Kathrine Switzer Quotes

If you are losing faith in human nature, go out and watch a marathon.

Kathrine Switzer

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• I once tried standing up on my toes to see far out in the distance, but I found that I could see much farther by climbing to a high place.

  

  Xun Kuang
  • Up
  • High
  • See

• The thing that I have to stay away from is sweets. I have a horrible sweet tooth. It's just the worst.

  

  Daniel Bryan
  • Sweet
  • Worst
  • Sweets

• Lauren Goode and I have agreed that the next version of the Mac software - all of them are named after places in California - should be named either Bridgeport or Warwick.

  

  Walt Mossberg
  • California
  • Places
  • Software

• Computers are wasteful of paper and time. Once, we'd get documents with a few errors. Now, people make hundreds of copies until each sheet is flawless and memos are duplicated endlessly. Managers get swamped with emails.

  

  Felix Dennis
  • People
  • Time
  • Computers

• I listen to a mixture of old jazz, contemporary, pop, some world beat stuff and various odds and ends.

  

  Walter Becker Steely Dan
  • World
  • Old
  • Jazz

• Every single figure on Mount Rushmore was a third party at one time or another, so third parties become major parties, and I think that the Libertarian Party may become my major party.

  

  Gary Johnson
  • Time
  • May
  • Think

• For the most part, the real work is done in the songwriting stage and recording; the next step is presenting to people.

  

  Washed Out
  • People
  • Work
  • Real

• I have this concept that I call 'Combo Meals.' The idea is that I start with the kids' meal and then add a few more ingredients, and it becomes the adult meal. This way I'm not making two entirely separate dishes. I'm just simply adding on to what I'm already making.

  

  Tamra Davis
  • Kids
  • Way
  • Start

• It's always nice when someone comes up to you and tells you they enjoy the show. At least they're not coming up and saying how much they hate it.

  

  Sam Heughan
  • Up
  • Hate
  • Nice

• A lot of people, especially Christians, want to put you in this box of being a Christian actor, and I don't believe in it. You do yourself and everyone else a big disservice when you start thinking about it as 'Christian art.' That's why most Christian art is bad. They don't put a premium on the 'art.'

  

  Zachary Levi
  • People
  • Believe
  • Thinking

• When I meet a person and that chemistry is there, I cannot hide the electricity. I need to learn more about him, and once I feel safe, I'm gone, I'm in love, and I give it my all!

  

  Taraji P. Henson
  • Love
  • Person
  • Feel

• Privacy is relational. It depends on the audience. You don't want your employer to know you're job hunting. You don't spill all about your love life to your mom or your kids. You don't tell trade secrets to your rivals.

  

  Barton Gellman
  • Life
  • Kids
  • Audience

• I've been fortunate to work with some really smart people. Larry Page is an extremely smart guy, most probably one of the smartest people I've worked with.

  

  Ram Shriram
  • People
  • Work
  • Guy

• If God wants us to do a thing, he should make his wishes sufficiently clear. Sensible people will wait till he has done this before paying much attention to him.

  

  Samuel Butler
  • People
  • God
  • Done

• I used to play football with a load of lads, and I would be like a secret agent going out with a hat on so they wouldn't see my hair in a bun.

  

  Katarina Johnson-Thompson
  • Football
  • Hair
  • Hat

• Nobody's suffering more than the Palestinian people from this whole process. And I would like to see - if we could get some movement from Palestinian leadership - what I'd like to see is a loosening up of some of the restrictions on providing aid directly to the Palestinian people.

  

  Barack Obama
  • People
  • Up
  • Suffering

• Jochum had said, 'You keep asking the universe 'How ought I to live?' But it can't answer.'

  

  Malcolm Bradbury
  • Live
  • Universe

• Suspicion is a virtue as long as its object is the public good, and as long as it stays within proper bounds. … Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect every one who approaches that jewel.

  

  Patrick Henry
  • Good
  • Long
  • Attention

• When one has made his demands upon the Universal, he must be ready for surprises. Everything may seem to be going wrong, when in reality, it is going right.

  

  Florence Scovel Shinn
  • May
  • Reality
  • Surprise

• We all dream. We dream vividly, depending on our nature. Our existence is beyond our explanation, whether we believe in God or we have religion or we're atheist.

  

  Anthony Hopkins
  • God
  • Believe
  • Nature

• Men never cling to their dreams with such tenacity as at the moment when they are losing faith in them, and know it, but do not dare yet to confess it to themselves.

  

  William Graham Sumner
  • Men
  • Dream
  • Moments

• Don't be silly and don't waste your time.

  

  Bob Newhart
  • Time
  • Silly

• I act for love. I give it my all. I would probably still do it even if I wasn't paid at all. But in terms of equal pay, I need to be paid the same as the guy who has equal billing with me. Otherwise, I won't do it. Because if you accept less, you're just letting everyone else down and continuing the cycle.

  

  Cara Delevingne
  • Act
  • Give
  • Pay

• If you are losing faith in human nature, go out and watch a marathon.

  

  Kathrine Switzer
  • Nature
  • Losing
  • Marathon