"Road racing is rock 'n roll; track is Carnegie Hall."

-- Marty Liquori

#Running Quotes #Rocks Quotes #Track Quotes

“We do not usually look for allies when we love. Indeed, we often look on those who love with us as rivals and trespassers. But we always look for allies when we hate.”
“Morality, taken as apart from religion, is but another name for decency in sin. It is just that negative species of virtue which consists in not doing what is scandalously depraved and wicked. But there is no heart of holy principle in it, any more than there is in the grosser sin.”
“Berkeley hackers liked to see themselves as rebels against soulless corporate empires.”
“The format of the nightly newscasts is still very much 1981 "Tremble, onlookers! I am the anchorman and now here is a miracle: a report by satellite from many thousands of miles away. I will return to introduce another one in due course.”

Source : "As Rather signs off 'Evening News,' the 'voice of God' anchor era ends" by Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, March 09, 2005.
“As I see it, I'm just getting better and better as a rider - physically and mentally. I'm as motivated as I ever was. I enjoy it as much as I ever did. When you're a good rider on a good day, the bike doesn't rattle and bounce. You're smooth. Even if it's rough you can find a way to make the bike float.”
“He that mischief hatcheth, mischief catcheth.”

Source : William Camden (1870). “Remaines of a greater worke, concerning Britaine [signed M.N.] 2 pt. [Another]”, p.324
“Even before the concentration camps, I felt it was my duty to my ancestors to preserve a world that might cease to exist.”

Source : "Testament to a Lost People". www.nytimes.com. 1983.
“Janis Joplin didn't just sing a song, she took it over. She swallowed it whole, then sent it back through her gut and her heart.”

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