Outrun Quotes - Page 3

• That which we know is but little; that which we have a presentiment of is immense; it is in this direction that the poet outruns the learned man.

  Philibert Joseph Roux

  Men, Imagination, Littles

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• We may outrun By violent swiftness And lose by over-running.

  William Shakespeare

  Running, Balance, Swiftness

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• "No," he says, taking us both in. "No, no, no. You've come farther than most people on this planet will in their lifetimes. You've overcome obstacles and dangers and things that should've killed you. You've outrun an army and a madman and deadly illness and seen things most people will never see. How do you think you could have possibly come this far if you didn't have hope?"

  Patrick Ness

  Army, Thinking, People

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• Time goes by so fast. Nothin' can outrun it. Death commences too early--almost before you're half-acquainted with life--you meet the other.

  Tennessee Williams

  Tin, Half, Time Goes By

  Tennessee Williams (2004). “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof”, p.161, New Directions Publishing

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• Fate cannot be sidestepped or outrun.

  Dean Koontz

  Fate

  Dean Koontz (2014). “The Odd Thomas Series 7-Book Bundle: Odd Thomas, Forever Odd, Brother Odd, Odd Hours, Odd Apocalypse, Odd Interlude, Deeply Odd”, p.332, Bantam

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• Science comforting man's animal poverty and leisuring his toil, hath humanized manners and social temper, and now above her globe-spredd net of speeded intercourse hath outrun all magic, and disclosing the secrecy of the reticent air hath woven a web of invisible strands spiriting the dumb inane with the quick matter of life.

  Robert Bridges

  Men, Animal, Air

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• To be an American is to move on, as if we could outrun change. To attach oneself to place is to surrender to it, and suffer with it.

  Kathleen Norris

  Moving, Suffering, Surrender

  Kathleen Norris (1997). “The Cloister Walk”, p.165, Penguin

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• Running, close companion to death, summons us to the most vivid acts of life. Our ancestors (we have forgotten) ran for food and for love, love and lust. For us, a prime symbol of sexuality is the automobile. For the ancients it was the chase, the foot race. Satyr and nymph, maiden and god, hot pursuit. The mythic hunters, Diana and Atalanta, available only to the males, men or gods, who could outrun them; death to all others.

  George Leonard

  Running, Men, Race

  George Leonard (2001). “The Ultimate Athlete”, p.178, North Atlantic Books

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• Local and state governments have outrun the federal government. The EPA has served notice that it will enact a rule requiring CO2 reductions by major emitters in the absence of major legislation. But it's a blunt instrument that is a little more difficult to use than a legislative remedy.

  Al Gore

  Government, Use, Littles

  ""What in the Hell Do They Think Is Causing It?"". Interview with John Dickerson, www.slate.com. December 8, 2009.

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• I spent a lot of years trying to outrun or outsmart vulnerability by making things certain and definite, black and white, good and bad. My inability to lean into the discomfort of vulnerability limited the fullness of those important experiences that are wrought with uncertainty: love, belonging, trust, joy, and creativity, to name a few.

  Brené Brown

  Creativity, Black And White, Love Is

  "Living Brave". Interview with Mary Sykes Wylie, Rich Simon, www.psychotherapynetworker.org. September, 2016.

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• Imagination in a poet is a faculty so wild and lawless that, like a high ranging spaniel, it must have clogs tied to it, lest it outrun the judgment. The great easiness of blank verse renders the poet too luxuriant. He is tempted to say many things which might better be omitted, or, at least shut up in fewer words.

  John Dryden

  Imagination, Might, Shut Up

  John Dryden (1808). “The works of John Dryden now first collected ...”, p.121

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• Love is purely a creation of the human imagination, it is merely perhaps the most important of all the examples of how the imagination continually outruns the creature it inhabits.

  Katherine Anne Porter

  Love Is, Imagination, Important

  "Katherine Anne Porter: Collected Stories & Other Writings".

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• The expedition of my violent love outrun the pauser, reason.

