Thundering Quotes
30 Thundering quotes by 26 unique authors
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The thundering voice that wrings, in one dark, damning moment, crimes of years!
— James Gates Percival
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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
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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…
— Unknown Author
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Applause that comes thundering with such force you might think the audience merely suffers the music as an excuse for its ovations.
— Alfred Jarry
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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
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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 live…
— Marguerite Henry
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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When a tree falls it resounds with a thundering crash; and yet a whole forest grows in silence.
— Jocelyn Murray
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He earned his love through discipline, a thundering velvet hand, his gentle means of sculpting souls took me years to understand.
— Dan Fogelberg
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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
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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
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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
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Potter! There are hundreds of people thundering through my pub!
— Joanne Kathleen Rowling
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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
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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
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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
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…a cheerful black shadow reared up behind him as he spoke, thundering a happy challenge to my Dark Passenger, which slid forward and bellowed back.
— Jeff Lindsay
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The first time she kissed me, I truly thought I'd had an aneurysm - my pulse was thundering so loud and my senses were exploding.…
— Jodi Picoult
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Fifteen minutes later, Betsy came thundering down the stairs. "I'm going to the mall with Sierra to see a movie." Michael leaned forward, switched off…
— Kristin Hannah
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He was a great thundering paradox of a man.
— William Manchester
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On my left the shooting had the sharp explosion of the infantry artillery, on my right could be heard the sporadic cannon shots thundering from…
— Max Beckmann
Who Wrote These Thundering Quotes
26 authors contributed a total of 30 Thundering Quotes, led by these top contributors: