Roger Bannister Quotes

I couldn't disappoint people. I did not want to fail and exhaust myself, because I was the kind of runner who trained so little that I couldn't race again within another 10 days.

Roger Bannister

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: athlete
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: March 23, 1929

Topics

MyselfPeopleWantKindRaceWithin

Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward; they may be beaten, but they may start a winning game.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

IdeasWinningStartGameForward

It's incredibly important to me that you remember a song right after the first or second time you hear it. That something sticks to you, something that makes you feel, 'I need to hear that song again.' That's fundamental. Something you want again. And again.

Max Martin

TimeMeSongFeelRememberYou

It's all about letting the story take over.

Robert Stone

StoryOverTakeAboutLetting

Even more importantly, it's wine, food and the arts. Incorporating those three enhances the quality of life.

Robert Mondavi

LifeFoodQualityWineThreeMore

The dollar went up some eighty percent in real terms as I recall now or something like that - from '80 to '85.

Robert C. Solomon

NowRealDollarUpRecallSomething

I'm always amazed at how much people 'get' when I'm performing overseas. I've never had to change my act on my international shows; I just make sure that I've taken some time to get to know the people in those countries before I perform. That's been really useful.

Russell Peters

ChangeTimePeopleKnowNeverAct

I get loads of messages from people telling me they've been helped through some bad relationship when they've listened to my song. That's what I want to do.

Jorja Smith

RelationshipPeopleMeSongBadGet

It's no good being too easily swayed by people's opinions. You have to believe in yourself.

Donatella Versace

GoodBelieve In YourselfYourselfYou

I know that my works are a credit to this nation and I dare say they will endure longer than the McCarran Act.

Arthur Miller

CreditDareKnowSayWillEndure

I'm not good at finding 'encouraging' features in American culture. I doubt that aesthetic literacy has much of a future here.

Philip Roth

GoodFutureCultureAmericanFinding

Greatness is so often a courteous synonym for great success.

Philip Guedalla

SuccessGreatGreatnessCourteous

I like to keep doing something new and different so people can't say I'm doing the same thing all the time. I like to challenge myself.

Mort Walker

TimeMyselfChallengePeopleDoing

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