Kathrine Switzer Quotes
When I go to the Boston Marathon now, I have wet shoulders—women fall into my arms crying. They're weeping for joy because running has changed their lives. They feel they can do anything.
Quotes to Explore
-
My sister, mom and I all wear the same size, so I shop a lot at a boutique called 'my mother's closet' that is right down the hall from my bedroom. She has vintage Comme des Garcons dresses that I feel so elegant wearing.
-
Most of the important composers in our country are clustered in the Northeast.
-
Do we really want to continue to push out the envelope of survival only to see other things crop up that we may not like?
-
When you have too much scheme, sometimes it's hard to work on all the things you have to, and you can make effort the top priority of your game.
-
I didn't get into rap to be no lyrical genius. I got into rap to feed my family and help the people in need around me, that's it. A lot of people say, 'Man, Waka Flocka ain't go no lyrics,' so I was like, 'Yeah, you right!'
-
Now, I am completely independent - I earn my living by speaking and writing.
-
In motorsports we work in the grey areas a lot. You're trying to find where the holes are in the rule book.
-
Is it the right thing to burn Qurans? Legally? Can pastor burn Quran tomorrow? People accept legally it is right. But is it the right thing to do? No.
-
But then I hit my 20s and only made two albums, and now I live in a ski resort as a ski bum basically.
-
I don't care where I have to go for work. I just care that it's a good project. That's what I want.
-
There's depth in my comedy.
-
An unfortunate thing about this world is that the good habits are much easier to give up than the bad ones.
-
Abe Ribicoff believes in that American dream. I believe it from the bottom of my heart, and your sons and daughters, too, can have the American dream come true.
-
Sometimes if you have a coach or team-mates for too long, you get caught in certain routines. I think it's good to shake up things a little bit.
-
I've got nothing to be ashamed of.
-
I liken myself to Henry Ford and the auto industry, I give you 90 percent of what most people need.
-
You're filmed that one very special day of the pageant, and you want to make sure you're as ready to go as you can be.
-
A government can do only what is feasible given the political and economic context.
-
I think, when I was 25, nobody in the world knew who I was.
-
You don't want to dwell on your enemies, you know. I basically feel so superior to my critics for the simple reason that they haven't done what I do. Most book reviewers haven't written 11 novels. Many of them haven't written one.
-
St. Patrick, bringing the religion to Ireland, this is what we should celebrate.
-
When I began writing, I didn't read any other children's poets... I didn't want to be influenced until I'd found my own voice. Now I read them all.
-
During one or two summers, as well as part-time during the school year, I worked for a small Canadian company which developed electrical instruments for military planes.
-
When I go to the Boston Marathon now, I have wet shoulders—women fall into my arms crying. They're weeping for joy because running has changed their lives. They feel they can do anything.
