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Familiar Quotations

Running

I run on the road, long before I dance under the lights.–Muhammad Ali

To run over better waters the little vessel of my genius now hoists her sails, as she leaves behind her a sea so cruel.–Dante Alighieri

Green to green, red to red, all is well, go ahead. When in danger or in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout.–Anonymous

If you start soon enough, you won't have to run to catch up.–Anonymous

If your feet smell and your nose runs, you've been made upside-down.–Anonymous

If your left hand doesn't know what your right hand is doing, you should consider running for a job in Washington, DC.–Anonymous

Running into debt isn't so bad. It's running into creditors that hurts.–Anonymous

When I'm feeling down, I like to whistle. It makes the neighbor's dog that barks all the time run to the end of his chain and gag himself.–Anonymous

You are under the unfortunate delusion that simply because you run away from danger, you have no courage. You're confusing courage with wisdom.–Anonymous

My poetry is like a stove in the summer or a fan in the winter. It runs against the popular tastes and has no practical use.–Matsuo Basho

• Preface xii
• Familiar Quotations 1
• Running 1
• Running – "Business" 7
• Running – "Don't" 7
• Running – "Driving" 8
• Running – "Fast" 8
• Running – "Flowing" 9
• Running – "Heart" 9
• Running – "Home" 9
• Running – "Man" 10
• Running – "Passing" 11
• Running – "People" 12
• Running – "Race" 12
• Running – "Risk" 13
• Running – "Rule" 13
• Running – "Stream" 14
• Running – "World" 14
• Use in Literature 15
• Running 15
• Running – "Animal" 37
• Running – "Answer" 38
• Running – "Appeared" 38
• Running – "Approaching" 39
• Running – "Worst" 40
• Running – "Bear" 41
• Running – "Beast" 41
• Running – "Beaten" 41
• Running – "Beginning" 42
• Running – "Behind" 42
• Running – "Being" 43
• Running – "Believe" 44
• Running – "Best" 45
• Running – "Beyond" 46
• Running – "Big" 46
• Running – "Bill" 47
• Running – "Black" 47
• Running – "Blind" 48
• Running – "Blood" 49
• Running – "Bodies" 49
• Running – "Buses" 50
• Running – "Boys" 51
• Running – "Branches" 51
• Running – "Break" 52
• Running – "Breathing" 52
• Running – "Brighter" 54
• Running – "Broke" 54
• Running – "Called" 54
• Running – "Captain" 56
• Running – "Care" 56
• Running – "Carriage" 57
• Running – "Case" 57
• Running – "Catch" 58
• Running – "Cattle" 59
• Running – "Chance" 59
• Running – "Characters" 60
• Running – "Childhood" 61
• Running – "Clear" 62
• Running – "Climbing" 62
• Running – "Came" 63
• Running – "Creek" 70
• Running – "Cry" 70
• Running – "Cut" 71
• Running – "Dance" 71
• Running – "Dare" 72
• Running – "Dark" 72
• Running – "Day" 73
• Running – "Dead" 75
• Running – "Dear" 76
• Running – "Debt" 76
• Running – "Deep" 76
• Running – "Delight" 77
• Running – "Desire" 77
• Running – "Directly" 78
• Running – "Distance" 79
• Running – "Dog" 80
• Running – "Done" 81
• Running – "Door" 81
• Running – "Dream" 83
• Running – "Early" 83
• Running – "East" 84
• Running – "Easily" 84
• Running – "Edge" 85
• Running – "End" 85
• Running – "Everything" 87
• Running – "Eyes" 87
• Running – "Family" 89
• Running – "Farm" 89
• Running – "Father" 89
• Running – "Fear" 90
• Running – "Feet" 91
• Running – "Felt" 92
• Running – "Few" 93
• Running – "Fifty" 95
• Running – "Fight" 95
• Running – "Fingers" 96
• Running – "Fire" 96
• Running – "Followed" 97
• Running – "Force" 98
• Running – "Form" 99
• Running – "Forth" 99
• Running – "Forward" 100
• Running – "Found" 101
• Running – "Free" 102
• Running – "Friends" 103
• Running – "Fro" 103
• Running – "Full" 104
• Running – "Game" 105
• Running – "Gauntlet" 105
• Running – "Girls" 106
• Running – "Gladly" 107
• Running – "Gone" 108
• Running – "Grass" 108
• Running – "Greater" 108
• Running – "Ground" 111
• Running – "Guns" 112
• Running – "Hand" 112
• Running – "Hard" 114
• Running – "Having" 115
• Running – "Hear" 116
• Running – "Heavy" 117
