(226 quotes found)
“This I do know beyond any reasonable doubt. Regardless of what you are doing, if you pump long enough, hard enough and enthusiastically enough, sooner or later the effort will bring forth the reward.”
Zig Ziglar
“I wanted to destroy everything beautiful I'd never have. Burn the Amazon rain forests. Pump chlorofluorocarbons straight up to gobble the ozone. Open the dump valves on supertankers and uncap offshore oil wells. I wanted to kill all the fish I couldn't afford to eat, and smother the French beaches I'd never see. I wanted the whole world to hit bottom.”
Chuck Palahniuk
“I am afraid it is a non-starter. I cannot even use a bicycle pump [let alone a computer].”
Judi Dench
“As much use as a yard of pump water”
Proverb
“His heart's pumping all right. I couldn't tell any difference.”
Charlie Brown
“He is like a shell of who he is and this machine is pumping out his lungs.”
Myfanwy Marshall
“The successful teacher is no longer on a height, pumping knowledge at high pressure into passive receptacles.”
William Osler
“All I could do was pump my Michael Jordan fist, ... You know, when Michael Jordan hit that last shot? I pumped my fist and continued to work out in the weight room. It just made me realize it was time to put in more work.”
Ronald Allen
“Keep your tongue in your jaw and your tow in your pump.”
Irish Proverb
“Doug just wanted me to shoot (a jumper). But I pump-faked (Tarpley) and drove by him. That was the only game-winning shot I ever hit (in 10 NBA seasons).”
Bill Hanzlik