There is musick, even in the beauty and the silent note which Cupid strikes, far sweeter than the sound of an instrument.
I am never going to do an Empire Strikes Back ending again in a game, even if they put branding irons to my feet.
Trade protection accumulates upon a single point the good which it effects, while the evil inflicted is infused throughout the mass. The one strikes the eye at a first glance, while the other becomes perceptible only to close investigation.
The Spy Act strikes a right balance between preserving legitimate and benign uses of this technology, while still, at the same time, protecting unwitting consumers from the harm caused when it is misused and, of course, designed for nefarious purposes.
Lord, if what I'm doing is wrong, then by all means strike me down. Otherwise set me free.
A mere nothing suffices — and the lightning strikes.
Strikes (1981) are real life. It took up seven weeks of real time. That's a fifth of a pregnancy.
The sight of a Black nun strikes their sentimentality; and, as I am unalterably rooted in native ground, they consider me a work of primitive art, housed in a magical color; the incarnation of civilized, anti-heathenism, and the fruit of a triumphing idea.
Nature always strikes back. It takes all the running we can do to remain in the same place.
'Participant' is the incontrovertible new concept given by quantum mechanics. It strikes down the 'observer' of classical theory, the man who stands safely behind the thick glass wall and watches what goes on without taking part. It can't be done, quantum mechanics says it. . . May the universe in some sense be 'brought into being' by the participation of those who participate?
If mythic violence is lawmaking, divine violence is law-destroying; if the former sets boundaries, the latter boundlessly destroys them; if mythic violence brings at once guilt and retribution, divine power only expiates; if the former threatens, the latter strikes; if the former is bloody, the latter is lethal without spilling blood
The work of God in the cross of Christ strikes us as awe-inspiring only after we have first been awed by the glory of God.
Strikes deeper, grows with more pernicious root.
The English can laugh and at the same time strike you down, without the least compunction. It is the secret of their success as a nation.
Only a fool wants a confrontation and only a fool wants a strike.
To you who hear I say, love your enemies,do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you,pray for those who mistreat you. To the person who strikes you on one cheek,offer the other one as well,and from the person who takes your cloak,do not withhold even your tunic. Give to everyone who asks of you,and from the one who takes what is yours do not demand it back. Do to others as you would have them do to you.
Especially in recent years, the more and more we understand what we are doing, the more we have the science to tell us what we're doing, the fact that we continue to do it without taking steps to address it strikes me as, among many other things, irreverent in an extreme.
It strikes me that whatever advantages there are to being a boy--getting to stay out late and having other people wash your clothes and bring you plates of stuff--get undercut by having to play football.
Lightning strikes the tops of the mountains.
The majesty of the Scriptures strikes me with admiration, as the purity of the gospel has its influence on my heart.