Nikes On My Feet Quotes & Sayings

I don't care for success. The ideas sitting in my head are annoyed by, and envious of, that which I've already written. — Anton Chekhov

From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life. — Arthur Ashe

I would be remiss when talking about beauty secrets to not say that one of the best is to care about the world around you. That's what really matters. — Christie Brinkley

I'm grateful to have gone through so many different seasons of life because without those years of searching, I'd still have no idea who I am and what Andrew Ripp really has to say. — Andrew Ripp

Aside from infrequent comments ("Cheer up, love," or "It's not Hallo'ween"), no one wondered why a teenager was dressed up as a chic governess. Sylvie approved of Miri, even at the same time as she was confused by her. "It's a style at least," she said, and took off her rope of pearls and looped them around Miri's neck. — Helen Oyeyemi

To dance is to give channel to the Creator. — Ali Abdullah Saleh

There once was a poor man who walked around without shoes. His feet were covered in calluses. One day a rich man felt sorry for the poor man and bought him a pair of Nikes. The poor man was extremely grateful and wore the shoes constantly.
Well after a year or so, the shoes fell apart. So the poor man had to go back to running around barefoot, only now all his calluses were gone and his feet got all cut up and soon the cuts became infected and the man got sick and eventually, after they cut off his legs, he died.
I call that particular story "Love, Death & Nikes." A real cheer me up story for Mr. Monster. That's right! All for you. Oh and something else: fuck you Mr. Monster. — Mark Z. Danielewski

Elijah is overwhelmed by the sheer fact of all the people who have walked over this very spot. As he watches Nikes and loafers glide past, he tries to fathom the feet of centuries ago. A person could stay in this same place his whole life and meet millions of people from all over the world. But instead, everyone moves on, and meets no one. — David Levithan

My nightmares never go away, and yet my lips are sealed to the world and especially to him. — Pierre Courtois