Thundering Quotes
30 quotes by 27 authors
-
The thundering voice that wrings, in one dark, damning moment, crimes of years!
— James Gates Percival
-
The thundering line of battle stands, And in the air Death moans and sings: But Day shall clasp him with strong hands, And Night shall…
— Julian Grenfell
-
Some were scattered about the ring, one or two went in the sawdust tub, one I spat out as I fell, and I am thundering…
— Johnny Basham
-
Applause that comes thundering with such force you might think the audience merely suffers the music as an excuse for its ovations.
— Alfred Jarry
-
He [Gen. Douglas MacArthur] was a great thundering paradox of a man, noble and ignoble, inspiring and outrageous, arrogant and shy, the best of men…
— William Manchester
-
Machines have about as much warmth as a cube of ice. And that is why the horse is still part of our lives and will…
— Marguerite Henry
-
The one who is our very Life descended into our world, and bore our death, and slew it with the abundance of His own life.…
— Saint Augustine
-
In arguing too, the parson own'd his skill, For e'en though vanquish'd he could argue still; While words of learned length and thundering sound Amaz'd…
— Oliver Goldsmith
-
When I woke the next morning in my room at White's Motel, I showered and stood naked in front of the mirror, watching myself solemnly…
— Cheryl Strayed
-
It heartens me to think of Verdi who composed thundering operas in his eighties; Michelangelo who did fine work in his ninetieth year, and Titian,…
— James A. Michener
-
The moral effect of the thundering of one's own artillery is most extraordinary, and many of us thought that we had never heard any more…
— Fritz Kreisler
-
When a tree falls it resounds with a thundering crash; and yet a whole forest grows in silence.
— Jocelyn Murray
-
He earned his love through discipline, a thundering velvet hand, his gentle means of sculpting souls took me years to understand.
— Dan Fogelberg
-
A tutor should not be continually thundering instruction into the ears of his pupil, as if he were pouring it through a funnel, but, after…
— Michel de Montaigne
-
When his life was ruined, his family killed, his farm destroyed, Job knelt down on the ground and yelled up to the heavens, 'Why god?…
— Stephen King
-
And what could be a hotter ticket than the improbable triumph of 'The Book of Mormon,' the musical-comedy moon shot of the season? Its creators,…
— James Wolcott
-
Potter! There are hundreds of people thundering through my pub!
— Joanne Kathleen Rowling
-
I cannot think of a better way to spread the faith. No thundering from a pulpit, no condemnation from bad churches, no peer pressure, just…
— Yann Martel
-
I'm so alive. As I stand facing the beauty of the never-ending Pacific Ocean, a late afternoon breeze blows down from the hills behind. As…
— Dave Pelzer
-
Even if there was such a thing as a half-price sale at the local Ming outlet shop, she would have to work ten lifetimes to…
— Alexandra Ivy
Who Wrote These Thundering Quotes
27 authors contributed a total of 30 Thundering Quotes, led by these top contributors: