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Road Quotes

"The road to the sacred leads through the secular."

"The road to the sacred leads through the secular."

Abraham Joshua Heschel, Polish Educator

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"I spent well over a year on the road with Sarah Vaughn. That was amazing."

"I spent well over a year on the road with Sarah Vaughn. That was amazing."

Jan Hammer, Czech Musician

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"Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides."

"Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides."

Margaret Thatcher, English Leader

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"The road to Easy Street goes through the sewer."

"The road to Easy Street goes through the sewer."

John Madden, American Entertainer

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"A good plan is like a road map: it shows the final destination and usually the best way to get there."

"A good plan is like a road map: it shows the final destination and usually the best way to get there."

H. Stanley Judd, American Author

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"If you don't like the road you're walking, start paving another one."

"If you don't like the road you're walking, start paving another one."

Dolly Parton, American Musician

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"The road to positivity is strewn with the abandoned vehicles of the faint-hearted."

"The road to positivity is strewn with the abandoned vehicles of the faint-hearted."

Peter McWilliams, American Writer

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"Folks, I've had the best seat in the house. Thanks for sharing it, I'll see you down the road."

"Folks, I've had the best seat in the house. Thanks for sharing it, I'll see you down the road."

Brent Musburger, American Celebrity

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"You know more of a road by having traveled it than by all the conjectures and descriptions in the world."

"You know more of a road by having traveled it than by all the conjectures and descriptions in the world."

William Hazlitt, English Critic

8

"Our village was built on the Ohio River, and was a halting place on this great national road, then the only avenue of traffic between the South and the North."

"Our village was built on the Ohio River, and was a halting place on this great national road, then the only avenue of traffic between the South and the North."

Rebecca H. Davis, American Author

8

"It hasn't been a totally smooth road, but in the whole span of things I feel like a very lucky person."

"It hasn't been a totally smooth road, but in the whole span of things I feel like a very lucky person."

Edward Furlong, American Actor

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"Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens."

"Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens."

J. R. R. Tolkien, English Novelist

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"The road was new to me, as roads always are, going back."

"The road was new to me, as roads always are, going back."

Sarah Orne Jewett, American Author

7

"I do indeed write on the road. My laptop goes with me everywhere."

"I do indeed write on the road. My laptop goes with me everywhere."

Nora Roberts, American Author

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"George Bush was for me the most important ally on the road to German unity."

"George Bush was for me the most important ally on the road to German unity."

Helmut Kohl, German Politician

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"There was one year that I was on the road."

"There was one year that I was on the road."

Eydie Gorme, American Musician

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"Good things do not come easy. The road is lined with pitfalls."

"Good things do not come easy. The road is lined with pitfalls."

Desi Arnaz, American Actor

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"When two drivers curse each other on the road, and one of them happens to be a Jew, you can't define that as anti-Semitism."

"When two drivers curse each other on the road, and one of them happens to be a Jew, you can't define that as anti-Semitism."

Jean-Marie Le Pen, French Politician

5

"A novel is a mirror carried along a main road."

"A novel is a mirror carried along a main road."

Stendhal, French Writer

5

"Two to three years down the road, other companies not on a model like Dell's will be in trouble."

"Two to three years down the road, other companies not on a model like Dell's will be in trouble."

Jimmy Johnson, American Coach

Road, Trouble, Will, Years

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"I'm like the drunk in the bar who wants just one more for the road."

"I'm like the drunk in the bar who wants just one more for the road."

Archie Moore, American Athlete

5

"I can't remember anybody saying, Let's get this show on the road."

"I can't remember anybody saying, Let's get this show on the road."

Marie Windsor, American Actress

5

"I've been on the road for four years. I won't recognise the place again, until I walk out on stage."

"I've been on the road for four years. I won't recognise the place again, until I walk out on stage."

Louise Jameson, British Actress

5

"The 60s passed and faded and I grew older, and in 1987 bought a house in upstate New York, and it turned out that John Brown was buried down the road from my house and that he had lived there longer than anywhere else and his house was still standing."

"The 60s passed and faded and I grew older, and in 1987 bought a house in upstate New York, and it turned out that John Brown was buried down the road from my house and that he had lived there longer than anywhere else and his house was still standing."

Russell Banks, American Author

5

"When you arrive at a fork in the road, take it."

"When you arrive at a fork in the road, take it."

Yogi Berra, American Athlete

5

"It's hard for young players to see the big picture. They just see three or four years down the road."

