Roger Bannister Quotes

Life was very simple. My parents had come from the North of England, which is a fairly rugged, bleak, hard-working part of England, and so there was not the expectation of luxury.

Roger Bannister

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LifeSimpleParentsLuxuryCome

And I think that Africa is making progress that the world needs to recognize and assist the continent to continue on that path.

John Dramani Mahama

PathProgressWorldThinkAfrica

We're not handed situations based on our established likes and dislikes; we get what's available.

Meghan Daum

AvailableGetLikesOurSituations

I have a little tiny Emily Dickinson so big that I carry in my pocket everywhere. And you just read three poems of Emily. She is so brave. She is so strong. She is such a sexy, passionate, little woman. I feel better.

Maurice Sendak

WomanBraveStrongSexyBetterYou

You know what we say in the Hamptons: If you have to come out on a Friday afternoon or go back on a Sunday night, you're not rich enough to have a house there. So, you have to be able to come and go when you feel like it in the Hamptons.

Steven Gaines

NightRichFridayFeelEnoughYou

If the Mets can win the World Series, the United States can get out of Vietnam.

Tom Seaver

WinWorldOutUnitedVietnamGet

Yes, alas, I've been on some recording sessions where the music wasn't good. Not so many, really, considering how many I've done. It's a very awkward situation because to do a recording well you focus on the positive of what will make the piece better.

Tony Levin

PositiveGoodMusicFocusBetter

When I was a CEO, I thought I understood private equity. I didn't. And what I've learned since my retirement, and since becoming directly involved in the world of private equity, points the way to a new career path for thousands of talented senior executives - and a new engine for value creation.

Ron Williams

PathValueWorldThoughtRetirement

Haiti has changed a lot.

Michel Martelly

HaitiChangedLot

When I was campaigning, I told the people if nothing happens under my mandate it will still be a positive thing because my mandate will be used as a rupture between the past and the future.

Michel Martelly

PositiveFuturePastPeopleNothing

Our father taught us such a work ethic that if there's something worth doing, it's worth doing well.

Donny Osmond

WorkFatherWork EthicDoingWorth

The 'Bourne' franchise means the world to me. I love that Universal wants to put one out every two years. Because it is a safe investment, I benefit from that on many levels.

Doug Liman

LoveMeWorldInvestmentTwoOut

Anything which interferes with my social life is a no-no.

Cilla Black

LifeLife Is AAnythingSocial Life

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