Ultrarunner Quotes

#1. Strictly by accident, Scott stumbled upon the most advanced weapon in the ultrarunner's arsenal: instead of cringing from fatigue, you embrace it. You refuse to let it go. You get to know it so well, you're not afraid of it anymore.

Christopher McDougall

#2. Am reading the life of Mozart and cannot help thinking that one's capacity for suffering is in direct proportion to one's greatness.

Lily Koppel

#3. I had a lot of songs and words and scenes stuck inside of me. So Jacknife encouraged me to bring them all out. So, in essence, 'You and Others' is my diary.

Johnny McDaid

#4. Even more than the Pill, what has liberated women is that they no longer need to depend on men economically.

Jane Bryant Quinn

#5. The atmosphere does not fathom whether CO2 comes from U.S. oil or Chinese coal, nor do hurricanes lose force because the Heritage Foundation doesn't believe global warming is a problem. Living systems operate on laws over which we have no say.

Paul Hawken

#6. We all know about blogs and how big they are.

John Doerr

#7. Grief falls upon human beings as the rain, not selecting good or evil, visiting the innocent, condemning those who have done no wrong.

Richard Jefferies

#8. Power comes from leading a controlled life, a happy life, a perky life.

Frederick Lenz

#9. Once you get older, you get a little closer to yourself, intimate.

Brad Pitt

#10. [T]he whole character of secret Intelligence ... is that nothing should ever be done simply if there are devious ways of doing it.

Malcolm Muggeridge

#11. One's work usually occupies more than half of one's waking life. Choosing work that does not bring happiness will lead to a life that is mostly disappointing.

Bo Bennett

#12. I'm more of a perfectionist. I need to be sure everything is exactly where I would want it.

Spencer Krug