Roger Bannister Quotes

I lived on the top of one hill and the school was at the top of another hill. Nobody ever went to school by car - we didn't have any cars during the war. So that to and from school was itself a training.

Roger Bannister

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

CarTrainingSchoolWarNobodyHill

I have always stuck to my guns about what I want from the work and what interests me. I've never been seduced down the evil path. The path of taking the money.

Joel Edgerton

WorkPathMoneyMeEvilDown

People have been to jail when they're innocent. I knew I would never miss a single ball on a snooker table on purpose and, until then, I was sure the evidence would support me.

John Higgins

PurposeSupportPeopleMeTable

We want a faithful Catholic businessman not to have to provide a service he finds unethical.

Jeff Fortenberry

ServiceWantFaithfulBusinessmanHe

I love my wife to death. I mean my ex-wife.

Stewart Rahr

LoveWifeDeathMeanEx-WifeI Love

We all know what it means to be sung to. And poetry is very close to that.

Robin Coste Lewis

PoetryKnowCloseMeansVerySung

Someone said to me a long time ago, 'You're a drag queen,' and at the time I was a little like... hello? But then I realized over the years that I actually am.

Roisin Murphy

TimeQueenMeSomeoneLongYou

Whatever changes the new era brings, whatever new pathways we take, I am sure that our special relationship with America - forged in adversity, will not change.

Mary McAleese

ChangeAdversityRelationshipI Am

Where do we invest our trust now? In politicians? Most people would say not. In banks, in religion, in a sense of nationhood? In each other? Even that has been complicated. It feels like there's a total collapse of trust, but without trust, it's impossible to have any sense of who one is.

Mike Bartlett

TrustReligionPeopleImpossibleSay

But in America, if you're an atheist, you lose.

Michael Newdow

AmericaYouLoseAtheist

Julius Caesar was an aristocrat who sided with the Roman people. He's not my hero, but he was one of a long line of what we'll call 'populares,' which were popular leaders who tried to institute these reforms that the people were fighting for.

Michael Parenti

HeroPeopleFightingLongLineCall

I tell people that the history of Mozilla and Firefox is so one of a kind that it should not be used - ever - as an example of what's possible.

Mitch Kapor

HistoryPeopleKindPossibleTell

I played cello on my early recordings, but that doesn't mean I'm a cellist, you know?

Julia Holter

YouEarlyKnowMeanCelloPlayed

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