Struck Quotes
675 quotes by 567 authors
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It struck me recently, that one should really consider the sequence of a protein molecule about to fold into a precise geometric form as a…
— Christian B. Anfinsen
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I struck out with two men on base. I was so angry, so frustrated, I turned and without even thinking about it, snapped my bat…
— Bo Jackson
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Belief in karma ought to make the life pure, strong, serene, and glad. Only our own deeds can hinder us; only our own will can…
— Annie Besant
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The Iraqi elections struck a blow to the heart of global terrorism.
— Tony Blair
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I remember reading this thing that Elizabeth Taylor wrote. She had her first kiss in character. On a movie set. It really struck me. I…
— Emma Watson
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If we're successful in Iraq ... we will have struck a major blow right at the heart of the base, if you will, the geographic…
— Dick Cheney
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The hand that held the dagger has struck it into the back of its neighbor.
— Franklin D. Roosevelt
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In a nutshell, this United Nations non-profit organization [World Food Programme] feeds millions of starving children at schools in third world countries as an incentive…
— Sheryl Crow
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It is advantageous to an author that his book should be attacked as well as praised. Fame is a shuttlecock. If it be struck at…
— Samuel Johnson
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The most influential books, and the truest in their influence, are works of fiction. They repeat, they re-arrange, they clarify the lessons of life; they…
— Robert Louis Stevenson
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I don't wait to be struck by lightning and I don't need certain slants of light in order to be able to write.
— Toni Morrison
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Avoid theatrical flourishes - the phrases that sound so damned good that they stand up and beg to be recognized as "good writing," and therefore…
— Unknown Author
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Non-cooperation is beyond the reach of the bayonet. It has found an abiding place in the Indian heart. Workers like me will go when the…
— Mahatma Gandhi
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It struck me that favourable variations would tend to be preserved and unfavourable ones tend to be destroyed
— Charles Darwin
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You meet a friend - your face brightens. You have struck gold.
— Unknown Author
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That buck that bought a bottle could have struck the lotto
— Unknown Author
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It would be nice to abandon the verse-chorus-bridge structure completely, and make it so none of these things are definable. ... Make up new names…
— Robbie Robertson
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When a large number of organs of the press come to advance along the same track, their influence becomes almost irresistible in the long term,…
— Alexis de Tocqueville
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Throughout my career, I've always portrayed characters that were humorous, but also weren't afraid to speak their minds, especially when it came to racy or…
— Betty White
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Something small and quiet, like a match being struck, lights up the gloom inside of me.
— Suzanne Collins
Who Wrote These Struck Quotes
567 authors contributed a total of 675 Struck Quotes, led by these top contributors: