Roger Bannister Quotes

I was playing rugby and the other games English school children do, and there was an event in which races were run, and I won these by a considerable margin.

Roger Bannister

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

ChildrenSchoolRunGamesPlaying

Know what the old masters did. Know how they composed their pictures, but do not fall into the conventions they established. These conventions were right for them, and they are wonderful. They made their language. You make yours. All the past can help you.

Robert Henri

PastLanguageHelpYouFallKnow

What is really a stretch to me is to make quick decisions.

Ang Lee

MeDecisionsQuickStretchMake

As an entrepreneur and a small business owner, you are intimately familiar with goals. You've dreamed of the 'right' ones, you've projected 'real' ones for the banker and the investor, and, secretly, you've imagined how life can be if you can reach the ones you've set.

Michael Gerber

LifeGoalsBusinessSmallReachYou

Leaders must establish common purpose and build trust within an organization.

Stanley A. McChrystal

TrustPurposeOrganizationBuild

Collaboration on a book is the ultimate unnatural act.

Tom Clancy

CollaborationBookActUltimate

The Social Security disability fund is going belly up in 2016.

Rob Portman

SecurityDisabilityUpSocialGoing

I write to keep from going mad from the contradictions I find among mankind - and to work some of those contradictions out for myself.

Michel de Montaigne

WorkMyselfFindMadWriteOut

A proof is a proof. What kind of a proof? It's a proof. A proof is a proof. And when you have a good proof, it's because it's proven.

Jean Chretien

GoodYouKindBecauseProofProven

There aren't, like, four Aquamans before me. I get to set the tone for it.

Jason Momoa

MeToneGetLikeFourSet

I've been cast in a lot of comedies. I've done things like multi-cam sitcoms: you know, 'Seinfeld' type... not as good as 'Seinfeld,' but that kind of thing. I love that stuff.

Johnny Flynn

LoveGoodYouKnowDoneKind

There are so many things in life that divide us, that separate us and tear us apart, be it race, religion, creed, socioeconomic level, nationality or any variety of other factors. But running is something that we all share in common.

Dean Karnazes

LifeReligionRaceShareSomething

That's the way I got along in life. I don't ever remember being particularly jealous of anybody, because I figured if I can't do it myself, I don't deserve to get it.

Clyde Tombaugh

LifeMyselfJealousyJealousWay

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