“Historically, musicians know what it is like to be outside the norm - walking the high wire without a safety net. Our experience is not so different from those who march to the beat of different drummers.” KnowsDifferentWalkingMusicianBeatsSafetyMarchRock N RollNormWireDrummerSafety Net Author:Billy Joel
“I chose the title Dogwalker because that describes me pretty well. I spend a lot of time walking around with my dogs. I'd say the narrator is me in an alternate universe.” WellsUniverseDogWalkingTitlesMy DogNarratorsDescribe Me Author:Arthur Bradford
“You say fate is almost indispensable to literature - I think it's completely indispensable, at least in a novel, because a novel always has a plot. Even if nothing happens, even if someone just spends a day walking around Dublin, or whatever, there's still something going on.” IfsThinkingStillsHappensLiteratureNovelFateWalkingThings HappenPlotIndispensableDublin Author:Daniel Kehlmann
“I think anything we do - eating, walking down the street, online shopping - gives you another perspective on writing stories.” ThinkingGivingWritingStoriesStreetsPerspectiveWalkingEatingOnlineShoppingWriting StoriesOnline Shopping Author:Peter Orner
“I had many clients who didn't respect me, probably because of how they were raised. We're all the walking wounded.” WalkingRaisedClientsWoundedRespect Me Author:Annie Sprinkle
“Many nightclubs from this era were very loud and very dark. Plus some of the best ones were incredibly crowded. To begin with, I could seldom get back far enough to get people into frame from head to foot and when I could, people would be constantly walking in front of me all the time. Then I bought a 24-mm lens and only had to be four or five feet away.” PeopleEnoughWould BeDarkFiveFourFeetFrontsWalkingErasLoudPlusGet BackLensesCrowdedNightclubs Author:Derek Ridgers
“Movement helps keep me centered. I am a disaster, for instance, at sitting meditation, but I'm pretty decent at walking meditation.” HelpingMeditationMovementWalkingSittingDisasterInstanceDecentWalking Meditation Author:Pam Houston
“We walked out of this library building downtown, just on our way to lunch, and I was walking a few steps behind Travolta, and when he opened the door, it was as if Jesus had just walked out into the commons.” IfsWayJesusBehindsStepsDoorsBuildingWalkingLibraryLunchDowntown Author:Peter Jacobson
“Blackbeard was larger than life. He was 6'4" in 1710. He was a colossus, and like a rock star walking into a bar. He was a tremendous commander, a great leader.” StarsLeaderRocksWalkingBarsRock StarGreat LeaderCommandersLarger Than LifeColossus Author:Ray Stevenson
“I've had and probably still have a lot of bad haircuts. My mom just sent me some pictures - I don't know why she did this - but she sent me some pictures of me when I was probably like 12. I grew up in the D.C. area and I used to wear a Redskins jersey just walking around. I just had kind of a bowl haircut for a long time and no sense of style or personal hygiene.” KnowsKindLongStillsUsedStyleGrewMomWalkingGrew UpLong TimeAreasMy MomBowlsJerseyHaircutsHygieneRedskinsPersonal HygieneBad Haircuts Author:Rob Huebel
“It's the sense of walking back into the Garden of Eden or something like that. Where suddenly everything is perfect and you see how you're connected to everything in the world.” WorldPerfectWalkingGardenConnectedEdenGarden Of Eden Author:Larkin Grimm
“It's funny, I write lyrics in a bizarre way - I'm always writing lyrics, mostly when we're traveling or walking around New York, that's when I'm writing most of the stuff.” WayWritingStuffNew YorkWalkingBizarre Author:Lizzy Plapinger
“That's how I work, whether with stories or novels - they start with an image that comes to me in a daydream, and a lot of times I'm walking around with these pictures in my head for awhile before I start writing.” WritingStoriesNovelWalkingDaydreaming Author:Dan Chaon
“I always think about Katharine Graham - she was the publisher of The Washington Post. In her autobiography she talks about the way her parents met. Her father was, I think, in New York just walking by on his way home and looked into a store and saw the lady that became his wife. It was just pure luck. And she said that it once again reminds her of the role that luck and chance play in our life. I really believe that, too.” ThinkingWayBelieveSaidPlayHomeFatherParentChanceRolesSawsOur LivesWifeNew YorkWalkingMetsPureLuckStoresPostsAutobiographyPublishersWay Home Author:Owen Wilson
