They Strike Quotes
23 quotes by 23 authors
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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
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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
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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
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Minds, like parachutes, function better when open, but, like fists, they strike harder when closed.
— L.E. Modesitt Jr.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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When I first met Adèle I was like, ‘Wow, this girl has a strong character!’ She has something very free about her. I’m not used…
— Lea Seydoux
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
Who Wrote These They Strike Quotes
23 authors contributed a total of 23 They Strike Quotes as follows: