“I am a racer. I'm not a race car driver. I am a racer. I race. That's what I do. I don't go on vacations. I don't take my family on vacations because I don't have a family. My family is the racing family.” RaceCarGoes OnMy FamilyDriversRacingVacationRace CarRacersRace Car Driver Author:Tony Stewart
“I believe the deeply rooted semantic confusion between 'man' as a male and 'man' as a species has been fed back into and vitiated a great deal of the speculation that goes on about the origins, development, and nature of the human race.” MenBelieveHumansHas BeensI BelieveDealsRaceGoes OnDevelopmentSpeciesMalesConfusionHuman RaceFedsRootedSpeculation Book:The Descent of Woman Source: The Descent of Woman
“Throughout my career, I was never able to relax; I always had to go on the field with another responsibility. I felt like I was playing, not just for my team, but for my race.” AbleFeltRaceResponsibilityCareersTeamFieldsGoes OnRelax Author:Warren Moon
“I drop my kid off at school and then race home, and its a very limited time. I can only do really serious writing for a couple of hours. And then I always go on a walk, I do a one-to-two-hour walk; I dont go running or hard hiking.” WritingI CanTwoHardHomeRunningKidsSchoolHoursWalksRaceSeriousGoes OnCoupleHikingLimited Time Author:Maria Semple
“The future of poetry is immense, because in poetry, where it is worthy of its high destinies, our race, as time goes on, will find an ever surer and surer stay ... More and more mankind will discover that we have to turn to poetry to interpret life for us, to console us, to sustain us.” ArtPoetryTurnsRaceDestinyMankindGoes OnWorthyPoetry IsImmenseConsoleTime Goes On Book:Poetry and Criticism of Matthew Arnold Source: Poetry and Criticism of Matthew Arnold
“[During the Renaissance] the Italians said, "We are one in the Father: we will go back." The Northern races said, "We are one in Christ, we will go on.” SaidFatherChristRaceChristianityHistoryGoes OnEuropeRenaissance Book:Twilight in Italy and Other Essays Source: Twilight in Italy and Other Essays
“There's this big debate that goes on in America about what rights are: Civil rights, human rights, what they are? it's an artificial debate. Because everybody has rights. Everybody has rights - I don't care who you are, what you do, where you come from, how you were born, what your race or creed or color is. You have rights. Everybody's got rights.” HumansBigsCareAmericaBornRaceRightsColorGoes OnWho You AreHuman RightsDon't CareDebateCivil RightsI Don't CareArtificialCreedsWhere You Come Author:Julian Bond
“I think the secret is to understand that you still want to be part of the game. To do so, you have to forget all the victories you've managed to get in the previous years and have a great humility. You also need to realise that, if you want to go on, you have to work hard. If you dwell too much on your past successes and say "well, I have won nine world titles and more than 100 races", you'd rather stay home.” IfsThinkingWorldWantNeedsYearsWellsStillsHardHomePastGamesForgetSecretRaceToo MuchHumilityHard WorkGoes OnVictoryNineTitlesRealisingOur PastYour PastPast SuccessPrevious Years Author:Valentino Rossi
“I think faith is the one common denominator between everything that goes on at the race track - a faith in Christ.” ThinkingChristCommonRaceGoes OnTrackCommon DenominatorRace Track Author:Kyle Petty
“There are still horrible things that go on because of the myth of race, but we don't have to succumb totally.” StillsRaceGoes OnMythHorribleHorrible Things Author:John Edgar Wideman
“Races and religions may have changed, but the marketplace, the living quarters, pilgrimage sites, places of worship, have remained the same. Venus is replaced by the Virgin, but the same life goes on.” MayRaceChangedGoes OnWorshipQuartersReplacedSiteVirginsMarketplacePilgrimageVenusLife Goes OnPlaces Of WorshipRace And Religion Author:Pablo Picasso
“You need to realise that, if you want to go on, you have to work hard. If you dwell too much on your past successes and say "well, I have won nine world titles and more than 100 races", you'd rather stay home. The sport, your rivals, the tyres, your motorcycle, everything changes so instead you need to work more to be stronger. If you don't, you're finished.” IfsWorldWantNeedsWellsHardHomePastSportsRaceToo MuchHard WorkGoes OnStrongerFinishedNineTitlesRealisingOur PastThings ChangeRivalsYour PastMotorcyclePast SuccessTyres Author:Valentino Rossi
“Nowadays, we have to deal with so many more factors that weren't there in the past. It's not enough to be a good rider, if you want to finish at the front. The riders have become incredible athletes. In the past, you could manage the race and fight only on the last laps. Now you need to train hard. You cannot allow yourself to go on track without being at 100 percent.” IfsWantNeedsHardEnoughLastsPastFightingDealsRaceFrontsGoes OnPercentTrainIncrediblesAthleteTrackFactorsManageLapRidersTrain Hard Author:Valentino Rossi
“Markets work best when there's lots of information available and a historical track record to go on; they excel at predicting things like horse races, election outcomes, and box-office results. But they're bad at predicting things like who will be the next Supreme Court nominee, as that depends on the whim of the president.” NextPresidentResultsRaceRecordsInformationGoes OnDependsOfficeHorseElectionCourtHistoricalTrackBoxesAvailableSupremeOutcomesSupreme CourtWhimBox OfficePredictingTrack Record Author:James Surowiecki