#struck

Has it struck you that the music which is regarded as the most sublime in western civilization, which is the music of Bach, is called baroque? ↗

— Pierre Schaeffer

#baroque #called #civilization #most #music

During the 1970s and 1980s Gibson did use my likeness, but we never signed anything. This new Signature model is the first time we struck a formal written deal for a guitar with my name on it. ↗

— Neal Schon

#deal #did #during #first #first time

Light troubles speak; the weighty are struck dumb. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

#light #speak #struck #troubles #weighty

By the way, did you fellows know that a hummingbird weighs as much as a quarter? Do you think a hummingbird also weighs the same as two dimes and a nickel? But then she asked a question of her own: How do they weigh a hummingbird? ↗

— Calvin Trillin

#humor #questionstruck #trillin #humor

It is hard to rationalise or explain why you love what you love. But I have always been interested in science and maths, and in high school I was struck that you could use maths to understand nature and science. ↗

— Serge Haroche

#been #could #explain #hard #high

As I look back on the last few decades of my life, I am struck by the good fortune that came my way. ↗

— Daniel Nathans

#back #came #decades #few #fortune

Here society is reduced to its original elements, the whole fabric of art and conventionality is struck rudely to pieces, and men find themselves suddenly brought back to the wants and resources of their original natures. ↗

— Francis Parkman

#back #brought #conventionality #elements #fabric

When you have seen as much of life as I have, you will not underestimate the power of obsessive love. ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#love #love-struck #obsession #life

So the reason I was struck again and again was because of my overwhelmingly positive energy. Funny, I'd always thought of myself as a pessimist. ↗

— Jennifer Bosworth

#energy #funny #irony #lightning #sarcasm

Although the troops have struck us, we throw it all behind and are glad to meet you in peace and friendship. ↗

— Black Kettle

#behind #friendship #glad #meet #peace