“I don't remember my childhood very well at all, but my earliest memory is holding a man's hand as I was walking down the street at about 1ВЅ. I can still remember the shoes I was wearing, but I don't know who the man was or what the memory relates to.” KnowsMenWellsStillsI CanHandsRememberMemoriesStreetsChildhoodHe ManWalkingShoesRelate Author:Naomie Harris
“While we were walking around, we came to the Catholic church, and we saw that some people had set fire to carpets and banked them around the rectory, which was made out of wood. They knew every fire truck on the South Side was going to be in the park, that the rectory would just burn to the ground. Our one little act was putting out that fire.” PeopleLittlesMadeSidesChurchFireSawsWalkingCatholicSouthWoodsParksTruckCarpetCatholic Church Author:Sara Paretsky
“To stay balanced, I exercise by walking and taking private Pilates lessons and salsa dance lessons. I also meditate and spend quality time with my kids by baking or doing crafts, hiking, going to the theater and movies.” KidsQualityWalkingExerciseLessonsTheaterCraftsHikingBalancedBakingPilatesSalsaQuality Time Author:Andrea Navedo
“Basically, high protein, low carb. I work out three to four times a week. I definitely don't do the same thing every day, whether it be spinning or hiking or walking or doing the treadmill. I try to do something different every day. But definitely the one thing is, I sweat.” TryingDifferentThreeFourOne ThingWeekWalkingLowsWork OutSweatHikingSpinningProteinTreadmillsCarbs Author:Molly Sims
“I find, however, it's a much more freeing way to live. It certainly beats walking around with the "Don't you know who I think I am?" voice in your head. I find that only leads me down dark monkey-mind paths and patterns of behavior that benefits no one.” ThinkingKnowsWayMindVoiceDarkPathWalkingBehaviorBenefitsBeatsPatternsMonkeysWay To LiveLeading MeMonkey Mind Author:Patrick Fabian
“Walking my dogs twice a day provides me with an opening and closing of my day, and I've learned to use those walks for a walking meditation, which had never occurred to me until a friend gave me Wherever You Go, There You Are by Jon Kabat-Zinn years ago. It helped me take advantage of moments that already existed in my day and turn them into something more expansive.” YearsMomentsUseTurnsWalksMeditationDogWalkingAdvantageYears AgoOpeningI've LearnedMy DogClosingWalking Meditation Author:Patrick Fabian
“I think spirituality is probably one of the most important things. I feel that I'm a spiritual person and as long as you're walking on that path, you have a communication with God - that's spiritual to me. That spirituality is something that emanates through all of us and is the source energy, and that energy makes everything stronger.” ThinkingFeelsPersonsLongImportantSpiritualSpiritualityEnergyPathCommunicationSourceWalkingStrongerImportant ThingsEmanateCommunication With God Author:LaToya Jackson
“The smell of roses, my children's bright eyes and smiles, laughing with my husband, walking on the beach, using my hands to do crafts or play guitar, brainstorming, and drinking coffee, really good coffee.” ChildrenPlayHandsEyeLaughingAliveWalkingHusbandRoseDrinkingGuitarSmellCoffeeCraftsBeachMy ChildrenMy HusbandBrainstormingDrinking CoffeeBright EyesGood CoffeeWalking On The Beach Author:Lisa Loeb
“There's not much that doesn't get me stoked. I love what I do and am so passionate about it that I get stoked on the simplest things - watching the sunrise, walking on the beach, going for a run through the forest or along the coast. One of my all time favorite things is surfing amazing waves with my family and best friends.” RunningWalkingMy FamilyPassionateWaveForestsAll TimeBeachSunriseCoastSimplestSurfingFavorites ThingsAll Time FavoriteWalking On The Beach Author:Sally Fitzgibbons
