Thrill Quotes

• The real lover is the man who can thrill you by kissing your forehead.

  Marilyn Monroe

  Cute Love, Romantic, Dance

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• Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Inspirational, Happiness, Happy

  "Looking Forward".

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• I do not think there is any thrill that can go through the human heart like that felt by the inventor as he sees some creation of the brain unfolding to success ... Such emotions make a man forget food, sleep, friends, love, everything.

  Nikola Tesla

  Motivational, Success, Heart

  "Marconi and Tesla: Pioneers of Radio Communication" by Tim O'Shei, (p. 5), 2008.

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• Faster, Faster, until the thrill of speed overcomes the fear of death.

  Hunter S. Thompson

  Motor Racing, Nascar Racing, Drug

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• If the thrill is gone, it's time to take it back.

  Meat Loaf

  Inspirational, Gone, Ifs

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• No risk? Then no danger of losing and finally no thrill in winning.

  Sandeep Kumar

  Motivational, Winning, Risk

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• The thrill, believe me, is as much in the battle as in the victory.

  David Sarnoff

  Believe, Victory, Battle

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• You live by what you thrill to, and there's the end of it.

  D. H. Lawrence

  Ends, Live By

  D. H. Lawrence, James T. Boulton (2002). “The Letters of D. H. Lawrence”, p.601, Cambridge University Press

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• If the thrill of hunting were in the hunt, or even in the marksmanship, a camera would do just as well.

  Jonathan Safran Foer

  Hunting, Archery, Cameras

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• The thrill is to keep envisioning what can be.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Envisioning

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• The only thrill worthwhile is the one that comes from making something out of yourself.

  William Feather

  Worthwhile

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• Enjoyment of the landscape is a thrill.

  David Hockney

  Landscape, Enjoyment

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• No matter how much progress one makes, there is always the thrill of just beginning.

  Robert H. Goddard

  Progress, Matter

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• The creative habit is like a drug. The particular obsession changes, but the excitement, the thrill of your creation lasts.

  Henry Moore

  Change, Creativity, Creative

  "Brainstorm: Harnessing the Power of Productive Obsessions". Book by Eric Maisel, ‎Ann Maisel, p. 95, 2010.

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• The thrill of coming home has never changed.

  Guy Pearce

  Home, Coming Home, Changed

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• Yeah, I'm a thrill seeker, but crikey, education's the most important thing.

  Steve Irwin

  Important, Yeah, Seekers

  Interview at Scientific American online, March 26, 2001.

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• I'm at the age now where just putting my cigar in its holder is a thrill.

  George Burns

  Funny, Humor, Age

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• Helped are those who create anything at all, for they shall relive the thrill of their own conception and realize a partnership in the creation of the Universe that keeps them responsible and cheerful.

  Alice Walker

  Inspirational, Creativity, Godly

  Alice Walker (1990). “The Temple of My Familiar”

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• Music, being identical with heaven, isn't a thing of momentary thrills, or even hourly ones. It's a condition of eternity.

  Gustav Holst

  Music, Heaven, Eternity

  Gustav Holst, Michael Short, William Gillies Whittaker (1974). “Gustav Holst, letters to W. G. Whittaker”, University of Glasgow French and German Publications

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• It's an honour and a thrill and a privilege just to play in the NHL.

  Wayne Gretzky

  Nhl, Play, Privilege

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• The great trouble with baseball today is that most of the players are in the game for the money and that's it, not for the love of it, the excitement of it, the thrill of it.

  Ty Cobb

  Motivational, Baseball, Money

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• My, I felt this thrill going up my leg. I mean, I don't have that too often.

  Chris Matthews

  Stupid, Mean, Racist

  "Clinton Media Relations Strained". "All Things Considered" with Melissa Block, David Folkenflik, www.npr.org. February 15, 2008.

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• The thrill I got discovering Buster Keaton when I was growing up was so exciting. He was one of the greats.

  John Cleese

  Growing Up, Busters, Exciting

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• High-level, big-deal publicity has a way of getting old for me, but what never fails to thrill me is when I make personal appearances.

  Joseph Barbera

  Getting High, Levels, Way

  Joseph Barbera (1994). “My Life in 'Toons: From Flatbush to Bedrock in Under a Century”, Turner Pub

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• It's all about escapism. That's essentially what all movies are about. It's a vicarious thrill.

  Todd Phillips

  Vicarious, Escapism

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

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