• Running – "Heel" 118
• Running – "Help" 118
• Running – "Hidden" 119
• Running – "Hill" 120
• Running – "Hold" 121
• Running – "Hoped" 122
• Running – "Horses" 122
• Running – "Hours" 124
• Running – "House" 126
• Running – "Humans" 128
• Running – "Ideas" 128
• Running – "Imagination" 129
• Running – "Individuals" 129
• Running – "Jumped" 130
• Running – "Kept" 130
• Running – "Kind" 131
• Running – "King" 132
• Running – "Lady" 132
• Running – "Land" 132
• Running – "Largest" 133
• Running – "Laughter" 133
• Running – "Leaping" 134
• Running – "Left" 135
• Running – "Legs" 135
• Running – "Let" 136
• Running – "Lives" 138
• Running – "Lift" 138
• Running – "Little" 138
• Running – "Living" 142
• Running – "Looked" 143
• Running – "Loses" 146
• Running – "Loves" 146
• Running – "Luck" 147
• Running – "Lying" 147
• Running – "Machine" 148
• Running – "Make" 148
• Running – "Manner" 154
• Running – "Matter" 154
• Running – "Mean" 155
• Running – "Meeting" 155
• Running – "Miles" 156
• Running – "Minutes" 158
• Running – "Money" 159
• Running – "Months" 159
• Running – "Morning" 160
• Running – "Mother" 160
• Running – "Mountains" 161
• Running – "Myself" 162
• Running – "Narrowly" 162
• Running – "Native" 163
• Running – "Nature" 163
• Running – "Near" 164
• Running – "Need" 164
• Running – "Night" 165
• Running – "Nothing" 166
• Running – "Number" 168
• Running – "Office" 168
• Running – "Old" 169
• Running – "Once" 171
• Running – "Opened" 172
• Running – "Opportunities" 173
• Running – "Order" 174
• Running – "Others" 175
• Running – "Parts" 176
• Running – "Passages" 178
• Running – "Past" 178
• Running – "Pay" 179
• Running – "Plain" 179
• Running – "Point" 180
• Running – "Poor" 181
• Running – "Possibly" 181
• Running – "Presently" 182
• Running – "Purpose" 182
• Running – "Quick" 183
• Running – "Quiet" 183
• Running – "Ready" 184
• Running – "Reason" 185
• Running – "Remember" 186
• Running – "Returning" 186
• Running – "Ride" 187
• Running – "River" 187
• Running – "Road" 189
• Running – "Room" 190
• Running – "Round" 192
• Running – "Safe" 193
• Running – "Schools" 193
• Running – "Sea" 194
• Running – "Sense" 195
• Running – "Sent" 195
• Running – "Servants" 196
• Running – "Shall" 196
• Running – "Ship" 197
• Running – "Shows" 198
• Running – "Side" 199
• Running – "Sight" 200
• Running – "Sit" 201
• Running – "Slept" 202
• Running – "Smooth" 202
• Running – "Soon" 203
• Running – "Sound" 206
• Running – "Spoke" 206
• Running – "Spring" 207
• Running – "Stairs" 207
• Running – "Starting" 208
• Running – "Stepped" 209
• Running – "Stone" 210
• Running – "Stop" 211
• Running – "Story" 211
• Running – "Strange" 212
• Running – "Stream" 213
• Running – "Streaks" 214
• Running – "Street" 215
• Running – "Strong" 216
• Running – "Succeeded" 217
• Running – "Sure" 218
• Running – "Suspicions" 219
• Running – "Swift" 219
• Running – "Taking" 219
• Running – "Talking" 220
• Running – "Teeth" 220
• Running – "Ten" 221
• Running – "Thing" 221
• Running – "Thought" 223
• Running – "Thus" 227
• Running – "Times" 228
• Running – "Tired" 229
• Running – "Town" 230
• Running – "Trained" 230
• Running – "Trees" 231
• Running – "Tried" 231
• Running – "True" 232
• Running – "Try" 233
• Running – "Twenty" 233
• Running – "Understand" 234
• Running – "Valley" 234
• Running – "Village" 235
• Running – "Voice" 235
• Running – "Waited" 236
• Running – "Want" 236
• Running – "Watching" 238
• Running – "Waters" 239
• Running – "Way" 241
• Running – "Weak" 244
• Running – "White" 244
• Running – "Wife" 245
• Running – "Wild" 246
• Running – "Wind" 246
• Running – "Wires" 248
• Running – "Wish" 248
• Running – "Woman" 249
• Running – "Word" 250
• Running – "Years" 251
• Running – "Young" 252
• Nonfiction Usage 254
• Lyrical Usage 254
• Script Usage 254
• Tongue-Twister Usage 261
• Spoken Usage 261
• Presidential Usage 262
• Song Title Usage 262
• Bible Usage 262
• Qur'anic Usage 264
• Journalism Usage 264
• Encyclopedic Usage 395
• Lexicographic Usage 541
• Index 660