Miles Quotes

A book or a letter may institute a more intimate association between human beings separated thousands of miles from each other than exists between dwellers under the same roof.

Miles, as in 'to go before I sleep'?

It is worth it to leave behing my minor life for grander maybes.

I have enjoyed the trees & scenery of KY exceedingly. How shall I ever tell of the miles & miles of beauty that have been flowing into me in such measure?

If a tornado twists at 175 miles an hour and stays on the ground like a massive lawnmower for 50 miles, God gave the command.

Thanks to the invention of the telescope, planets that are 100 billion miles away look to be only 50 billion miles away.

[My mother told me] stories about Nat King Cole, and Miles Davis, and seeing pictures in later years with band leaders like Alvino Ray.

The north-south line of 'the mountains,' meaning the Cascade Range, forty miles east of Seattle, is a rigid political frontier.

People will have MP3s of every Miles Davis' record but never think of hearing any of them twice in a row - there's just too much to get through.

Excellence is going the extra mile.

Royce's eyes narrowed in discouragement at the thoght of having to sing to jenny. his deep bariton voice would surely bring every hound for miles to yap and nip at his heels.

Did you ever look in the mirror And see a stranger standing there? Did you ever drive for miles and miles And wonder how on earth you got yourself there?

To hit 100 miles per hour, that's something. I couldn't believe it when I first saw it, but it's something I can do and think about.

For me, the bold jazz of John Coltrane and Miles Davis reflected the bold attitude in African-Americans finding their political identity and voice.

It's said the FA chairman (Keith Wiseman) would travel 200 miles to open a biscuit tin. Why?

You have to run 75 to 100 miles a week if you expect to break the four-minute mile.

With a lot of the music I really love, like Miles Davis, you can go back and see the processes and the stages.

I ran my first marathon in Florida in 1985. I had never run more than nine miles.

These feet have walked ten thousand miles working for white folks and another ten thousand keeping up with colored.

A journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step and if that step is the right step, it becomes the last step.

A journey of 1000 miles begins with a single step - Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others.

A journey of a thousand miles starts in front of your feet. A tower nine stories high is built from a small heap of earth. A journey of a thousand miles starts in front of your feet.

Yeah,there was a whole chapter on you in my eight grade History of Angels textbook," Miles said. Arriane clapped. "And they told me that book was banned!

As you get older, things conk out. It's a bit like a car. As long as it's something the mechanics can fix, you can chug on for a few more thousand miles.

I could ride away and hide away Where we were miles apart But when I got there I'd find you there Right in my heart

Too late, he recalled Miles's dictum that the reward for a job well done was usually a harder job.

My dinner party,' Miles grated. 'It's just breaking up.' And sinking. All souls feared lost.

Miles is... Miles; close to a force of nature, climbing up out of his own pages and escaping subordination to any opinion of mine.

I do all of my good thinking at over 65 miles per hour. The speed limit is, luckily, the same speed as my brainstorming speed.

and i was right here , almost right within reach , but still one thousand mile away

They bit you. You should've changed, too, you know." "Sometimes I wish I had," I told him. He closed his eyes, miles away on the other side of the bed. "Sometimes I do, too.

Natural law is only whatever happens in your lifetime within fifty miles of you.

I don't mind being compared to Whitney (Houston), there are people miles worse to be compared to.

[On the legend that after being beheaded St. Denis walked six miles with his head in his hands:] It is only the first step that is difficult.

What is golden is miles under your belt, miles, miles, miles.

There is no use in your walking five miles to fish when you can depend on being just as unsuccessful near home.

When some men discharge an obligation, you can hear the report for miles around.

I run probably 35-40 miles a week, and I think 80 per cent of your body is what you eat. The biggest part is just eating well.

A true crisis. Class 3 outbreaks, more than any other, demonstrate the clear threat posed by the living dead. Zombies will number in the thousands, encompassing an area of several hundred miles.

I grew up in Ann Arbor, about 25 miles west of Detroit. And when you grow up in that area, you get a healthy dose of Motown automatically.

Walk ten meters, you will find the lust; walk thousand miles, you may find the love! Soil is everywhere; but gold is somewhere!

You have so many miles and so many years to reach the stars; if you ignore this, you can reach over there!

And when you'd finished running you'd be thousands of miles away from people who love you and your problem would still be there except you'd have nobody to help you.

Music is my only guide. I don't care if people pigeonhole me. Miles Davis is my hero. He covered Cindy Lauper and Michael Jackson, and he didn't give a hoot about what the purists said.

As a bassist he could never really be a sideman. He was always the anchor. He drove the beat. even if it was behind Miles Davis'a horn.

How many miles to Babylon? Three-score and ten. Can I get there by candle-light? Yes, there and back again. If your heels are nimble and light, You will get there by candle-light

Music gives me a lot of peace, either classic music with its structure or the spontaneity of Miles Davis. It brings the best in you.

People sold everything - their cars, their land for miles, to come in and see me beat. I went to the bank laughing every time.

If you truly want to succeed, be prepared to go the extra mile.

I might live miles away from you, but I do understand you issues.