#strike

The first time it felt really dangerous, like the sort of thing you had to lock the doors and close the curtains on because if anybody saw you, God would strike you down with a thunderbolt. But I took to it like a duck to water. ↗

— Jamie Muir

#because #close #curtains #dangerous #doors

Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul. ↗

— Alexander Pope

#merit #sight #soul #strike #wins

I believe the Patriot Act strikes the right balance needed to protect our freedom and security. ↗

— Bill Owens

#balance #believe #freedom #i #i believe

The result is that you are now experiencing what we experienced in the war in Algeria: The Israeli government says that it is a victim of terrorist activity, but this activity is less visible than the military strikes. ↗

— Jean-Marie Le Pen

#algeria #experienced #experiencing #government #israeli

I already had three strikes against me. One, I have light skin. Two, I'm from Miami, which wasn't getting looked at at the time. Three, I'm Cuban. But now, I've made everything that stacked against me into a virtue. ↗

— Pitbull

#already #cuban #everything #getting #had

The affections are like lightning: you cannot tell where they will strike till they have fallen. ↗

— Lee Iacocca

#cannot #fallen #lightning #like #strike

Unlike most major American cities, Honolulu is geographically insulated from the rest of the country. When disaster strikes we cannot call on neighboring states for assistance. ↗

— Daniel Akaka

#american cities #assistance #call #cannot #cities

Bin Laden was 200 miles away from the area where all of these drone strikes were taking out his key leaders, he was able to indulge in his hobbies... and he was making occasional video tapes and audio tapes to the wider world. ↗

— Peter L. Bergen

#area #audio #away #bin #his

There is one kind of robber whom the law does not strike at, and who steals what is most precious to men: time. ↗

— Napoleon Bonaparte

#kind #law #men #most #precious

I think The Empire Strikes Back had everything. ↗

— Jeremy Bulloch

#empire #everything #had #i #i think