#stops

What turns me on is to walk into a sold-out venue. The audiences are so much the same as they were in the '60s. It's just an amazing thing. I can't explain it, but I hope it never stops. ↗

— Chubby Checker

#amazing thing #audiences #explain #hope #i

The day when a sportsman stops thinking above all else of the happiness in his own effort and the intoxication of the power and physical balance he derives from it, the day when he lets considerations of vanity or interest take over, on this day his ideal will die. ↗

— Pierre de Coubertin

#balance #considerations #day #derives #die

I simply haven't the nerve to imagine a being, a force, a cause which keeps the planets revolving in their orbits and then suddenly stops in order to give me a bicycle with three speeds. ↗

— Quentin Crisp

#bicycle #cause #force #give #give me

He who stops being better stops being good. ↗

— Oliver Cromwell

#better #good #stops #who

Every citizen who stops smoking, or loses a few pounds, or starts managing his chronic disease with real diligence, is caulking a crack for the benefit of us all. ↗

— Mitch Daniels

#chronic #citizen #crack #diligence #disease

An affair now and then is good for a marriage. It adds spice, stops it from getting boring... I ought to know. ↗

— Bette Davis

#affair #boring #getting #good #i

The terrorists know what is at stake, which is why they are pulling out all the stops to derail our efforts. They understand that a free and democratic Iraq is a serious blow to their interests. ↗

— Elizabeth Dole

#democratic #democratic iraq #derail #efforts #free

Justice is the first virtue of those who command, and stops the complaints of those who obey. ↗

— Denis Diderot

#complaints #first #justice #obey #stops

There's a lot of bands that get to a certain level, and it just stops. They scrap it. Compare this to, say, The Rolling Stones or The Who, where they just continued on forever and are still playing, or they quit after 20 years. ↗

— Eddie Vedder

#bands #certain #certain level #compare #continued

The clock never stops, never stops, never waits. We're growing old. It's getting late. ↗

— Ben Folds

#getting #growing #growing old #late #never