#strike

Fatherlessness didn't strike me as being an event. It was a state of life. ↗

— Tom Stoppard

#event #life #me #state #strike

If we strike a line to the N.W. from Sydney to Wellington Valley, we shall find that little change takes place in the geological features of the country. ↗

— Charles Sturt

#country #features #find #geological #line

The hate and scorn showered on us Negro officers by our fellow Americans convinced me that there was no sense in my dying for a world ruled by them. I made up my mind that if I got through this war I would study law and use my time fighting for men who could not strike back. ↗

— Charles Hamilton Houston

#convinced #could #dying #fellow #fellow americans

'The Dictator' lands somewhere between wan Mel Brooks and good Adam Sandler, whose 'You Don't Mess With the Zohan,' about an Israeli Special Forces soldier at a hair salon, manages to strike better contrasts with vaguely similar culture differences - it's a nuttier movie, too. ↗

— Wesley Morris

#adam #adam sandler #better #between #brooks

A boomerang returns back to the person who throws it. But first, while moving in a circle, it hits its target. So does gossip. ↗

— Vera Nazarian

#boomerang #cause #circle #effect #gossip

When the Industrial Revolution of the nineteenth century brought a rapid increase in wealth, the demand of workers for a fair share of the wealth they were creating was conceded only after riots and strikes. ↗

— John Boyd Orr

#brought #century #conceded #creating #demand

Beauties in vain their pretty eyes may roll; charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul. ↗

— Alexander Pope

#charms #eyes #may #merit #pretty

To be told that one can be dependent on one's parents until age 26 should strike a young person who wants to grow up as demeaning, not as something to celebrate. ↗

— Dennis Prager

#celebrate #demeaning #dependent #grow #grow up

If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success. ↗

— John D. Rockefeller

#accepted #new #out #paths #rather

I mean if someone you know pushes a button you're gonna strike back out. ↗

— Brande Roderick

#button #gonna #i #know #mean