Knocks Quotes
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A pessimist is somebody who complains about the noise when opportunity knocks.
Oscar Wilde -
When a Mormon knocks, they say, 'Can I teach you about Jesus Christ?' And if you say no, they'll say, 'Then how can I be of service to you?' So anybody who was smart would be like, 'You can take out my trash and mow my lawn.'
Dan Reynolds Imagine Dragons
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Sometime, somewhere you take something to be the truth. But if you cling to it too strongly, then even when the truth comes in person and knocks on your door, you will not open it.
Gautama Buddha -
He who seeks, finds, and who knocks, will be let in.
Nick Cave The Birthday Party -
Opportunity knocks at every man's door once. On some men's door it hammers till it breaks down the door and then it goes in and wakes him up if he's asleep, and ever afterward it works for him as a night watchman.
Finley Peter Dunne -
When you find the talent, it's always raw, and when you put the talent in the formula, you get the Knocks.
Wyclef Jean Fugees -
Away with the one who is always seeking, for he never finds anything; for he is seeking where nothing can be found. Away with the one who is always knocking, for he knocks where there is no one to open; away with the one who is always asking, for he asks of one who does not hear.
Tertullian -
When Fortune knocks, open the door,' they say. But why should one make fortune knock, by keeping the door shut?
Idries Shah
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She has a laugh so hearty it knocks the whipped cream off an order of strawberry shortcake on a table fifty feet away.
Damon Runyon -
Whoever knocks persistently, ends by entering.
Muhammad Ali -
It's so technical. It's nothing personal. You're not fighting really, you're missing each other by a half of foot at least, ideally more and you get a few knocks and bruises. But with the kissing, you do kiss someone. Its lips on lips.
Colin Farrell -
When a guy knocks ya down, never get up unless he's gonna kill ya.
Gennaro Angiulo -
Honesty stands at the gate and knocks, and bribery enters in.
Barnabe Rich -
When good luck knocks at the door, let him in and keep him there.
Miguel de Cervantes
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Well, well, my boy, if good luck knocks at your door, don't you put your head out at window and tell it to be gone about its business, that's all.
George Eliot -
The reason so many people never get anywhere in life is because when opportunity knocks, they are out in the backyard looking for four-leaf clovers.
Walter Chrysler -
Opportunity never knocks. It hangs thick in the air all around you. You breathe it unthinking, and dissipate it with your sighs.
Roy H. Williams -
Got a couple of knocks and a whack on the schnoz.
Nick Cummins -
When Arsenal knocks on any door, it's difficult to say no. When it knocks on my door, this is my house and it makes it very difficult.
Mikel Arteta -
The school of hard knocks is an accelerated curriculum.
Menander
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That's the kind he usually knocks in in his sleep - with his eyes closed.
Archie Macpherson -
There's much that goes to the makin' of a man or woman into somethin' better than a brute beast, but there's three things in chief, an' they're the places where life sets us down, an' the folks life knocks us up against, an' -- not the things ye get, but the things ye don't get.
Elizabeth Goudge -
When life knocks you to your knees, and it will, why, get up! If it knocks you to your knees again, as it will, well, isn't that the best position from which to pray?
Ethel Barrymore -
Too often, the opportunity knocks, but by the time you push back the chain, push back the bolt, unhook the two locks and shut off the burglar alarm, it's too late.
Rita Coolidge