"It's hard for young players to see the big picture. They just see three or four years down the road."

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, American Athlete

5

"Darren McCarty is a big video game guy, and he brings his systems with him on the road."

"Darren McCarty is a big video game guy, and he brings his systems with him on the road."

Steve Yzerman, Canadian Athlete

5

"Normally, you go into the recording studio, make a record and then take it on the road and you think... wow... I could have done THIS to it, or something."

"Normally, you go into the recording studio, make a record and then take it on the road and you think... wow... I could have done THIS to it, or something."

Brian Setzer, American Musician

5

"After I retired and came off the road, I gathered up all my musical instruments and suddenly, I wanted them all to be perfect."

"After I retired and came off the road, I gathered up all my musical instruments and suddenly, I wanted them all to be perfect."

Tom T. Hall, American Musician

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"But I tell you, I would really be interested if there was a partner we could take in, that could put them over here on the side, that would allow us full leverage and access down the road."

"But I tell you, I would really be interested if there was a partner we could take in, that could put them over here on the side, that would allow us full leverage and access down the road."

Jim Cantalupo, American Businessman

5

"Where the road bends abruptly, take short steps."

"Where the road bends abruptly, take short steps."

Ernest Bramah, English Writer

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"If you don't know where you are going, every road will get you nowhere."

"If you don't know where you are going, every road will get you nowhere."

Henry A. Kissinger, American Statesman

4

"For me, writing something down was the only road out."

"For me, writing something down was the only road out."

Anne Tyler, American Novelist

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"I don't go down the road of condemning."

"I don't go down the road of condemning."

Joel Osteen, American Clergyman

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"I have such a great band. We had played all this material on the road. I just wanted to let it fly."

"I have such a great band. We had played all this material on the road. I just wanted to let it fly."

Lucinda Williams, American Musician

4

"Minneapolis has two seasons: Road Removal and Snow Repair."

"Minneapolis has two seasons: Road Removal and Snow Repair."

Steven Brust, American Author

4

"I was brought up in industrial south Lancashire, down the cobbled road from where LS Lowry (1887-1976) lived and painted."

"I was brought up in industrial south Lancashire, down the cobbled road from where LS Lowry (1887-1976) lived and painted."

Ian McKellen, English Actor

4

"The road can be hard on a kid if he's not careful."

"The road can be hard on a kid if he's not careful."

Bill Haley, American Musician

4

"When you're on the road, you have to be louder and you have to communicate. That's really the bottom line."

"When you're on the road, you have to be louder and you have to communicate. That's really the bottom line."

Vinny Testaverde, American Football Player

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"Gotta take my puppy on the road with me, Killer."

"Gotta take my puppy on the road with me, Killer."

Gregg Allman, American Musician

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"The roughest road often leads to the top."

"The roughest road often leads to the top."

Christina Aguilera, American Musician

3

"They will say you are on the wrong road, if it is your own."

"They will say you are on the wrong road, if it is your own."

Antonio Porchia, Italian Poet

Road, Will, Wrong

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"I always loose a little weight on the road, so I constantly have to be on top of my nutrition and hydration."

"I always loose a little weight on the road, so I constantly have to be on top of my nutrition and hydration."

Matt Cameron, American Musician

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"Follow the yellow brick road."

"Follow the yellow brick road."

E. Y. Harburg, American Musician

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"The road to the City of Emeralds is paved with yellow brick."

"The road to the City of Emeralds is paved with yellow brick."

L. Frank Baum, American Author

3

"The middle of the road is for yellow lines and dead armadillos."

"The middle of the road is for yellow lines and dead armadillos."

Jim Hightower, American Activist

3

"One is sorry one could not have taken both branches of the road. But we were not allotted multiple selves."

"One is sorry one could not have taken both branches of the road. But we were not allotted multiple selves."

Gore Vidal, American Novelist

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"I've been on the road for fifteen years and I had no intent to stop."

"I've been on the road for fifteen years and I had no intent to stop."

Bon Scott, Scottish Musician

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"It frustrates me about myself when I see I'm not taking the road that demands more of me."

"It frustrates me about myself when I see I'm not taking the road that demands more of me."

Judith Light, American Actress

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"I'd better be on the road, or I'll be going nuts. I'm not the kind of guy who sits around with a pipe and slippers watching soap operas."

"I'd better be on the road, or I'll be going nuts. I'm not the kind of guy who sits around with a pipe and slippers watching soap operas."

Tommy Shaw, American Musician

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