- Farmland
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- Nov 07, 2020
Ride Quotes
Going where the road actually leads.
The horse shows up twice here as a stand-in for good sense, once as advice to go with the direction it's already headed, and once ranked above genius as the safer thing to bet on, in company with Life quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
Stations were built at intervals averaging fifteen miles apart. A rider's route covered three stations, with an exchange of horses at each, so that he was expected at the beginning to cover close to forty-five miles - a good ride when one must average fifteen miles an hour.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
With the help of a friend I got father into a wagon, when the crowd had gone. I held his head in my lap during the ride home. I believed he was mortally wounded. He had been stabbed down through the kidneys, leaving an ugly wound.
- Interesting
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- Nov 07, 2020
In 1983, I set up Caxton Corp. It's been an interesting and happy ride since.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
It was quite a ride and very conflicting for me, too - to be nominated for an Oscar, to be straight and healthy, and to be getting all these accolades while these people around me were suffering and dying from AIDS.
- Happy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm definitely happy with the progression of my career. I'm glad I didn't jump to stardom immediately, because I get to enjoy the ride and the chase. Because nothing came easy, I really appreciate it when I book roles.
- Light
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- Nov 07, 2020
Don't get me wrong, I think bikes are terrific. I own several of my own, including a trendy mountain style, and ride them for pleasure and light exercise.
- American Woman
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of my early heroes was Sally Ride, the first American woman in space.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
The thing about doing concerts is that it's doing a live show. It's on my schedule. It's songs I want to sing. It's saying what I want to say. It's working with the people I want to work with. I don't have to worry about pleasing other people - I can do what I want, and people come along and go for the ride.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
After my mother and father separated when I was 5, my mother moved to Washington, D.C., and my father remained in North Carolina. Later, I moved to New York and would often drive down to D.C. to see her. We'd ride around together talking and listening to music.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Really trying to find the people who really ride for you and are down for you, that's hard.
- Nov 07, 2020
Remember, I am not trying to orbit the earth. It is a simple elevator ride for 20 minutes.
- Shot
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- Nov 07, 2020
The video for 'Ride the Wind,' we shot that in Detroit. We shot it at Joe Louis Arena two nights in a row.
- Exhilarating
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everybody says, 'I want to change,' but they're not willing to pay the price of it. That was the metaphor of 'Life's Golden Ticket'... Life is some kind of a ride, and if you want that ride to be exhilarating and amazing, you've got to pay to get in. And the price is a willingness to change above and beyond what most people will do.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
An experience like 'The West Wing' is what I would imagine - even though I've never done it - that surfing feels like. It's, like, 'Whoa! I can just stand up here and ride this without all the anxiety!'
- Only
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- Nov 07, 2020
I began cycling round the Serpentine because it was the only closed route in London where I could ride traffic-free.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020