"I am not going to let Athens affect the rest of my life."

-- Paula Radcliffe

“But then I'm one of those guys that is still a bit afraid of the telephone, its implications for conversation. I still wonder if the jukebox might be the death of live music.”
“Conscience is the root of all true courage.”

Source : James Freeman Clarke (1880). “Self-culture, lectures”
“Reagan and Bush... made the world safe for hypocrisy.”
“European languages must not be considered diamonds displayed under a glass ball, dazzling us with their brilliance.”
“God is not a franchise of the Republican Party.”

Source : "Controversial Democratic platform gets a rewrite". "Special Report" with Bret Baier, www.foxnews.com. September 6, 2012.
“Most of the problems a President has to face have their roots in the past.”
“Doubtless these are inconsequential perplexities. Still, inconsequential perplexities have now and again been known to become the fundamental mood of existence, one suspects.”

Source : David Markson (1995). “Wittgenstein's mistress”, Dalkey Archive Pr
“Most people are afraid to follow their dreams. The thought of failure is too much for them to handle so they never even try to achieve them.”

You may also like:

Deena Kastor
Olympic athlete
Haile Gebrselassie
Olympic athlete
Jessica Ennis
Track and field athlete
Kara Goucher
Olympic athlete
Kelly Holmes
Olympic athlete
Mohamed Farah
Olympic athlete
Sebastian Coe
British Politician
Shalane Flanagan
Runner
Catherine Ndereba
Olympic athlete