Isaac Davis: [after reading his ex-wife's book about their relationship] [to his ex-wife] Isaac Davis: I came here to strangle you!
Who told you that your journey is a thousand miles?
You don't run 26 miles at five minutes a mile on good looks and a secret recipe.
Mile by mile, it's a trial; yard by yard, it's hard; but inch by inch, it's a cinch.
But you can travel on for ten thousand miles, and still stay where you are.
There are no traffic jams on the extra mile.
There are no traffic jams along the extra mile.
Peace is a journey of a thousand miles and it must be taken one step at a time.
It's never crowded along the extra mile.
I cannot deny that Vera, in her own way--in the way of all human beings who are kind and not cruel--really is lovely.
George Llewelyn Davies: [as Prince George, to J.M. Barrie] This is Jack. Second in line to the throne. And that one's Michael. He's only five. Michael Llewelyn Davies: And I'm in prison for it.
Llewyn Davis: [on Please Mr. Kennedy song] Hey, look... I'm really happy for the gig but who... who wrote this? Jim: I did.
Llewyn Davis: I lost their fucking cat, I feel bad about it. Jean: That's what you feel bad about?
Llewyn Davis: In my experience, the world's divided into two kinds of people. The kind who divide the world into two kinds of people... Jean: And losers?
Jean: Do you ever think of the future at all? Llewyn Davis: The future? You mean like flying cars? Hotels on the moon? Tang?
Elizabeth Hobby: This is my first time playing in New York... Llewyn Davis: [from the audience, drunk] How'd you get the gig, Betty?
Jack: Speak for yourself. I get chicks lookin' at me all the time. All ages. Dudes too. Miles Raymond: Well, it's not worth it. You pay too big a price. It's never free. Jack: You need to get laid, Miles. You know what? That's going to be my best man...
A bad word whispered will echo a hundred miles.
It had been said that the marathon doesn't really begin until mile twenty. I say mile twenty-six would be more appropriate. The final two-tenths of a mile is filled with emotion. No matter how desperately you're struggling at this point, thoughts typ...
You have to run 75 to 100 miles a week if you expect to break the four-minute mile.
The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
