Strike Quotes - page 7

So he waited, listening for a moment longer to the tuning-fork that had been struck upon a star. (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
For a man to strike any women is most brutal, and I, as well as everyone else, think this far worse than any attempt to shoot, which, wicked as it is, is at least more comprehensible and more courageous. View quote
Victoria of the United Kingdom
It struck me that distant cities are designed precisely so you can know where you came from. View quote
Colum McCann
When the iron is hot, strike. View quote
John Heywood
Drummer, beat, and piper, blowHarper, strike, and soldier, goFree the flame and sear the grassesTil the dawning Red Star passes. View quote
Anne McCaffrey
The book thief has struck for the first time – the beginning of an illustrious career. View quote
Markus Zusak
Lord, if what I'm doing is wrong, then by all means strike me down. Otherwise set me free. View quote
Neal Shusterman
NOW, MY BRETHREN!" Poseidon's voice was so loud I wasn't sure if I was hearing it from the smoke image or from all the way across town. "STRIKE FOR OLYMPUS! View quote
Rick Riordan
She stared at me. "Fly,; ole, in an airplane, which you were warned never to do lest Zeus strike you out of the sky, AND carrying a weapon that has more destructive power than a nuclear bomb?" "Yeah," I said. "Pretty much exactly like that. View quote
Rick Riordan
Strike the shepherd and the sheep will scatter. View quote
Robert Greene
Thus, the poet's word is beginning to strike forcefully upon the hearts of all men, while absolute men of letters think that they alone live in the real world. (Salvatore Quasimodo)
It suddenly struck me that Dawsey is a lonesome person. I think it may be that he has always been lonely, but he didn't mind before, and now he minds. View quote
Annie Barrows
Evil doesn't die. It never dies. It just takes on a new face, a new name. Just because we've been touched by it once, it doesn't mean we're immune to ever being hurt again. Lightning can strike twice. View quote
Tess Gerritsen
Animal abuse is rampant in the U.S., right under everyone's eyes, for the entertainment of the public. The brutal confinement and pain of training methods of wild animals in the circus, the aquatic and theatrical shows, leads to retaliation by the animals. Eventually they find the right time to strike out, and they will. View quote
Tippi Hedren
She took a deep breath, "Last chance. Are you in need of rescuing?" His expression turned very strange, almost as if she'd struck him, "Yes," he said finally. View quote
Holly Black
You both... you both saved me?" "Come on," said Luis. "You make it sound like it was hard for Val to go to the Unseelie Court, strike a deal with Roiben, challenge Mabry to a duel, win back your heart, and then get back here during rush hour. View quote
Holly Black
He looked at her, and the clarity of his dark eyes struck her heart with a sensation of a wound touched. View quote
Shannon Hale
The word I think of is precarious. I am struck by how precarious it all is. How the things that hold us are only as strong as the faith we have in them. View quote
David Levithan
Suicide is the dumbest possible way of getting revenge. Why is that? Because the people you want to strike back at are the very same folks who won't even remember you a week after you're gone, while the people you want to spare most -- the people who love you -- are the ones who will have to live with the pain of your suicide for the rest of their lives. View quote
David J. Lieberman
Fang: "Have you guys been playing in the toxic waste again? Been bitten by a radioactive spider? Struck by lightning? Drink a super-soldier serum? View quote
James Patterson
The first time I saw 'Sunset Boulevard' I was probably eight or nine years old, and it really struck me how it's so simply put and elegant, yet there's so much going on. (Jennifer Lynch)
The creative process is not like a situation where you get struck by a single lightning bolt. You have ongoing discoveries, and there's ongoing creative revelations. Yes, it's really helpful to be marching toward a specific destination, but, along the way, you must allow yourself room for your ideas to blossom, take root, and grow. View quote
Carlton Cuse
I have a feeling that books are a lot like people - they change as you age, so that some books that you hated in high school will strike you with the force of a revelation when you're older. View quote
Lauren Groff
A fast is not a hunger strike. Fasting submits to God's commands. A hunger strike makes God submit to our demands. View quote
Edwin Louis Cole
My films are of paramount importance to me, the same as my family. That's not going to change. This is a balance I have to strike throughout my life. View quote
Abhishek Bachchan