#strikes

It is not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting. ↗

— Epictetus

#insults #opinion #strikes #these #things

It strikes me as hubris that Universal will buy EMI. What it will do is create a super-major that will have far too much power... I think when Universal goes up over 40 percent market share, I don't see how reasonable regulators can countenance. It will impact not just labels, but artists and cultural diversity. ↗

— Edgar Bronfman, Jr.

#buy #countenance #create #cultural #cultural diversity

People who live together naturally catch the looks and air of one another and without having one feature alike, they contract a something in the whole countenance which strikes one as a resemblance. ↗

— Frances Burney

#alike #another #catch #contract #countenance

Success soon palls. The joyous time is when the breeze first strikes your sails, and the waters rustle under your bows. ↗

— Charles Buxton

#breeze #first #joyous #rustle #sails

The author of McCarthyism was given the distinction of addressing the Republican National Convention. This strikes terror in the hearts of honest men. ↗

— Emanuel Celler

#author #convention #distinction #given #hearts

When you sit down and focus on the matches and series that took place during the 12 month period it strikes you just how broad the talent pool is in international cricket is today. ↗

— Sunil Gavaskar

#cricket #down #during #focus #how

I owe much to my friends; but, all things considered, it strikes me that I owe even more to my enemies. The real person springs life under a sting even better than under a caress. ↗

— Andre Gide

#better #caress #considered #even #friends

I'm going through a divorce now. This is the second one, and like baseball, I'm not gonna get three strikes. I've been living by myself for five years and I'm very comfortable. I can play my guitar when I want to. ↗

— Buddy Guy

#been #comfortable #divorce #five #get

The Almighty gave us our lives, and I suppose He meant us to defend them, at least I have always acted on that, and I hope it will not be brought up against me when my clock strikes. ↗

— H. Rider Haggard

#against #almighty #always #brought #clock

Sometimes I have a great day of filming and sometimes the theater strikes me better. It just depends. ↗

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

#day #depends #filming #great #great day