Nothing Can Knock Me Down Quotes

#1. I felt more solidly composed, now that I was horizontal. I was impossible to knock down.

David Foster Wallace

#2. The place where you came from ain't there any more, and where you had in mind to go is cancelled out. This place you are now - inside your daddy's house - is nothing but a cardboard box I can knock down any time. You know that and always did know it. You hear me?

Joyce Carol Oates

#3. You can knock down kingdoms on a whim. What you need is someone to make sure you don't get hit by a carriage when you cross the street.

Scott Lynch

#4. But that's the thing about truth - even when you think you know it, it can still sneak up behind you and knock you down.

Rachel Bateman

#5. 'There are enough people out there that will be more than willing to knock you down. There's no reason for you to do it to yourself.'

T.J. Klune

#6. The normal press cycle is to put a company on a pedestal and then knock it down. It's much more interesting that way.

Biz Stone

#7. Hard winds and strong ideas have powerful muscles; they can knock you down easily!

Mehmet Murat Ildan

#8. If a man, notoriously and designedly, insults and affronts you, knock him down; but if he only injures you, your best revenge is to be extremely civil to him in your outward behaviour, though at the same time you counterwork him, and return him the compliment, perhaps with interest.

Lord Chesterfield

#9. I was against it [war in Middle East]. And I was against it very early. And we shouldn't have been in there. And I think it is probably perhaps the worst mistake we have ever made. First of all, they didn't knock down the World Trade Center, OK? It wasn't Iraq. It was other people.

Donald Trump

#10. Life is designed to knock you down. It will knock you down time and time again, but it doesn't matter how many times you fall - it matters how many times you get back up.

Lilly Singh

#11. The world is filled with unfortunate souls who didn't hear opportunity knock at the door, because they were down at the convenience stor buying lottery tickets.

Napoleon Hill

#12. Whoever governs Singapore must have that iron in him. Or give it up. This is not a game of cards. This is your life and mine. I've spent a whole lifetime building this and as long as I'm in charge, nobody is going to knock it down.

Mr. Lee

#13. No man ever got very high by pulling other people down. The intelligent merchant does not knock his competitors. The sensible worker does not knock those who work with him. Don't knock your friends. Don't knock your enemies. Don't knock yourself.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

#14. I saw this college team bowling championship. Each team had their own coach. What kind of strategy advice is a bowling coach giving? "You know what? This time Timmy, I want you to knock down all the pins." "You sure?" "Trust me. Just do it son!"

Jim Gaffigan

#15. We will not go. The only way to get us there is to come in here with clubs and knock us on the head, and drag us out and take us down there dead.

Morning Star

#16. The better we feel about ourselves, the fewer times we have to knock somebody else down to feel tall.

Odetta

#17. Just really be passionate and stick to your creative vision. Because it's competitive, and there are so many mind games and so many things that could get in the way. But success is the best revenge, so build yourself up rather than knock others down.

Tavi Gevinson

#18. Always knock a wall down, and build a nice walk out of it.

Nora Roberts

#19. We're wild horses. We're going to eat your food, knock down your tent and poop on your shoes. We're protected by federal law, just like Richard Nixon.

Dave Barry

#20. I've been in crisis situations, I've been down, I've been hurt, I've been behind on the scorecards, and I've had to pull that shot out to knock somebody out. I've been in all kinds of situations and still come out on top.

Tyson Fury

#21. I think we need not only to eliminate the tollbooth to the middle class, I think we should knock down the tollbooth.

George W. Bush

#22. Opportunities Don't Come Knocking On The Door. They Present Themselves When You Knock The Door Down!

Greg Plitt

#23. They're [haters] just building you up to knock you down. But for me, they haven't.

Taylor Swift

#24. Part of the plot was a knock that V wanted to bring down the government and bring chaos. I don't know why I thought of Guy Fawkes, because it was during the summer. I thought that would be great if he looked like Guy Fawkes, kind of theatrical.

David Lloyd

#25. You are the driver steering your own dreams. Choose to knock down whatever crosses your way.

Israelmore Ayivor

#26. A sincere compliment is always grateful to a lady, so long as you don't try to knock her down with it.

Mark Twain

#27. It's one thing I like about America - they respect the sportsman. They put them up on a pedestal. They don't try to knock them down. And that's a great thing, to be respected by the whole country. It's so patriotic!

David Beckham

#28. She had become the demon, only too much, and too fast. I had an incredible urge to knock her on her ass, take her down a few notches. Turning her just got higher on the priority scale. That's if I didn't kill her first.

L.J. Kentowski

#29. I'm hoping to knock down the walls and broaden the lane a little bit more for music that's pop music at the heart of it.

Santigold

#30. We need to let the referee's sole thing be to protect the quarterback and get those late hits out of there. They even have a stat on television that says 'knockdowns.' Knockdowns means that you knock him down after he throws the ball. The assumption is, if it's legal, we'll make excuses for them.

John Madden

#31. Miz Ellen, what do you carry in that handbag of yours that has enough wallop to knock down a full-grown man? - Dan Landry

Jane Rainwater

#32. I grew up thinking it was wonderful to be big and strong and to be able to knock down other children in the playground if I needed to. But I never felt the need.

Maeve Binchy