They Strike Quotes

23 quotes by 23 authors

I do not use airplanes. They strike me as unsporting. You can have an automobile accident-and survive. You can be on a sinking ship-and survive.… — Isaac Asimov
A bird maintains itself in the air by imperceptible balancing, when near to the mountains or lofty ocean crags; it does this by means of… — Leonardo da Vinci
Tis evident that all reasonings concerning matter of fact are founded on the relation of cause and effect, and that we can never infer the… — David Hume
Minds, like parachutes, function better when open, but, like fists, they strike harder when closed. — L.E. Modesitt Jr.
Plot is people. Human emotions and desires founded on the realities of life, working at cross purposes, getting hotter and fiercer as they strike against… — Leigh Brackett
Some have said we must not act until the threat is imminent. Since when have terrorists and tyrants announced their intentions, politely putting us on… — George W. Bush
There are many trials in life which do not seem to come from unwisdom or folly; they are silver arrows shot from the bow of… — Henry Ward Beecher
Give me a look, give me a face, That makes simplicity a grace Robes loosely flowing, hair as free Such sweet neglect more taketh me… — Ben Jonson
We have not faith, we have not patience to see this. We trust the man in the street; but there is one being in the… — Swami Vivekananda
I have a good friend, Rudolf Serkin, the pianist, a very sensitive man. I was talking to him one day backstage after a concert and… — Andrew Wyeth
You cannot choose between party government and Parliamentary government. I say you can have no Parliamentary government if you have no party government; and therefore… — Benjamin Disraeli
Regular crises perpetuate the past by reinvigorating cycles which started long ago. In contrast, (capital-C) Crises are the past's death knell. They function like laboratories… — Yanis Varoufakis
There is music wherever there is harmony, order and proportion; and thus far we may maintain the music of the spheres; for those well ordered… — Thomas Browne
When I first met AdÃ¨le I was like, â€˜Wow, this girl has a strong character!â€™ She has something very free about her. Iâ€™m not used… — Lea Seydoux
We have to judge politicians by their cumulative score. In one innings they make a great catch, in another they drop the ball. In one… — Jesse Jackson
I just think it's silly to be stingy with compliments. If you see someone and they strike you as beautiful in any way, why not… — Jill Scott
A first child is your own best foot forward, and how you do cheer those little feet as they strike out. You examine every turn… — Barbara Kingsolver
What's prayer? It's shooting shafts into the dark. What mark they strike, if any, who's to say? It's reaching for a hand you cannot touch.… — Frederick Buechner
I do believe I begin to grasp the nature of miracles! For would it be a miracle, if there was any reason for it? Miracles… — Ellis Peters
I know how this feels: the tightening of the chest, the panic, the what-have-I-done-wait-I-was-kidding. Eating disorders linger so long undetected, eroding the body in silence,… — Marya Hornbacher

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