“I believe that a healthy lifestyle isn't just a regular exercise routine or your eating habits, but a synergy of a healthy mind and body. To fuel my body, I am relentless about never eating anything that isn't of this Earth. I have no interest in putting stuff in my body that's made in a lab. Movement is vital. Whether it's running, cross training, hiking with the dogs, or walking the streets of New York, I am constantly active.” MindBelieveMadeBodyRunningEarthI BelieveStuffInterestStreetsDogNew YorkMovementHabitWalkingExerciseHealthyEatingTrainingCrossesActiveLifestyleFuelRoutineHikingMind And BodyRelentlessHealthy LifestyleLabsSynergyHealthy MindEating HabitsRegular Exercise Author:Theo Rossi
“I got to take my kids to the London eye with no one looking at me like I was Johnny Depp. They did look at me like I was some kind of sicko walking around with beautiful kids, but I had a perfect disguise.” LooksKindEyeKidsBeautifulPerfectWalkingLondonDisguiseLook At Me Author:Johnny Depp
“It's really on the streets, if I'm in a car, or I'm walking by, and I see a girl. And you can see it, on her face, you can see it in her step and the way that she moves and flows, and you're like: "You go girl." And it's fun, and sometimes you just have to go up and be like, "You look fantastic!"” IfsWayLooksSometimesFacesMovingGirlFunStepsStreetsCarLike YouWalkingFlowFantastic Author:Olivia Palermo
“You can write a song about a girl or you can write a song about walking down the shops, and it's fine. I just try and do something as meaningful as I can without trying to be a pretentious loser because it's genuinely just how I see things.” WritingTryingI CanSongGirlFineWalkingMeaningfulShopsLoserPretentious Author:Matt Corby
“Theater in Israel is not more dangerous than walking in the street.” StreetsDangerousWalkingTheaterIsrael Author:Meital Dohan
“Zombies - obviously they're doing it in a much more expansive way on The Walking Dead - basically, what you used to do is you put a bunch of goo on an actor and have them shamble towards you, and it's a very effective creature. It always has tremendous impact, just that feeling of death coming for you; that's universally accepted.” WayFeelingsUsedActorsWalkingCreaturesImpactAcceptedBunchZombieWalking DeadDeath Coming Author:David Hayter
“John Lewis is such a remarkable human being. Literally, such a beautiful human being. I remember the first time I met him. We were in the middle of a scene and [Selma director] Ava DuVernay calls, "Cut," and then he literally just came in. He just came walking in.I just froze. I can't explain the feeling. Seeing somebody who was literally a living hero. He was a hero.” FirstsHumansI CanFeelingsBeautifulRememberHuman BeingsCuttingSeeingMiddleHeroWalkingMetsSceneDirectorsFirst TimeRemarkable Author:Stephan James
“Surprisingly I've never really stolen anything. One time when I was really young, I was walking down the street, found a GI Joe in the mud, and took it home and I was like, "I got a GI Joe!" And then my great grandmother was like, "You stole that." I said, "What are you talking about?" and she said, "That's not yours." I'm like, "But I found it!" She's like, "But it's not yours, and therefore you stole it." So I just went and put it right back in the mud where I found it.” SaidHomeYoungFoundTalkingStreetsLike YouWalkingGrandmotherOne TimeMudStolenGreat GrandmotherGis Author:Baron Vaughn
“I've got two dogs - one's a Jack Russell and she's one year old now, and I've got another dog called Kanga, and I got him from a rescue shelter, and there's nothing I enjoy more than just walking them on the beach in Cape Town. I find that very destressing and very relaxing.” YearsTwoEnjoyDogWalkingTownsBeachRescueShelterCapesTwo DogsCape Town Author:Lewis Pugh
“I'm not a singer, a walking instrument like Aretha Franklin. When you get an Iggy Pop record, you don't get "Iggy Sings." I am also a style of music, an approach.” RecordsStyleWalkingApproachInstrumentsPopsSingersFranklin Author:Iggy Pop
“I love to love. However, you won't see anybody walking the red carpet with me until I'm married.” WalkingMarriedRedCarpetRed Carpet Author:Aeriel Miranda
“For me, language and how I use it are very important. I held back on doing a poetry book, walking the fine line between trying to be helpful and just putting more junk out there.” TryingImportantBookUseLanguageLinesFineWalkingHelpfulJunkFine Lines Author:Sakyong Mipham
