Chasing Quotes - Page 11

• Watch for a wild boy of no particular clan, ready for anything, always armed. Prefers fighting to toil, drink to fighting, chasing women to booze or battle: may attempt all three concurrently.

  Nelson Algren

  Fighting, Boys, Battle

  Nelson Algren (2010). “A Walk On The Wild Side”, p.26, Canongate Books

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• When you're faced with a choice, remember this: Everything else will pass away. Your family. Your friends. Your material possessions. Your beauty. Your youth. Your life. And there is only one thing that remains. Ask yourself: Which are you chasing?

  Yasmin Mogahed

  Choices, Passing Away, Youth

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• I'm not worried about misconception or a perception that's bad. If I were, I'd be chasing something all the time.

  Elisabeth Hasselbeck

  Perception, Worried, Ifs

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• When your actions are motivated by love, you expend least effort and your energy multiplies, allowing you to create anything you want, with a spirit of play and joy. When you seek power and control over others, you waste energy chasing the illusion of happiness.

  Deepak Chopra

  Love You, Play, Effort

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• Remember that, sooner or later, before it ever reaches perfection, you will have to let it go and move on and start to write the next thing. Perfection is like chasing the horizon. Keep moving.

  Neil Gaiman

  Moving, Writing, Perfection

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• Everyone has addictions and my problem is that I have 5,000 of them. If it's not drinking, it's gambling; if it's not gambling, it's eating anything from burgers, doughnuts to M&Ms. The only addiction I don't suffer from is chasing women.

  John Daly

  Drinking, Gambling, Addiction

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• We must stop chasing dollars, stop lying, stop cheating, stop ignoring art, literature, and all the refining agencies and instrumentalities of civilization.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Cheating, Art, Lying

  Ambrose Bierce (1909). “The Shadow on the Dial: And Other Essays”

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• I'm more of a fisherman as opposed to a scientist perhaps and chasing the whale. But I've had some success.

  Matt Walsh

  Whales, Scientist, Fisherman

  Source: collider.com

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• So many people spend their lives chasing money and end up as the richest men in the cemetery. I don't want to be like that.

  Ross Perot

  Men, People, Want

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• Running is never fun. Running is something that you do when there's a man chasing you with a knife.

  Ardal O'Hanlon

  Running, Fun, Men

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• Some women chasing men, and some - for dreams. If you are at a fork, remember, your career will not wake up one morning to say that more does not love you.

  Lady Gaga

  Dream, Morning, Love You

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• While you're busy chasing your dream, don't forget to leave time for living - it's way too easy to run straight past what's truly important.

  John Avery

  Running, Dream, Past

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• It's like — I don't know, sometimes it's like chasing a pretty girl on the beach. And things I never thought I could do... I can do.

  Ryan Adams

  Girl, Beach, Sometimes

  "MySpace - Easy, Tiger Description". Interview with Stephen King, May 2007.

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• Beer does not taste like itself unless it is chasing a dram of neat whisky down the gullet - preferably two drams

  Compton Mackenzie

  Beer, Two, Doe

  Sir Compton Mackenzie (1950). “Tight Little Island”

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• Those outside the church expect followers of Christ to live differently, yet today many in church are chasing after the world - not to win them, but to be like them.

  Billy Graham

  Winning, Church, Followers

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• Having, and seeing, your dreams is very important, and so is chasing those dreams. You see dreams when you sleep, and as you chase your dreams, it keeps you awake. So it's important to stay awake.

  Sachin Tendulkar

  Life, Success, Dream

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• When I arrived in America, though I had left the war physically far behind, in my mind, the soldiers were still chasing to kill me, my stomach was always hungry, and my fear and distrust kept me from opening up to new friendships. I thought the war was over when I left Cambodia, but I realize now that for survivors and all those involved, the war is never over just because the guns have fallen silent.

  Loung Ung

  War, Gun, Opening Up

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• Your greatest regret at the end of your life will be the lions you didn't chase. You will look back longingly on risks not taken, opportunities not seized, and dreams not pursued. Stop running away from what scares you most and start chasing the God-ordained opportunities that cross your path.

  Mark Batterson

  Running, Dream, Regret

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• My fans are called 'Mayniacs'. They enjoy screaming and chasing me and taking pictures.

  Conor Maynard

  Fans, Taking Pictures, Chasing Me

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• If you're chasing your dream, you're not running fast enough. Run faster

  Puff Daddy

  Running, Dream, Enough

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• A great business success was probably never attained by chasing the dollar, but is due to pride in one's work, the pride that makes business an art.

  Henry Latham Doherty

  Success, Art, Work

  Henry Latham Doherty (1923). “Principles and Ideas for Doherty Men: Papers, Addresses and Letters”

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• You should stop searching for phrases and chasing after words. Take the backward step and turn the light inward. Your body-mind of itself will drop off and your original face will appear. If you want to attain just this, immediately practice just this.

  Dogen

  Light, Practice, Mind

  Dogen (2004). “Beyond Thinking: A Guide to Zen Meditation”, p.38, Shambhala Publications

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• So to any of us, whatever those things are: whatever it is we look up to, whatever it is we look forward to, and whoever it is we're chasin'. To that I say: Amen. To that I say: Alright, alright, alright. To that I say: Just keep livin'. Thank you.

  Matthew McConaughey

  Looks, Look Up, Amen

  Matthew McConaughey's Academy Awards Acceptance Speech, aaspeechesdb.oscars.org. March 2, 2014.

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• I don't want to be one of those 40-something guys in L.A. still dating, still going out to clubs and chasing 21-year-olds. It's not a good look.

  Jesse Metcalfe

  Years, Dating, Guy

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• No, I was never that kind of guy. I believed in true romance; one-night stands are always going to leave you feeling cold and empty. I was always looking for the real thing, romance, and all that. I love being married. I never liked the idea of going to bars and chasing girls. Some guys might enjoy that, but I always wanted to find that one special woman, which I did when I met Jenna.

  Channing Tatum

  Girl, Real, Night

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