#beating

The most persistent sound which reverberates through man's history is the beating of war drums. ↗

— Arthur Koestler

#drums #history #man #most #persistent

I'm in my usual state up here in the commentary box: high tension, heart beating like a trip hammer, whatever that is. ↗

— Murray Walker

#box #commentary #hammer #heart #here

Divorce is so common and accepted in America that beating myself up over it may sound ridiculous. But I was raised to believe that divorce wasn't an option; to me, divorce equaled failure. I wasn't able to change that equation until I found myself in the right relationship. ↗

— Trisha Yearwood

#accepted #america #beating #believe #change

I drank for about 25 years getting over the loss of my father and I took the anger out on myself. I did a good job at beating myself up at sometimes. I don't drink anymore but my alcoholic head occasionally says different. 'Nil By Mouth' was a love letter to my father because I needed to resolve some issues in order to be able to forgive him. ↗

— Gary Oldman

#about #alcoholic #anger #anymore #beating

The silent majority really is a liberal majority, even though the word liberal has taken a real beating over the last 20 years by radical conservatives. ↗

— Robert Reich

#conservatives #even #last #liberal #majority

Beating up on the so-called elite media has a nice populist ring to it. ↗

— Bill Keller

#elite #media #nice #populist #ring

We used to talk about wanting to get some money, but that's when hip-hop was based on your dreams and your fantasy. The whole thing now is the dreams and fantasies were achieved, and you don't want to make it the focal point. You can't keep beating that dead horse. ↗

— Puff Daddy

#achieved #based #beating #dead #dead horse

In mine opinion, love is fitter than fear, gentleness better than beating, to bring up a child rightly in learning. ↗

— Roger Ascham

#better #bring #child #fear #fitter

The only thing my old man ever gave me was a beating. ↗

— Sonny Liston

#ever #gave #man #me #old

My God, he looks like he's beating a chicken. ↗

— Byron Nelson

#chicken #god #like #looks