quotations about walking
I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me.
FRED ALLEN
attributed, The Concise Columbia Dictionary of Quotations
You need special shoes for hiking -- and a bit of a special soul as well.
EMME WOODHULL-BÄCHE
attributed, Hiking and Backpacking
Flies travel like they're named. Humans should be called Walks.
JAROD KINTZ
Whenever You're Gone, I'm Here For You
Walking is a year-round activity, and need not be confined to the dry summer months, for there is as much beauty to be found in the countryside in the leafless months of winter as in vibrant spring and the golden days of autumn.
KEV REYNOLDS
Walking in Kent
Walking the streets texting isn't much safer than walking them with a blindfold on.
CASEY NEISTAT
op-ed video, New York Times, January 9, 2012
Here's the thing: if you think distracted walking is what's causing more people being killed, ask yourself what happens when two pedestrians collide. Usually nothing. But that's not the case when you add cars and trucks to the mix.
JOSEPH CUTRUFO
"If You Think Distracted Walking Is Dangerous, Ask Yourself What Happens When Two Pedestrians Collide", Mobilizing the Region, March 30, 2017
When you're walking you see everything close up. You hear the sounds -- the birds singing, the frogs croaking, and the like. But you also learn the lore of inanimate objects while you make a little on the side: You find pennies, nickels, dimes, even quarters, and, very, very rarely, a half dollar, a denomination that we almost never see these days.
LARRY PENNY
"Nature Notes: A Good Walk, Unspoiled", The East-Hampton Star, April 13, 2017
When we walk, we naturally go to the fields and woods: what would become of us, if we walked only in a garden or a mall? Even some sects of philosophers have felt the necessity of importing the woods to themselves, since they did not go to the woods. They planted groves and walks of Plantanes, where they took subdiales ambulationes in porticos open to the air. Of course, it is of no use to direct our steps to the woods, if they do not carry us thither.
HENRY DAVID THOREAU
Walking
Walking is the only form of transportation in which a man proceeds erect -- like a man -- on his own legs, under his own power. There is immense satisfaction in that.
EDWARD ABBEY
Postcards from Ed
It seems thus possible to give a preliminary definition of walking as a space of enunciation.
MICHEL DE CERTEAU
The Practice of Everyday Life
I would walk along the quais when I had finished work or when I was trying to think something out. It was easier to think if I was walking and doing something or seeing people doing something that they understood.
ERNEST HEMINGWAY
A Moveable Feast
I have done too many 5K's to count, a couple of 10K's, and two half marathons. I walk more than run and am known to register under an alias, so there is no public record of my time.
TAMMY DAVIS
"Life is a Balancing Act", Columbia Star, April 21, 2017
From the child's first faltering step across the homely carpet, to the astronaut's "one giant stride for mankind" over the alien moon dust, walking is the simplest but most glorious declaration of human independence.
DUNCAN MINSHULL
The Vintage Book Of Walking
When I rest my feet my mind also ceases to function.
J. G. HAMANN
attributed, An Inside Passage
Being able to walk to shops, restaurants and other amenities enhances the liveability of a community and boosts the residents' enjoyment of living there. Not only does it save the hassle of getting in the car and finding parking but walking is a more enjoyable experience and you can more easily take advantage of living in a desirable, well-designed village where people want to be.
JONATHAN PORTER
"Brisbane's new development a masterclass in urban planning", Australian Financial Review, February 5, 2016
I think that I cannot preserve my health and spirits, unless I spend four hours a day at least--and it is commonly more than that--sauntering through the woods and over the hills and fields, absolutely free from all worldly engagements.
HENRY DAVID THOREAU
Walking
Walking shares with making and working that crucial element of engagement of the body and the mind with the world, of knowing the world through the body and the body through the world.
REBECCA SOLNIT
Wanderlust: A History of Walking
Most of us take walking for granted. In fact, I believe there's a growing movement to get rid of walking altogether. The prevalence of cars, buses, trams and bikes have reduced the need to walk. More to the point: We feel the need to justify walking altogether. Any instance of walking must be accompanied by some kind of crutch -- we need to walk with others, listen to music or find another way to make it productive. We walk to satisfy our Fitbit or step counters so at the end of the day we can look at our badge of honor that says we took 5,000 steps. We've convinced ourselves it's wearisome, that it's a form of procrastination that takes time out of our too-busy schedules. We treat it as if it's wasteful.
JACK PORTER
"People Need to Remember: Walking Is the Best Medicine", The Daily Utah Chronicle, January 27, 2016
Purposeless walking is not without purpose -- it is actually meditation in motion.
BISHWANATH GHOSH
"The World on Foot", The Hindu, February 5, 2016
Walking is the very best exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very far.
THOMAS JEFFERSON
letter to Peter Carr, Aug. 19, 1785