Anyone who takes himself too seriously always runs the risk of looking ridiculous; anyone who can consistently laugh at himself does not.
The VA secretary runs the second largest federal agency in the country, providing services to American patriots who risked everything in service to this nation.
I always want to be known as a good Test cricketer. I believe I have the ability to score big runs in the longer format. For that, I know I have to score heavily in whatever opportunities I get.
We know you have good runs and bad runs. The big thing you learn in the Premiership is you have to take it on the chin. You have learn how to lose without getting too down and too despondent. You have to box that up, put it to one side and make sure everyone who counts stays positive.
A cruel story runs on wheels, and every hand oils the wheels as they run.
It was in 1942 and I flew from St. Louis to Mexico City. I had just gotten married and we were on our honeymoon. I hit .397 and led the Mexican League with 20 home runs and was named the MVP of the league. It’s when I realized I could compete with anyone at any level.
Capital goes where it feels comfortable and warm, and if it’s cold, it runs to a country which gives it better weather.
Of, course it always cheers a news editor when a story has what we describe as ‘legs’ therefore it, erm, runs.
Kids kill a show! It’s, like, a fun concept when the character is pregnant, but then if a show runs for a while, I’m sorry, but it gets annoying when it starts to talk. You get a child actor in there, and unless that child actor is freakin’ awesome, it’s going to be annoying.
How a candidate runs shapes how a president governs.
To win Test matches consistently you’ve got to take 20 wickets – yes, you’ve got to score runs but if you can’t bowl a team out it doesn’t matter how many runs you score.
Men try to run life according to their wishes; life runs itself according to necessity.
I’ve known Nick Compton a long time. He’s a fully-formed cricketer and he’s scored lots of runs.
I don’t care about the home runs as much as just being consistent and RBIs.
Kante is a good player. For me, it is good because he speaks French. We know he is a fantastic player; he runs a lot and works for the team.
Basically all the world’s computer parts come from the same supply chain that runs from Korea, down through coastal China, over to Taiwan, and down to Malaysia.
I’m hoping someday that some kid, black or white, will hit more home runs than myself. Whoever it is, I’d be pulling for him.
I just enjoy batting, scoring runs, and contributing for my team.
The woman who runs the Pennsylvania Innocence Project told me that there’s a man she’s been trying to get out of prison for 26 years. Every night before she goes to bed, she thinks, ‘What is he doing?’ She says you don’t sleep. And yet, she has the greatest sense of humor and this light that comes out of her.
I began coming to Paris in the 1960s when I was told audiences here liked my work. More than 20 of my plays have been produced in Paris, and several have had long runs and have returned in revivals.
My younger brother runs a guesthouse, and my sister is a janitor. I have not given them money because they earn their own money. I pay for their children’s school fees.
This is a moment I will cherish forever… the first man to score 500 runs.
Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more a man’s nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out.
The old saying was, ‘Boggs never drives in any runs.’ I played in 155 games. I led off. That’s 155 plate appearance where I come up with nobody on.
I have one regret that whenever I look at the list of world’s leading scorers, I don’t see any Pakistani who has scored 10,000 Test runs; even I couldn’t do it ,nor Muhammad Yousuf.
But for 30 years, Orthodox leaders have tipped the balance between hawks and doves, and have been in a position to determine who forms a coalition and who runs the country.
Obviously after such a long gap, one itches to get back to the game and score big runs.
As the fashion carousel spins ever faster, the concern is that, while the stream of newness never runs out, there’s going to be a good deal more crash and burn among designers in the future.
The Kindle app runs on iPads, BlackBerry, and Android devices, so you can read your books wherever you want; with Apple, you’re locked into Apple devices.
Being a leader doesn’t mean you are the guy who runs things.
There is an innate fear that runs within Israeli society of all that we see and hear around us, and you know what? It’s a natural reaction of human beings.
My mother is chairman of a bank called the Indo-Zambia Bank. It’s a joint venture between Zambia and India. My father runs Integrity Foundation, an anticorruption organization.
I think a lot of the problem with foreign aid and things like that is you go in, give a bunch of stuff, and then it runs out. It’s about helping them learn how to continue to be sustainable and live.
Arsenal is a well-established club with excellent staff who make sure everything runs smoothly.
I’m just trying to score as many runs as I can each time. The more I can make over a hundred, the better.
I love to score runs rather than defending or leaving the ball. That is an important aspect of my batting: I don’t want to waste balls in any form of the game.
I am proud of my black roots and of the black blood that runs in my veins.
I kept giving up runs. It was, for sure, a rough road and a very rocky one. I enjoyed my time there, but not as much as I could have if I would have pitched well.
There is always something happening at Schalke. I love the extremes. When we have bad runs, the atmosphere is really bad and you feel that. But you know, when you are on a good run again, it just tops everything – then it is just super!
In 2007, I hit 50 home runs. That was pretty cool. I never thought I’d be able to do that. At the time, I didn’t even think it was that big of a deal for some reason. But now, looking back, I realize it was pretty cool.
Playin’ bass runs and singin’ lead vox, is sometimes difficult, but I have three words for you: Practice, practice, practice!
There’s a basic rule which runs through all kinds of music, kind of an unwritten rule. I don’t know what it is. But I’ve got it.
He who loves, flies, runs, and rejoices; he is free and nothing holds him back.
Read the sacred writings of all the peoples on Earth. Through all of them runs, like a red thread, the hidden Science of attaining and maintaining wakefulness.
It would have been a helluva lot more fun if I had not hit those sixty-one home runs.
Whether or not anybody had invented the category in his lifetime, Babe Ruth was surely the Greatest Living Yankee almost immediately upon lofting home runs at the Polo Grounds, allowing the Yankees to build their own palace across the Harlem River.
It doesn’t matter whether it’s the 93rd minute, Giggsy is making his jinky, mazy little runs. You could forgive him for maybe not coming out training every day, because he’s done so much in the game, but every day he’s out there. He doesn’t seem to need a rest.
The more you and the organization can help take care of personal situations, the smoother the ship runs on the football end.
You get caught up in hitting home runs and seeing how far you can hit them, and your swing changes.
When we were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, I asked the guy who runs it, ‘How many people in here have had only two albums?’ He could not think of one person.
For a long time, I’d been vaguely fascinated by the idea that Charles Lindbergh flew the Atlantic and Babe Ruth hit 60 home runs in the same summer.
Nick Kyrgios, physically, is a monster. When he is on the court and he runs, he flies. And he has got a massive arm.
Sometimes a technology is so awe-inspiring that the imagination runs away with it – often far, far away from reality. Robots are like that. A lot of big and ultimately unfulfilled promises were made in robotics early on, based on preliminary successes.
Anybody who runs for president in this country and comes out as strong as the Democrats were about helping the poor folks and black folks is not going to win.
One of my favorites is ‘The Sound of Music’. When Julie Andrews runs through the hills singing her head off, I always wish that a gust of wind would blow her skirt up.
I do not want to be a player who is known for hitting those 20-odd runs.
Michu and Van Persie are similar. They look alike. They are both tall, left-footed players. They are not fast, but they know when to make the runs.
He that fights and runs away, May turn and fight another day; But he that is in battle slain, Will never rise to fight again.
My grandma’s into music. My mom is a singer. Even my sister is a much better singer than I am. So you could say music runs in the family.
You can’t put a price on what Mark McGwire brings to the Cardinals organization. The responsibility he accepts is as great as any number of home runs.
By-and-large, these are families that are just waiting to get out of here. They are frustrated; I would be, too. I get frustrated at the cash register counter when the paper runs out.
I’m normally quite restrictive in the runs department.
