Natives who beat drums to drive off evil spirits are objects of scorn to smart Americans who blow horns to break up traffic jams.
The instinct of nearly all societies is to lock up anybody who is truly free. First, society begins by trying to beat you up. If this fails, they try to poison you. If this fails too, they finish by loading honors on your head. - Jean Cocteau
In hard times nothing is visible life seems to beat you down, with courage hit the problems ball will be in your court. - Kishore Bansal
For disappearing acts, it's hard to beat what happens to the eight hours supposedly left after eight of sleep and eight of work. - Doug Larsen
Let the wet earth embrace you firmly, soundly. She needs to be revived, she needs to beat like a heart full of adrenaline inside a chest. - V.S. Atbay
I can feel your heart; with every beat, it is radiating love.I can see your smile; with every twinkle, I can feel your desire.I can see your tears; with every drop, it is saying I am beloved. - Debasish Mridha
Millions of words are written annually purporting to tell how to beat the races, whereas the best possible advice on the subject is found in the three monosyllables: 'Do not try.' - Dan Parker
My computer beat me at chess... so I beat it at kickboxing. - Demetri Martin
Think of it." Now he is speaking to you, no one but you. "It may not matter what we want for science, or what we think is ethical. All we must do is provide the right environment, and let the heart do what it desires. The heart wants to beat. - Stephen Kiernan
Every beat of your heart sends the message of love over the boundary of infinite time. - Debasish Mridha
There are days when solitude, for someone my age, is a heady wine that intoxicates you with freedom, others when it is a bitter tonic, and still others when it is a poison that makes you beat your head against the wall. - Colette
The one who straightens out himself will attain moksha [will be liberated]. If you don’t straighten out, people will beat you into doing so. The doorway to moksha [ultimate liberation] is narrow, so how will you be able to enter if you are obstinate? - Dada Bhagwan
Break my heart. Break it a thousand times if you like. It was only ever yours to break anyway. "Shhh," I urged.I'll love you until my very last breath. Every beat of my heart is yours. I don't want to die without you knowing that."Please don't," I choked. - Prince Maxon, "The One" by Kiera Cass
A small daily task, if it be really daily, will beat the labours of a spasmodic Hercules. - Anthony Trollope
Beat me, hate me, you can never break me.
Somebody may beat me, but they are going to have to bleed to do it. - Steve Prefontaine
Nothing surely is as potent as a law that may not be disobeyed. It has the force of the water drop that hollows the stone. A small dainty task, if it be really daily, will beat the labours of a spasmodic Hercules. - Anthony Trollope
Courage is not beating up the bully or letting the bully beat you up, it is standing strong before the bully and seeing him for what he truly is: a child of God in need of an attitude adjustment. - Toni Sorenson
If you can't beat your computer at chess, try kickboxing. - Claudio Encarnacion Montero
Being honest to yourself is the smartest you can ever do.Do no allow the words of others to lead you to a road of confussion, follow your heart beat. - Osunsakin Adewale
Repeat one word of what I just said and I'll cheerfully beat you to death, Mike. - Stephenie Meyer
I no longer hear the faint sound of my heart beat. Then I hear the sound of my fathers voice saying, come, be silent with me! - Jordan Hoechlin
Be self-indulgent, and those who are also self-indulgent will like you. Tear your neighbor to pieces, and the other neighbors will laugh. But if you beat your soul, all souls will cry out. - Jean-Paul Sartre
Music is life, without the beat in your heart you would be dead. - Kalae Salazar
Don't be content by just beating others expectations, beat your own expectations as well. And you should expect nothing less but to win.
Kyo Sohma: angrily pointing at Yuki Just like I'll beat you one of these days Yuki: looking bored Wait wait I think I've heard this one before - Natsuki Takaya
if hope is in mine heart, lost pays every day a visit to make me insecure and waits to sweep me of mine feet. if lost is in mine heart, hope waits on every corner for me to hug me untill the lost is beat. - Allyvanderaar
I thought I had nothing to be grateful for today, but then the universe became quiet a moment so I could hear my heart beat to the rhythm of my life. - Karen A. Baquiran
Should is my all time least favorite word. It’s this sort of guilt inducing, finger wagging word that we use to beat up others and ourselves. - Frank Beddor
His closeness makes my heart beat faster, my skin tingle, my body want things it doesn't even know. - Teri Terry
The Days tried to put inside me " weakness ..." .. But my soul will always beat " strength". - Jad Alhadad
I can conquer my fears.I can overcome my weaknesses.I can master my failures.I can survive my disappointments.I can beat my obstacles.I can endure my trials.I am strong.I am able.I am gifted.I am special.I am exceptional. - Matshona Dhiliwayo
Walking women want to see the southern cross at night And so they set aside a sock, and tie their laces tight Yes mournful is the melody that echoes in their heads Without a beat they march along, believing Bach is dead.
