#striking

We believe that the world, too, can destroy apartheid, firstly by striking at the economy of South Africa. ↗

— Oliver Tambo

#apartheid #believe #destroy #economy #firstly

It's tough to strike out. Believe me. I hate striking out. It's no fun. It's embarrassing. But there really isn't anything I can do. It's just a part of my game. ↗

— Jim Thome

#believe #embarrassing #fun #game #hate

There is a strange kind of human being in whom there is an eternal struggle between body and soul, animal and god, for dominance. In all great men this mixture is striking, and in none more so than in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. ↗

— Alfred Einstein

#animal #being #between #body #dominance

The striking thing about the Precious Blood is the bond it establishes between love and suffering in our experience, a bond that has become so close that we have come to think of suffering accepted with joy as the most authentic sign of love with any depth at all. ↗

— Gabriel Marcel

#accepted #any #authentic #become #between

Mr. Darwin contributes some striking and ingenious instances of the way in which the principle partially affects the chain, or rather network of life, even to the total obliteration of certain meshes. ↗

— Richard Owen

#certain #chain #contributes #darwin #even

In turning from the smaller instruments in frequent use to the larger and more important machines, the economy arising from the increase of velocity becomes more striking. ↗

— Charles Babbage

#becomes #economy #frequent #important #increase

Belladonna, n.: In Italian a beautiful lady; in English a deadly poison. A striking example of the essential identity of the two tongues. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#deadly #english #essential #example #identity

I am uninterested in appearing in newspapers and on television. Many people think I am striking a pose - that I want to create a sense of shyness. But it's just not something I want to do. I overdosed. ↗

— Agnetha Faltskog

#appearing #create #i #i am #just

I think provincialism is an endemic characteristic with mankind, I think everybody everywhere is provincial, but it is particularly striking with Texans, and we tend to be very Texcentric. ↗

— Molly Ivins

#endemic #everybody #everywhere #i #i think