“I'm interested in how things are put together, and that's more interesting to me than just regular shows, even though I like The Walking Dead.” ShowsTogetherInterestingWalkingWalking Dead Author:Ice Cube
“It's a funny line when you're walking - the creativity, the subjectivity versus the objectivity, creativity versus the business, and recognizing that you are in the music business, so there are certain things that you have to acquiesce to on the business side and certain creative decisions that you have to make for the purposes of serving the business side of it.” PurposeCertainSidesLinesDecisionCreativityCreativeWalkingServingVersusRecognizingObjectivityMusic BusinessSubjectivity Author:Lupe Fiasco
“I'm a writer, not an editor, and though the editing rarely cut into my writing time, it did take away from that walking-around-thinking-about-it-when-you're-not-thinking-about-it time that I think is important for writers. When you're half-thinking about what you're working on while driving, cooking . . . just letting things sift and settle, come to you.” ThinkingWritingImportantHalfCuttingWalkingCookingDrivingSettlingEditorsEditing Author:Ben Fountain
“A phrase may come to me as I am walking, and, once I write it down in my journal, the rest of the poem will unravel from that catalyst.” WritingMayWalkingPhrasesJournalCatalyst Author:Stephen Vincent Benet
“Occasionally I encounter people getting into their cars who will say, "Oh, you haven't been walking lately" - like I'm a symbol of the ancient art of walking!” PeopleArtCarHavensWalkingAncientSymbolsEncountersAncient Art Author:Stephen Vincent Benet
“Basically when I'm walking I'm not consciously writing or intending anything. In the manner I have learned from meditation practice, I let things unfold.” WritingPracticeMeditationWalkingI Have LearnedMeditation Practice Author:Stephen Vincent Benet
“I don't think I have ever really gotten Leopold Bloom's interior ramblings out of my head! I am sure that voice continues to inspire the walking consciousness in my work - that is, the way I carry on an interior monologue as I walk through this city.” ThinkingWayVoiceWalksCitiesConsciousnessInspireWalkingInteriorsMonologuesRambling Author:Stephen Vincent Benet
“I admire the attention other writers can give to the world we're walking in.” WorldGivingAttentionWalkingAdmire Author:Stephen Vincent Benet
“I haven't been walking around for years with some burning desire to do a solo record. If I had, maybe I'd have made a record that was experimental. Usually, the idea of a solo record is to get some weird stuff out of your system, but I don't think like that. I wasn't interested in making something that was a hard listen - maybe I'll get around to that some other time. I wanted it to sound effortless, not like I was trying to reinvent the wheel.” IfsThinkingTryingYearsMadeIdeasHardWantedDesireStuffSoundRecordsHavensWalkingBurningWheelsSoloEffortlessBurning DesireWeird Stuff Author:Johnny Marr
“You always feel like your 18-year-old self in some sense. And that's what walking through New York on a June evening feels like - you feel like it's Friday and you're 17 years old.” FeelsYearsSelfNew YorkLike YouWalkingEveningFridayJuneOld Self Author:John Darnielle
“I've got a hold of something that won't move. It's a willingness to keep walking into the next day, open to whatever may turn out to be true that day.” MayMovingTurnsNextWalkingBeing TrueWillingnessNext Day Author:Barbara Brown Taylor
“I was thinking about New York and realized how much I hate walking around in the winter and how much I dread getting on the train.” ThinkingHateNew YorkWalkingI HateTrainWinterDread Author:Frankie Cosmos
“Our ancestors are looking for us even if we're not looking for them. And by our ancestors I mean our bloodlines and the ancestors of the place where we live and our spiritual kin who go beyond our biological families. We could be walking around carrying an entire ancestral history of the wrong kind for us.” IfsKindMeanSpiritualWalkingAncestorBloodline Author:Robert Moss
“I woke up and was walking on a mountain, and I thought, "What's the worst thing that humans could do to the planet? Make it uninhabitable for humans and kill wildlife."” HumansWorstPlanetsWalkingMountainWorst ThingsWildlife Author:Eyvind Kang