Poundings Quotes

#1. The truth alone has never set anyone free. It is only DOUBT which will bring about mental emancipation. Without the wonderful element of doubt, the doorway through which truth passes would be tightly shut, impervious to the strenuous poundings of a thousand Lucifer's.

Anton Szandor LaVey

#2. Opportunity may knock, but Death always rings, for he is perfectly aware that sometimes even the hardest of door poundings may go unheard from within, particularly when there is a vacuum running.

Clayton Smith

#3. Regan's pulse was astonishing. It hammered at a speed too rapid to gauge. Across the bed, Merrin reached out calmly and with the end of his thumb traced the sign of the cross on Regan's vomit-covered chest. The words of his prayer were swallowed up in the poundings.

William Peter Blatty

#4. In many regions, war and terror prevail. States disintegrate. For many years, we have read about this. We have heard about it. We have seen it on TV. But we had not yet sufficiently understood that what happens in Aleppo and Mosul can affect Essen or Stuttgart. We have to face that now.

Angela Merkel

#5. We are categorically against any new military nuclear power, be it Iran, be it North Korea, be it anyone.

Sergei Lavrov

#6. In my mind the river flows both ways. Forward, to the explanation of things; to a destination which will justify the agonies of travel. And back, back to a time when the river was real, and those who wandered along its banks had little interest in visions.

Clive Barker

#7. Whoever is providing leadership needs to be as fresh and thoughtful and reflective as possible to make the very best fight.

Faye Wattleton

#8. I mean, I feel like you get more bees with honey. But that doesn't mean I don't get frustrated in my life.

Beyonce Knowles

#9. When I was first elected to parliament 18 years ago, one of the many things that struck me and that I still feel now is how the Labour Party, the party of collective action, can, at MP level and above, behave in such an individualistic way.

Bob Ainsworth

#10. I painted my toenails before Dennis Rodman. One time at training camp, I stubbed my toe and the nail came loose. My mom gave me some toenail hardener, and I painted over it. I scored 40-something points that night, so it became a ritual. Paint my toenails, score 40 points.

Shaquille O'Neal

#11. Welcome, Bell said, not rising from a large wooden chair that had been placed in the center of the room like it was a throne. Would that make him the king of sewer rats?

Kalayna Price