Racket Quotes

116 quotes by 98 authors

I used to cut guitars out of a piece of cardboard to copy the Strat look. I used a backwards tennis racket for a while… — Rick Springfield
I follow the teachings of Major General Smedley Darlington Butler, United States Marine Corps. He won two Congressional Medals of Honor, and he wrote the… — Jesse Ventura
I got my first tennis racket on my seventh birthday. And because we had a tennis court in our backyard, I played every day. By… — Tullian Tchividjian
The only way to combat the murder that is war is to show the dirty combinations that make it and the criminals and swine that… — Ernest Hemingway
Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket. — Eric Hoffer
To tell the truth, girls are no longer the way they used to be. They play gangsters, nowadays, just like boys. They organize rackets. They… — Alain Robbe-Grillet
The earth is speaking to us, but we can't hear because of all the racket our senses are making. Sometimes we need to erase them,… — Jerry Spinelli
You are about to begin reading Italo Calvino's new novel, If on a winter's night a traveler. Relax. Concentrate. Dispel every other thought. Let the… — Italo Calvino
Make as much racket as you like people. Noise is life and an excess of noise is a sign that life is good. There will… — Salman Rushdie
Let's take my truck," Jim said as he hit the gravel. "Less noise." And it has a radio, right?" With tragic concentration Adrian started warming… — J R Ward
protected businesses never, never become competitive ... Halliburton, Bechtel, Parsons, KPMG, RTI, Blackwater and all other U.S. corporations that were in Iraq to take advantage… — Naomi Klein
We have the whitest kitchens and the most shining bathrooms in the world. But in the lovely white kitchen the average [person] canâ€™t produce a… — Raymond Chandler
To Serve and Protect..."- Traditional Motto of Protection Rackets — Robert Asprin
You seem a lot like me," he said. "You don't gawk at me like I'm a freak." "I'll kick anyone who does." "I think you… — Ellen Schreiber
The two dozen commonplace childhood photographs - snowsuit, pony, tennis racket, looming fender of a Dodge - were an inexhaustible source of wonder for him,… — Michael Chabon
Darling, my darling, don't think that I don't love you or that I didn't love you, but it's precisely because I love you that I… — Milan Kundera
I am creating an atmosphere! Oh, Unc, weâ€™ve finally got bodies in this joint! Paying bodies. We could have a good racket going here.â€ â€œIâ€™m… — Libba Bray
For a split second, Harry thought how absurd it was for Tonks to expect the dummy to hear her talking that quietly through a sheet… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
In the system of chivalry, men protect women against men. This is not unlike the protection relationship which [organized crime] established with small businesses in… — Susan Griffin
I grip very close to the butt of the racket. This allows me to get a lot of wrist action to create more spin and… — Sloane Stephens

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