Knocks Quotes
230 quotes by 205 authors
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I'm not doing contemporary songs unless something comes along that really knocks my socks off.
— Frankie Valli
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Die - you will have to die. But die gracefully. I am not saying die like a stoic, I am not saying die like a…
— Rajneesh
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Death knocks at your door, and before you can tell him to come in, he is in the house with you.
— Grace Ogot
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I really appreciate an actor who has paid their dues and who has learned hard knocks and has been rewarded in the end.
— Enrico Colantoni
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As my father would have said, I went through the college of hard knocks.
— Gloria Allred
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There are always reasons for people's behaviour, and it's easy just to dismiss them and assume that we already know their story, especially if they're…
— Kate Dickie
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Diana Krall knocks me out. I like jazz and I like her simple approach.
— Merle Haggard
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Shame, it comes in every size, touches many lives, knocks on many doors.
— Neil Diamond
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When life kicks you in the teeth and knocks you down to the ground. Are you able to stand up and keep fighting?! That’s what…
— Bob Harper
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By exposing yourself to risk, you're exposing yourself to heavy-duty learning, which gets you on all levels. It becomes a very emotional experience as well…
— Gifford Pinchot
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A Deed knocks first at Thought And then - it knocks at Will - That is the manufacturing spot.
— Emily Dickinson
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Away with the one who is always seeking, for he never finds anything; for he is seeking where nothing can be found. Away with the…
— Tertullian
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It is never ridicule, but a compliment, that knocks a philosopher off his feet. He is already positioned for every possible counter-attack, counter-argument, and retort...only…
— Criss Jami
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Too often, the opportunity knocks, but by the time you push back the chain, push back the bolt, unhook the two locks and shut off…
— Rita Coolidge
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I come here not as a polished politician but as a woman who has had her fair share of life's knocks.
— Pauline Hanson
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Actors need steely determination. It's a tough profession with plenty of knocks along the way. You have to be very determined and never take 'no'…
— Naomie Harris
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The energy necessary to create a wormhole or to wrap time into nuts is incredible. It's not for us. It's maybe for our descendants who…
— Michio Kaku
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Do not allow to slip away from you freedoms the people who came before you won with such hard knocks.
— D. H. Lawrence
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Fortune knocks but once, but misfortune has much more patience.
— Laurence J. Peter
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The truth knocks on the door and you say, go away, I'm looking for the truth, and it goes away. Puzzling.
— Robert M. Pirsig
Who Wrote These Knocks Quotes
205 authors contributed a total of 230 Knocks Quotes, led by these top contributors: