Quotes with knock

  • In a way, certain sections of the media always wanted to knock me because I had captained my country and been skipper at Old Trafford. It was all a bit odd really.
  • ''You gave me the key of your heart, my love; then why did you make me knock?'' Oh that was yesterday, saints above! And last night - I changed the lock!

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  • Agnes Smedley And the woman who could win the respect of man was often the woman who could knock him down with her bare fists and sit on him until he yelled for help.
    Agnes Smedley
    American journalist and writer (1892 - 1950)
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  • John Boyle O'Reilly ''You gave me the key of your heart, my love; then why did you make me knock?'' Oh that was yesterday, saints above! And last night - I changed the lock!
    John Boyle O'Reilly
    Irish poet, journalist, author and activist (1844 - 1890)
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  • Charles Lamb A poor relation is the most irrelevant thing in nature, a piece of impertinent correspondence, an odious approximation, a haunting conscience, a preposterous shadow, lengthening in the noon-tide of our prosperity. He is known by his knock.
    Charles Lamb
    English essayist (1775 - 1834)
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  • Caroline Leavitt All writers know how important a good title is. It's the first thing readers see, along with a knock-your-socks-off cover - a seductive 'come hither' for the story within.
    Caroline Leavitt
    American novelist
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  • Albert Ellis As a result of my philosophy, I wasn't even upset about Hitler. I was willing to go to war to knock him off, but I didn't hate him. I hated what he was doing.
    Albert Ellis
    American psychologist (1913 - 2007)
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  • Bob Rae Constitutions do not emerge perfectly formed from the brain of the philosopher king, as Mr. Trudeau himself discovered in 1980 and 1981. They are always messy processes that are easier to knock down or tear apart than they are to construct.
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    Bob Rae
    Canadian diplomat, lawyer and negotiator (1948 - )
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  • Woody Allen Don't knock masturbation - it's sex with someone I love.
    Woody Allen
    American movie director and actor (1935 - )
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  • Laurence J. Peter Don't knock the rich. When did a poor person give you a job?
    Laurence J. Peter
    Canadian educator and hierarchiologist (1919 - 1990)
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  • Kin Hubbard Don't knock the weather; nine-tenths of the people couldn't start a conversation if it didn't change once in a while.
    Kin Hubbard
    American cartoonist, humorist, and journalist (1868 - 1930)
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  • Samuel Johnson Every man has a right to utter what he thinks truth, and every other man has a right to knock him down for it. Martyrdom is the test.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Ivan Turgenev However much you knock at nature's door, she will never answer you in comprehensible words.
    Ivan Turgenev
    Russian novelist, short story writer, poet and playwright (1818 - 1883)
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  • Muhammad Ali I am the greatest. Not only do I knock em out, I pick the round!
    Muhammad Ali
    American Boxer (1942 - 2016)
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  • Samuel Johnson If a madman were to come into this room with a stick in his hand, no doubt we should pity the state of his mind; but our primary consideration would be to take care of ourselves. We should knock him down first, and pity him afterwards.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Hillary Clinton If I want to knock a story off the front page, I just change my hairstyle.
    Hillary Clinton
    American politician (1947 - )
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  • Milton Berle If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door.
    Milton Berle
    American comedian and actor (1908 - 2002)
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  • Henry Wadsworth Longfellow If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody.
    Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
    American poet (1807 - 1882)
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  • Bryan Robson In a way, certain sections of the media always wanted to knock me because I had captained my country and been skipper at Old Trafford. It was all a bit odd really.
    Bryan Robson
    English football manager and player (1957 - )
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  • Brett Hull My teeth have never been touched. Why did I tell you that? Knock on wood. I've got a few scars over the eyes, a couple on the chin, a few on the beak and one across the cheek. But my luck is running out.
    Brett Hull
    Canadian-born American former ice hockey player (1964 - )
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  • Alfred Lord Tennyson No man ever got very high by pulling other people down. The intelligent merchant does not knock his competitors. The sensible worker does not work those who work with him. Don't knock your friends. Don't knock your enemies. Don't knock yourself.
    Alfred Lord Tennyson
    English poet (1809 - 1892)
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  • B. C. Forbes Opportunity rarely knocks on your door. Knock rather on opportunity's door if you ardently wish to enter.
    B. C. Forbes
    American Publisher (1880 - 1954)
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