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Quotes About Excitement

Aveva detto una volta a Serafina Pekkala che a lui volare non importava, che era soltanto un lavoro come un altro, ma non parlava sul serio. Levarsi in alto, con un buon vento alle spalle e un nuovo mondo davanti: cosa poteva esserci di meglio in questa vita?
~ Philip Pullman
By the time they fired their second shot, the balloon was almost out of range, hurtling up into the blue and speeding out over the sea. Lee felt his heart lift with it. He'd said once to Serafina Pekkala that he didn't care for flying, that it was only a job, but he hadn't meant it. Soaring upwards, with a fair wind behind and a new world in front: what could be better in this life?
~ Philip Pullman
They were all talking now; the excitement and relief had loosened everyone's tongue.
~ Philip Pullman
People are unjust to anger — it can be enlivening and a lot of fun.
~ Philip Roth
I don't know why people think adventures are so wonderful. Mostly they hurt, they're boring, and they're dangerous.
~ David Gerrold
I learned in WW II," he said, "that the slightest bit of excitement in a leader is transmitted to the men. You might be afraid, but the fear gets magnified in the troops. Somebody has to keep his cool. If you're a decent leader, you don't dare lose it—for your own good. You've got to keep your unit up there doing its job.
~ David H. Hackworth
the slightest bit of excitement in a leader is transmitted to the men. You might be afraid, but the fear gets magnified in the troops. Somebody has to keep his cool. If you're a decent leader, you don't dare lose it— for your own good. You've got to keep your unit up there doing its job.
~ David H. Hackworth
As for sex, the last of the great words, it was just a cocktail term for an excitement that bucked you up for a while, then left you more raggy than ever
~ David Herbert Lawrence
If we can get this done, [Doom] is going to be the fucking coolest game that the planet Earth has ever fucking seen in its entire history!
~ David Kushner
Are you going to be playing for the pure thrill of unreluctant desire?
~ David Levithan
Dullness is the spice of life. Which is why we must always use other spices.
~ David Levithan
But there was something about you that made me think of sparks and motion.
~ David Levithan
instead i head to the computer and it's like i turn into a little girl who's just seen her first rainbow. i get all giddy and nervous and hopeful and despairing and i tell myself not to look obsessively at my buddy list, but it might as well be projected onto the insides of my eyelids. at 8:05 his name pops up, and i start to count. i only get to twelve before his IM pops up.
~ David Levithan
And for that moment, my heart is lifting too fast to be scared of falling.
~ David Levithan
New can be an emotion.
~ David Levithan
But I'll wait for next time. Because I know there will be a next time. I was looking forward to next time the minute I met her. Throughout the night, I've been looking forward to next time, and the time after that, and the time after that. I know this is something.
~ David Levithan
We are young and the night is young. We are in the middle of somewhere and we are feeling everything.
~ David Levithan
I gotta go. The gingerbread men are on fire.
~ David Levithan
When a first date really works, it works like this: You feel the thrill of opening to the first page of a book. And you know -instinctively, you know- it's going to be a very long book.
~ David Levithan
I could never be with someone who wasn't excited by rainstorms
~ David Levithan
He treats his body like it's made of fireworks, each one timed to the beat. Is
~ David Levithan
New mysteries. New day. Fresh doughnuts.
~ David Lynch
And it should be fun. In work and in life, we're all supposed to get along. We're supposed to have so much fun, like puppy dogs with our tails wagging. It's supposed to be great living; it's supposed to be fantastic.
~ David Lynch
Watch tonight's episode. Someone might die.
~ David Morrell