Knocks Quotes

230 quotes by 205 authors

A pessimist is somebody who complains about the noise when opportunity knocks. — Oscar Wilde
Old age is the lubricant of belief. When death knocks at the door, skepticism flies out the window. A serious cardiovascular fright and a person… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon
...when the armed robber of unhappiness knocks over the Keebler cookie display of our complacency, and bangs the samurai sword of negativity on the checkout… — Dave Barry
I've wondered why it took us so long to catch on. We saw it, and yet we didn't see it. Or rather we were trained… — Robert M. Pirsig
And now you're off to Port Caynn. Watch them sailor lads. They'll have your skirts up and a babe in your belly afore you know… — Tamora Pierce
Death arrives among all that sound like a shoe with no foot in it, like a suit with no man in it, comes and knocks,… — Pablo Neruda
But grief still has to be worked through. It is like walking through water. Sometimes there are little waves lapping about my feet. Sometimes there… — Madeleine L'Engle
grief is a house where the chairs have forgotten how to hold us the mirrors how to reflect us the walls how to contain us… — Jandy Nelson
In real life things donâ€™t go so smoothly. At certain points in our lives, when we really need a clear-cut solution, the person who knocks… — Haruki Murakami
Any man who knocks on the door of a brothel is looking for God. — Graham Greene
She sits in the driveway, freezing, for thirty-six minutes. Arguing with herself. Because she thinks she's in love with him too. And there are two… — Lisa McMann
She tries to turn too soon, and the ladder smacks into Fernando's shoulder. "Oh! Sorry, Nando." The jolt knocks his glasses askew. He smiles at… — Veronica Roth
When opportunity knocks all some people can do is complain about the noise. — Bill Maher
the captain is supposed to go down with the ship" . "unless the first mate knocks him out and throws him in a lifeboat — Neal Shusterman
God, you have a beautiful laugh, and your smile. Jesus, it knocks the breath out of me." "You can't talk to me like that, nobody… — Maya Banks
The pain is there; when you close one door on it, it knocks to come in somewhere else... — Irvin D. Yalom
Opportunity rarely knocks on your door. Knock rather on opportunity's door if you ardently wish to enter. — B. C. Forbes
Pale death with an impartial foot knocks at the hovels of the poor and the palaces of king. — Horace
It is love that asks, that seeks, that knocks, that finds, and that is faithful to what it finds. — Saint Augustine
Opportunity never knocks; it is within you. — Denis Waitley

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