#strike

If the lot of you survives, Curran will fray the skin off your backs,' Doolittle said. 'That's what I always love about you, Doctor.' Raphael grinned. 'You're a cup-halfway-full kind of guy. All flowers and sunshine. ↗

— Ilona Andrews

#ilona-andrews #kate-daniels #magic-strikes #raphael #love

Rockefeller once explained the secret of success. 'Get up early, work late - and strike oil.' ↗

— Joey Adams

#explained #get #late #oil #once

The first thing that strikes a visitor to Paris is a taxi. ↗

— Fred Allen

#first thing #paris #strikes #taxi #the first thing

I would argue that the next President, either Bush or Gore, should strike a 'national' posture, exhibiting generosity toward the defeated opponent, but proceeding with determination to implement an agenda. ↗

— Richard V. Allen

#argue #bush #defeated #determination #either

Propaganda is a soft weapon; hold it in your hands too long, and it will move about like a snake, and strike the other way. ↗

— Jean Anouilh

#hands #hold #like #long #move

So all the system was running down and collapsing. Mrs. Thatcher became the leader of the Conservative Party in February 1975, and she clearly wanted to strike out and do something different. ↗

— Kenneth Baker

#clearly #collapsing #conservative #conservative party #different

Our nation will have 50 percent less ability to do whatever our bidding is because the joint strike fighter program was canceled. There is nothing that is going to be a replacement besides the Joint Strike Fighter. ↗

— James F. Amos

#because #besides #bidding #canceled #fighter

I went to work with a guy named Matt Fuller, who was a Mothers fan, and low and behold, Arthur was working for him also. We worked together for about six months and decided to strike out on our own. ↗

— Jimmy Carl Black

#also #arthur #behold #decided #fan

If a hurricane strikes, we can blame the president for not being there; we can blame Congress and FEMA; we can blame the state governments; but in the end, it's the mayors and the local city governments that have to be prepared for emergencies and be prepared to act. ↗

— Michael Bloomberg

#be prepared #being #being there #blame #city

The quality of decision is like the well-timed swoop of a falcon which enables it to strike and destroy its victim. ↗

— Sun Tzu

#destroy #enables #falcon #like #quality