Beat Quotes

2656 Beat quotes by 1824 unique authors

The symphony orchestra had played poorly, so the conductor was in a bad mood. That night he beat his wife--because the music hadn't been beautiful… — George Carlin
Clap! Snap! the black crack! Grip, grab! Pinch, nab! And down down to Goblin-town You go, my lad! Clash, crash! Crush, smash! Hammer and tongs!… — J.R.R. Tolkien
Remain faithful to the earth, my brothers, with the power of your virtue. Let your gift-giving love and your knowledge serve the meaning of the… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Murtagh was right about women. Sassenach, I risked my life for ye, committing theft, arson, assault, and murder into the bargain. In return for which… — Diana Gabaldon
We clear the harbor and the wind catches her sails and my beautiful ship leans over ever so gracefully, and her elegant bow cuts cleanly… — L.A. Meyer
Rilla's heart skipped a beat - or, if that be a pysiological impossibility, she thought it did. — Lucy Maud Montgomery
In the two months I had also dated Justin Fellowes, this guy in my Spanish class, though after three weeks we decided we should "see… — Deb Caletti
Ourchestra: So you haven't got a drum, just beat your belly. So I haven't got a horn-I'll play my nose. So we haven't any cymbals-… — Shel Silverstein
If complexity doesn't beat you, paradox will. — Tom Robbins
You’re not dead, but you’re not alive, either. You’re a wintergirl, Lia-Lia, caught in between the worlds. You’re a ghost with a beat- ing heart.… — Laurie Halse Anderson
I'm Min's fairy godmother, Charm Boy,' Liza said, frowning down at him. 'And if you don't give her a happily ever after, I'm going to… — Jennifer Crusie
No matter what...ball made my heart beat faster, made me want to jump up and down and be Superman. That's what life was about anyway,… — Walter Dean Myers
People," Geralt turned his head, "like to invent monsters and monstrosities. Then they seem less monstrous themselves. When they get blind-drunk, cheat, steal, beat their… — Andrzej Sapkowski
I guess it's hard, being apart all the time." "It really is. If Lucas were still here, everything would be different." Vic's smile turned smug.… — Claudia Gray
I asked this heroic pet lover how it felt to have died for a schnauzer named Teddy. Salvador Biagiani was philosophical. He said it sure… — Kurt Vonnegut
It isn't deep," the Eddisian Ambassador said from the other side of the bed. He was leaning over the wound, looking critical and mildly disappointed.… — Megan Whalen Turner
Are we biology or God or something higher? I know my heart beats and I listen to it. The beat is biology, but what is… — James Frey
And my heart beat faster for the mountains of eastern Europe, finally, beat faster for the one hope that somewhere we might find in that… — Anne Rice
My Papa's Waltz: The whiskey on your breath Could make a small boy dizzy; But I hung on like death: Such waltzing was not easy.… — Theodore Roethke
Didn't this beat everything? A pretty and an ugly taking a stroll together. The warden came closer, confusion all over his middle-pretty face. Tally smiled.… — Scott Westerfeld
Eva. Every day I've climbed up the belfry chanting a lucky chant at one syllable per beat, "To-day-to-day-let-her-be-here-to-day-to-day. — David Mitchell
I am a greaser. I am a JD and a hood. I blacken the name of our fair city. I beat up people. I rob… — S E Hinton
In fact her maturity and blood kinship converted her passion to fever, so it was more affliction than affection. It literally knocked her down at… — Toni Morrison
Dancing. Come on. You can do it. It's a lot like navigating through a laser grid. It requires rhythm.' He moved her hips to the… — Ally Carter
...all of our laments could not add a single second to her life, not one additional beat of the heart, nor a breath. — Audrey Niffenegger

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