Knock Quotes - page 8

I'm sorry, 'herbal medicine', "Oh, herbal medicine's been around for thousands of years!" Indeed it has, and then we tested it all, and the stuff that worked became 'medicine'. And the rest of it is just a nice bowl of soup and some potpourri, so knock yourselves out. (Dara Ó Briain)
That was the way things worked. When you were looking for the big fight, the moment that you thought would knock everything over, nothing much happened at all. View quote
Ann Patchett
I'm done. I'm going to go to bed and read important books about theater." "It would would be easier if you just said porn," Scarlett said. "No idea what you're talking about. But knock first if you need me. View quote
Maureen Johnson
The American political system is like a gigantic Mexican Christmas fiesta. Each political party is a huge piñata - a papier-mâché donkey, for example. The donkey is filled with full employment, low interest rates, affordable housing, comprehensive medical benefits, a balanced budget and other goodies. The American voter is blindfolded and given a stick. The voter then swings the stick wildly in every direction, trying to hit a political candidate on the head and knock some sense into the silly bastard. View quote
P. J. O'Rourke
Sometimes people close a door because they're trying to figure out a way to get you to knock. View quote
Andrew Pyper
If you wish, I shall go personally to your City and knock together the heads of Perlith and Galooney. View quote
Robin McKinley
Junkies might be easy to knock down, but they're never fragile. They have souls like old leather shoes studded with steel, and they're about as much good as friends. View quote
Scott Westerfeld
You may never learn the names of any of the people you talk to in a dog park, even after many, many hours spent there with them, and many hours of conversation. But if - knock on wood - anything should ever happen to your dog, these nameless non-strangers will rally, sympathize, offer to help, and hold your hand. I know this from experience. View quote
Susan Orlean
Boy, you knock on the devil's door and he will head slam you through the wall. View quote
Sherrilyn Kenyon
Stories are hard. I have friends who knock out stories on a weekly or monthly basis, like they're running on medicinal-strength Updike. But for me a story is as daunting a prospect as a novel. View quote
Junot Diaz
If you cross Fox News Channel, it's not just me, it's Roger Ailes who will go after you... The person gets what's coming to them but never sees it coming. Look at Al Franken, one day he's going to get a knock on his door and life as he's known it will change forever. That day will happen, trust me. (Bill O'Reilly)
Occasionally the state of the planet can knock me off my perky perch. View quote
Graham Norton
Christ, don't you ever knock? It's Lassiter. L-A-S-S-I-T-E-R. How is it possible you're still getting me confused with someone else? Do I need a nametag? View quote
J.R. Ward
I've learned through experience of playing different characters, some of whom were jerks, that when you play a character who is pretentious or obnoxious, in any way, it's important to knock them down a peg. View quote
Jonah Hill
I once won a second prize in a history concert. My parents came to the ceremony. Somebody else had won the prize for best all-around student. Afterwards my father said to me, 'Never, ever disgrace me like that again.' When I tell my Western friends, they are aghast. But I adore my father. It didn't knock my self-esteem at all. View quote
Amy Chua
When I turned 11, my dad decorated a room at the Standard hotel in Los Angeles in a '60s, Austin Powers style. There was human bowling: You run inside a giant inflatable ball and try to knock down pins. To this day, adults say it was one of the craziest parties they've ever been to. View quote
Zoe Kravitz
People gonna be they own individuals and have they own worlds and I can't knock it. View quote
Kendrick Lamar
Mary-Lynnette had an inexplicable impulse to knock Ash flat and fall down on top of him. She'd never felt that for any boy before. View quote
L.J. Smith
I don't like to hurt people's feelings, and I don't like to knock other writers as a matter of principle. View quote
Lydia Davis
Lucern felt himself "She called my erections wonderful?" Entienne just gaped, then raised a fist to knock on his brother's forehead as if it were a door "Hello! Earth calling Luc! She thinks it's rigor mortis. View quote
Lynsay Sands
Seeing that the general state of my health was so poor, my brother-in-law recommended a stiff regime of yoga practice to knock me into shape and strengthen me up to face life's trials and challenges as I approached adulthood. (B.K.S. Iyengar)
I'm like a little kid when it comes to music. I mean, the music is always blasting wherever I am that people always knock on my door and say, 'It's too loud!' But I think music gives so much inspiration. View quote
Donatella Versace
In the computer industry, you've got an interdisciplinary team of people who can come together, attack the problem, and work in a collaborative style. You knock down one problem after another, cobble things together, and then hopefully turn the crank at some point. View quote
Paul Allen
I am not going to allow the little flu to knock me down. View quote
Jair Bolsonaro
Superstition is foolish, childish, primitive and irrational - but how much does it cost you to knock on wood? View quote
Judith Viorst