making a decision she'll regret in the future. ~Richard Jeni



I cannot imagine how the clockwork of the universe can exist without a clockmaker. ~Voltaire



Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies. ~Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, Human, All Too Human, 1878



An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy to be called an idea at all. ~Elbert Hubbard



The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself. ~Friedrich Nietzsche



I still get wildly enthusiastic about little things.... I play with leaves. I skip down the street and run against the wind. ~Leo Buscaglia



A vacation trip is one-third pleasure, fondly remembered, and two-thirds aggravation, entirely forgotten. ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com