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Rockefeller once explained the secret of success. Get up...

Rockefeller once explained the secret of success. "Get up early, work late and strike oil"

Quote by Joey Adams about secret, work

There is one kind of robber whom the law does not strike...

There is one kind of robber whom the law does not strike at, and who steals what is most precious to men: time.

Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte about time, eternity, criminals, law, man

No notice is taken of a little evil, but when it...

No notice is taken of a little evil, but when it increases it strikes the eye.

Quote by Aristotel about bad

At any street corner the feeling of absurdity can strike...

At any street corner the feeling of absurdity can strike any man in the face.

Quote by Albert Camus about opinion, man, face

With the newspaper strike on, I wouldn't consider dying.

With the newspaper strike on, I wouldn't consider dying.

Quote by Bette Davis

No one has the right to be sorry for himself for a...

No one has the right to be sorry for himself for a misfortune that strikes everyone.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero about rightness

Illness strikes men when they are exposed to change.

Illness strikes men when they are exposed to change.

Quote by Herodotus about change, man

Read over your compositions, and when you meet a passage...

Read over your compositions, and when you meet a passage which you think is particularly fine, strike it out.

Quote by Samuel Johnson

If at first you don't succeed, call in an air strike.

If at first you don't succeed, call in an air strike.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about war, air

Air strikes always overshoot the target, artillery always...

Air strikes always overshoot the target, artillery always falls short.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about war, air

If you must take a bus there's a strike.

If you must take a bus there's a strike.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about cars

If you carry oxygen for a pick-me-up before stage time, ...

If you carry oxygen for a pick-me-up before stage time, some fool will always use it to strike a match on to light his cigar.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about cowboys, light, use, time

When you know that you are in luck - Murphy's law will apply to you; If you know that Murphy will strike you at any time - he won't; but than you will know he won't so he will.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about law, bad luck, good luck, time

The plane took off at 8:10 in the morning or that's when it was scheduled to take off. And that's when I believe it took off. I had been in my office at the Department of Justice. Someone told me that there had been the two strikes that occurred...

Quote by Ted Olson about politics, commerce, justice, world

Just take the ball and throw it where you want to. Throw...

Just take the ball and throw it where you want to. Throw strikes. Home plate don't move.

Quote by Satchel Paige about home

The result is that you are now experiencing what we experienced in the war in Algeria: The Israeli government says that it is a victim of terrorist activity, but this activity is less visible than the military strikes.

Quote by Jean-Marie Le Pen about activity, victims, war

We have learnt through experience that when an electrical ray strikes the surface of an atom, an electron, and in some circumstances a second and even a third electron, can be detached.

Quote by Johannes Stark about physics, atoms, circumstances, experience

More firm and sure the hand of courage strikes, when it...

More firm and sure the hand of courage strikes, when it obeys the watchful eye of caution.

Quote by James Thomson about courage, prudence

Music should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring...

Music should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears form the eyes of woman.

Quote by Ludwig van Beethoven about music, tears, eyes, woman, fire, fire brigade, heart, man

What strikes me is the fact that in our society, art has...

What strikes me is the fact that in our society, art has become something which is only related to objects, and not to individuals, or to life.

Quote by Michel Foucault about art, objects, society, magic, life

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