Ran Quotes - Page 12

• ...and she ran out of the diesel combustion and right to me and we held each other and we were not empty at all. "Holling," she said. "I was so afraid I wouldn't fine you." "I was standing right here, Heather." I said. "I'll always be standing right here.

  Gary D. Schmidt

  Heathers, Empty, Said

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• I went at each race like there was a gold medal at stake. It wasn't like I ran one hard, then slacked off the next. Every time was my best effort. I didn't know how to go at it any other way.

  Dick Beardsley

  Race, Best Effort, Gold

  Dick Beardsley, Maureen Anderson (2004). “Staying the Course: A Runner's Toughest Race”, p.60, U of Minnesota Press

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• John Edwards is a tragic case of a man who ran for President when he should have joined the Secret Service.

  Andy Borowitz

  Men, Should Have, Secret

  FaceBook post by Andy Borowitz from Apr 27, 2012

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• I don't understand how the Republican party is the party with the reputation for fiscal conservatism and fiscal sanity, when they're the ones who run up the debt. It was Reagan who ran up the debt and now Bush is doing it again, and in between, Clinton and Bush's father, I must say, worked so hard to get that deficit and that debt down.

  Bill Maher

  Running, Father, Party

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• A handful of people who probably never even ran a small business actually think they can reinvent the health care system.

  John Stossel

  Thinking, People, Care

  "Arrogance". townhall.com. July 22, 2009.

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• Now, I try not to read gossip as a rule. But the other day, a website ran an article with a picture of me wearing sweatpants on the way to the gym. And the writer asked, 'Why does this petite beauty insist on dressing like a massive man?' Because I like to be comfortable.

  Ellen Page

  Men, Gossip, Trying

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• I ran very fast in the wrong direction.

  Lauryn Hill

  Wrong Direction

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• The way my mom dressed was one of my earliest inspirations, in those '80s suits with shoulder pads and things like that. For years, I ran away from that style. But now, all I want to do is shoulder pads and nipped-in waists and padded hips and peplums and poufed dresses.

  Jason Wu

  Mom, Inspiration, Years

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• CNN recently ran a sort of roundup article on why some conservatives say that Trump talk is fascist. The roundup included this tweet from Iowa Republican radio host, very influential guy in Iowa Republican caucuses, Steve Deace. Quote, "If [Barack] Obama proposed the same religion registry as Trump, every conservative in the country would call it what it is - creeping fascism."

  Rachel Maddow

  Country, Iowa, Cnn

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• My best friend ran away with my wife, and let me tell you, I miss him.

  Henny Youngman

  Wife, Missing, My Best Friend

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

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• I have terrible luck. Last week my chauffeur ran off without my wife.

  Henny Youngman

  Wife, Luck, Lasts

  Henny Youngman (1994). “Henny Youngman's Bar Jokes, Bar Bets and Bar Tricks”, Outlet

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• My husband once said he'd never met anybody who walked so fast and ran so slowly. As I said, it's a little hard for me to try new things, and this was me facing a fear that I'd had my whole life. Since I had no experience running, I felt like a failure before I'd even begun.

  Jamie Lee Curtis

  Running, Husband, Trying

  "It's Time for a Change". Interview with Cortney Pellettieri, www.goodhousekeeping.com. September 4, 2012.

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• You know I have been issued a public urination pass by the city because of my condition. Unfortunately, my little brother ran out of the house with it this morning. Him and his friends are probably peeing all over the city.

  Jerry Seinfeld

  Morning, Brother, Cities

  "Seinfeld" (season 3), "The Parking Garage" (3.6), September 18, 1991.

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• Whatever the career, sales ability distinguishes superstars from also-rans.

  Peter Thiel

  Careers, Superstar, Ability

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• When Obama ran, he said, We can change the world! The world: can you change it back?!

  Mort Sahl

  Change, World, Said

  Twitter post from Apr 01, 2011

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• According to Life & Style Weekly, 50 Cent may be working on Lindsay Lohan's next album. Finally, a match made in rap heaven. He's a convicted drug dealer who's been shot nine times, and she spent 84 minutes in prison. This is a big step for Lindsay. The last time Lindsay got near a black guy she ran over his foot.

  Chelsea Handler

  Rap, Feet, Guy

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• Well I have a drug history and a public drinking problem and I am not the healthiest guy. So they just ran that I died of a drug overdose.

  Artie Lange

  Drinking, Guy, Drug

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• The end of the '60s was a terrible time. I was in Los Angeles then, and I remember the night someone ran into the studio and told us about the Manson murders. Then suddenly something happened, the '60s disappeared. The '70s were completely different.

  Claes Oldenburg

  Night, Different, Remember

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I've grown fonder for Hillary Clinton since she ran for the presidency. I think that it's emblematic of the Rolling Stones song, you can't always get what you want, i.e., the grail. Sometimes you get what you need. And whatever she's gotten over the last couple of years, being humbled or be it being humbled and see the proletariat come to bat for her, getting outside of the bubble, getting out of this man's shadow, not quite getting the job she wants but a great wonk job.

  Dennis Miller

  Song, Jobs, Couple

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• I was once in a long relationship with a man who ran a vintage clothes store but had been a chef, so I'd come home each night to a different three-course meal. I was quite fat, but so happy.

  Paloma Faith

  Home, Night, Men

  "Paloma Faith: 'I woo people with food, so I'm always cooking'". Interview with John Hind, www.theguardian.com. February 16, 2013.

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• Ethel said: "Lloyd, there's someone here you may remember-" Daisy could not restrain herself. She ran to Lloyd and threw herself into his arms. She hugged him. She looked into his green eyes, then kissed his brown cheeks and his broken nose and then his mouth. "I love you, Lloyd," she sad madly. "I love you, I love you, I love you." "I love you, too, Daisy," he said. Behind her, Daisy heard Ethel's wry voice. "You do remember, I see.

  Ken Follett

  Love You, Eye, Voice

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• I realised you owned me one night in this room. I was singing to you and you were sleeping. You made a little noise in your sleep like you were distressed and I panicked and ran to your side. You grabbed my arm in your sleep and pulled it up against your face and went back to sleep. I didn't want to ever move.

  Abbi Glines

  Moving, Sleep, Night

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• We said good-bye, and Dill went inside the house. He evidently remembered he was engaged to me, for he ran back out and kissed me swiftly in front of Jem. "Yawl write, hear?" he bawled after us.

  Harper Lee

  Writing, Bye, House

  Harper Lee (1960). “TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD”

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• Veronica ran out to tell Amber the shocking news - and returned in less than a minute with another message for Yo-Yoji: "Amber says she was watching and she knows you got in detention on purpose," she said breathlessly. "Because you have a crush on Cass!" Cass's ears instantly turned red. Max-Ernest looked like he'd been hit by a truck.

  Pseudonymous Bosch

  Crush, Red, Messages

  "If You're Reading This, It's Too Late". Book by Pseudonymous Bosch, 2008.

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• I am sorry I ran from you. I am still running, running from that knowledge, that eye, that love from which there is no refuge. For you meant only love, and love, and I felt only fear, and pain. So once in Israel love came to us incarnate, stood in the doorway between two worlds, and we were all afraid.

  Annie Dillard

  Running, Sorry, Pain

  Annie Dillard (2016). “Teaching a Stone to Talk: Expeditions and Encounters”, p.103, Canongate Books

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