Ultrarunner Quotes & Sayings

There are characters in [punk] that do deliberately go as far as they can in certain kind of taboo areas. — Richard Hell

The fact is that your productivity begins to decline after eight or nine hours of work. For this reason, working long hours into the night, although it is sometimes necessary, means that you are usually producing less and less in more and more time. The more tired you become, the worse the quality of your work will be and the more mistakes you will make. At a certain point, you can reach "the wall" and simply be unable to continue, like a battery that is run down. — Brian Tracy

How had I ever thought he was cute? He so needed to be locked up in an insane asylum somewhere. Too bad Batman wasn't here to come and drag his ass off to Arkham. — Jennifer Estep

Don't listen to me. I'm a maniac, but the voice in your head, ask it "Is it right to kill 200 million animals simply for fun?". What did it say? Right. There you go. — Russell Brand

I am violently untidy. My desk is overcrowded. I write my first drafts in longhand in a long notebook using a plastic throwaway fountain pen. Then I work on a word processor using a different desk and a different room. — Colm Toibin

I believe the prayers of 30 years ago are not lost. We may not see the results of our labour or sacrifice immediately, but in due time they will produce much fruit. — T. B. Joshua

If I were to live for tomorrow, I would have lived fullest for today. — Santosh Kalwar

A lot of big studio films, which are fun and great, tend to have a formula, and you've seen it before, and it's a new version of it. — Malin Akerman

Think of it! A second chamber selected by the Whips. A seraglio of eunuchs. — Michael Foot

I don't have maids or servants, and my husband and I love waking up early and going to the 24-hour supermarket when there is nobody else there. — Dolly Parton

Strictly by accident, Scott stumbled upon the most advanced weapon in the ultrarunner's arsenal: instead of cringing from fatigue, you embrace it. You refuse to let it go. You get to know it so well, you're not afraid of it anymore. — Christopher McDougall

I'm not sentimental about war. I see nothing noble in widows. — Paddy Chayefsky

Living toys are something novel,
But it soon wears off somehow. — Philip Larkin

I'm not going to just take office in January, I'm going to take responsibility. — Mitt Romney

Lisa Smith-Batchen, the amazingly sunny and pixie-tailed ultrarunner from Idaho who trained through blizzards to win a six-day race in the Sahara, talks about exhaustion as if it's a playful pet. 'I love the Beast,' she says. 'I actually look forward to the Beast showing up, because every time he does, I handle him better. I get him more under control.' Once the Beast arrives, Lisa knows what she has to deal with and can get down to work. And isn't that the reason she's running through the desert in the first place-to put her training to work? To have a friendly little tussle with the Beast and show it who's boss? You can't hate the Beast and expect to beat it; the only way to truly conquer something, as every great philosopher and geneticist will tell you , is to love it. — Christopher McDougall

The meaning of good and bad, of better and worse, is simply helping or hurting. — Ralph Waldo Emerson