  William Shakespeare

  Reason, Violent, Expeditions

  William Shakespeare (2001). “The Tragedy of Macbeth”, p.121, Classic Books Company

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• Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men. Our hope for creative living lies in our ability to reestablish the spiritual needs of our lives in personal character and social justice. Without this spiritual and moral reawakening we shall destroy ourselves in the misuse of our own instruments.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Spiritual, Lying, Character

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• God has put within our lives meanings and possibilities that quite outrun the limits of mortality.

  Harry Emerson Fosdick

  Meaning Of Life, Limits, Possibility

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• Silence, maiden; thy tongue outruns thy discretion.

  Walter Scott

  Silence, Tongue, Maidens

  Sir Walter Scott (2014). “Ivanhoe”, p.80, Jazzybee Verlag

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• Let's have a partnership, Kate. I offer honesty, Kate. I don't have have outrun the Beast Lord I just pissed off, Kate. I only have to outrun you and hit you with my car as I hightail it out of here.

  Ilona Andrews

  Honesty, Car, Pissed Off

  Ilona Andrews (2010). “Magic Bleeds”, p.149, Penguin

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• He can't fly around tall buildings, or outrun a speeding train, the only talent he seems to have is leaving a nasty stain!

  Tim Burton

  Leaving, Nasty, Talent

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• It was sort of the pattern to my life - I'd never been strong enough to deal with the things outside my control, to attack the enemies or outrun them. To avoid the pain. Always human and weak, the only thing I'd ever been able to do was keep going. Endure. Survive.

  Stephenie Meyer

  Strong, Pain, Twilight

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• Instead of playing to win, I was playing not to lose. It reminds me of the story I once heard about two friends being chased by a bear, when one turned to the other and said, "I just realized that I don't need to outrun the bear; I only need to outrun you.

  Sean Covey

  Winning, Two Friends, Needs

  Sean Covey (2011). “The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective Teenagers”, p.175, Simon and Schuster

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• Stain Boy Of all the super heroes, the strangest one by far, doesn't have a special power, or drive a fancy car. next to Superman and batman, I guess he must seem tame. But to me he is quite special, and Stain Boy is his name. He can't fly around tall buildings, or outrun a speeding train, the only talent he seems to have is to leave a nasty stain. Sometimes I know it bothers him, that he can't run or swim or fly, and because of this one ability, his dry cleaning bill is sky-high.

  Tim Burton

  Running, Hero, Boys

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• She had heard it said that, before you could understand anybody, you needed to walk a mile in their shoes, which did not make a whole lot of sense, because probably AFTER you had walked a mile in their shoes, you would understand that they were chasing you and accusing you of the theft of a pair of shoes--although, of course, you could probably outrun them, owing to their lack of footwear.

  Terry Pratchett

  Shoes, Owing, Pairs

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• Vin snorted, kneeling in the low tent as she pulled her belt tight; then she crawled over to him. "I don't know how you read while riding," she said. "Oh, it's quite easy - if you aren't afraid of horses." "I'm not afraid of them," Vin said. "They just don't like me. They know I can outrun them, and that makes them surly.

  Brandon Sanderson

  Horse, Kneeling, Tents

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• Are you always this random? (Jericho) Mostly. It really irritates Noir. Which is just an added bonus for me. At least so long as I can outrun him. (Asmodeus) Add me to that list of people you annoy. (Jericho) Oh. You’re not going to singe my testicles over it, are you?! (Asmodeus) No plans to. (Jericho) Good. We can be friends, then. (Asmodeus)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Long, People, Add

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• Hey,” Shane said from the other side of the bars. “Trade you cigarettes for a chocolate bar.” Funny,” Eve said. She was almost back to her old unGothed self again, though there were still red splotches on her cheeks and around her eyes. “How come you’re always behind bars, troublemaker?” Look who’s talking. I didn’t try to outrun the cops in a hearse.” That hearse had horsepower.” Eve got that moony look in her eyes again. “I love that hearse.

  Rachel Caine

  Eye, Self, Talking

  Rachel Caine (2010). “Kiss of Death: The Morganville Vampires”, p.95, Penguin

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