Imants Turf Quotes & Sayings

to listen attentively to every word when someone is speaking of something which interests you not at all is the triumph of will over desire — E.S. Purnell

I've lived next door to people all my life. I don't know how cute they think I am. — Sandra Bullock

There's no such thing as 'normal'. That's just another word for lifeless. Madness (of the particularly nice/romantic kind) is an absolute prerequisite to a happy and successful life — Shah Rukh Khan

Most rules that you think are written in stone are just societal. You can change the game and really reach for the stars and make the world a better place. — Sebastian Thrun

Goodness has never been a guarantee of safety. — Madeleine L'Engle

People often say "God gave you two ears but only one mouth because He wants you to listen twice as much as you talk." Using that same argument, God gave me 104 keys on my keyboard, but only one mouse cursor. I guess He wants me to write more than I surf. — Christopher M. Thompson

I believe your friends Misters Fred and George Weasley were responsible for trying to send you a toilet seat. No doubt they thought it would amuse you. — J.K. Rowling

What matters most is what lasts the longest and families are forever. — M. Russell Ballard

I take two walks up hills each day, and bike ride each morning. I also have an exercise bike to increase my heart rate. My wife and I have been going to a personal trainer for weights and balance twice a week for 10 years. My balance has improved tremendously and the weights decrease my age. I only feel 52, not 82. — Robert Bateman

I hope that I will never forget the salvific power of joyful laughter. — Madeleine L'Engle

The Yankees have twenty-five heroes. — Derek Jeter

BORN TO RUN In his book Racing the Antelope: What Animals Can Teach Us about Running and Life, biologist Bernd Heinrich describes the human species as an endurance predator. The genes that govern our bodies today evolved hundreds of thousands of years ago, when we were in constant motion, either foraging for food or chasing antelope for hours and days across the plains. Heinrich describes how, even though antelope are among the fastest mammals, our ancestors were able to hunt them down by driving them to exhaustion - keeping on their tails until they had no energy left to escape. Antelope are sprinters, but their metabolism doesn't allow them to go and go and go. Ours does. And we have a fairly balanced distribution of fast-twitch and slow-twitch muscle fibers, so even after ranging miles over the landscape we retain the metabolic capacity to sprint in short bursts to make the kill. — John J. Ratey