Don't complain if your're facing hard moments in life. Challenge yourself to face it, challenge yourself to beat it. - Jayson Engay
Anyone can write but not everyone can crystallize that perfect moment which can make a heart skip a beat and dig deep into one's soul." - Elizabeth Esguerra Castillo' s Quotes - Elizabeth E. Castillo
I am pessimistic about the human race because it is too ingenious for its own good. Our approach to nature is to beat it into submission. We would stand a better chance of survival if we accommodated ourselves to this planet and viewed it appreciatively, instead of skeptically and dictatorially. - E.B. White
He grabbed my hand and that’s when I felt my heart beat for the very first time. - Dominic Riccitello
You'd better beat it. You can leave in a taxi. If you can't get a taxi, you can leave in a huff. If that's too soon, you can leave in a minute and a huff. - Groucho Marx
One man who has a mind and knows it can always beat ten men haven't and don't. - George Bernard Shaw
The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary. - James D. Nicoll
You cannot have an agency that defends your property, which also has the right to violate your property rights at will. That's like hiring a bodyguard that you pay to beat you up randomly. - Stefan Molyneux
Lovers are the coolest their hearts beat the best & they kiss magic as hell - Mark Leidner
Listen to the beat of your soul ~Soul Eater - Atsushi Ohkubo
people often ignore the misfortune of others, you see. The world is a heartless place but it's not always because they don't care. It's sometimes because the are embarrassed, or because they don't know what to say, or because they simply cannot beat ro look into the eyes of someone who is suffering. - Sarah Moore Fitzgerald
All the broken hearts in the world still beat - Ingrid Michaelson
Then she questioned, "Too much idea about love, I wanna know what love is? Is there one right person for everyone? Is there true love? Can someone really beat your heart and conquer it? - Glad Munaiseche
Her taste still teased my tongue, and her touch tipped my fingers. Her smile licked my lips, and her heart beat my own. So I tugged on her sheets, like it was a cape. To me, she was a God damned super hero, and underneath, was everything I need. Her super powers on top of me. - J. Raymond
You have to teach 'em not to mess with you. You gotta be the big guy don't let him hurt you. If he hits you stand back up and beat the shit out of him. - Skye Perez
Elegance; it lacks the intellect -he is not a dancer who dances to the beat of love - on the other hand, the heart, can not solve mathematical problems. - Kristian Goldmund Aumann
There's no fool like an old fool --- you can't beat experience. - Jacob Braude
My computer beat me at checkers, but I sure beat it at kickboxing. - Emo Phillips
We don't beat the Grim Reaper by living longer, we beat the Reaper by living well and living fully, for the Reaper will come for all of us. The question is what do we do between the time we are born and the time he shows up. It's too late to do all the things that you're gonna kinda get around to. - Randy Pausch
Somewhere there is a drummer calling to you too, and playing your special beat. - Pooja Ruprell
If you hate something, the best way to beat it is to be better than anyone else in it. - Rachit
racism it's just a hideaway for ignorant people, they are just murderer for the freedom who beat the bushes to divide and destroy..there only a black hole in their skull that leading them to nowhere..(Ejump, 2016) - Ejump Schiffler
Never be fooled that you are not number one, they got it wrong, because you beat a bunch of sperms to be alive. - Unarine Ramaru
People are always telling me that i'm not like other girls...that i dont dress like other girls...that i dont act like other girls. But i'm my OWN person...i go to the beat of my own drum. - Miley Cyrus
Okay. Chase paused for a beat. But can I give you a word of advice? No. Chase grinned and went on. If you make Bridget unhappy, you’re gonna make Maddie unhappy. And that’s going to make me very unhappy. - J. Lynn
And there are so much easier ways to destroy a woman. You don't have to rape her or kill her; you don't even have to beat her. You can just marry her. You don't even have to do that. You can just let her work in your office for thirty-five dollars a week. - Marilyn French
When love breaks your heart, you need to remember, even a broken heart still has a beat. - Dixie Waters
For a permanent solution to easing tension and soothe the rough waters of the world that cause people to go to drugs, drinking, gambling, pornography, overeating, or anything that will give them some temporary relief, you can’t beat the support and encouragement of a friend. - Jonathan Anthony Burkett
A true friend doesn't have guts; they beat you up and later plead with you to beat them back. - Michael Bassey Johnson
One man that has a mind and knows it can always beat ten men who haven't and don't. - George Bernard Shaw
There's no such things as sweet as dreamWell maybe if you live on itBut you could live such a sweet lifeIf you'd just realized how alive your dreams beat - Joshua Natad
I used to love youI still doSo SelfishI love the old youThe you that didnt shoot drugs...The you that didnt get beat on by menYou laugh in my face and call me a foolBut its trueI still love youSometimes,I can see the old youWhen your eyes flashWhen you almost look alive - Henry Rollins
It's just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up. - Muhammad Ali
If Love be rough with you, be rough with Love, prick Love for pricking, and you beat Love down. - William Shakespeare
The sky blue strengthens slowly, the dawn light rosy and pale the summer song of our romance begin to unveil...with every heart beat and the waves' breath...the time stood in harmony still. Your morning kiss my hands could feel...by your lips soft, so warm, so very gentle, nice and full of life... - Oksana Rus
God will win every contest in life, so stop trying to beat Him at his own game. - Richelle E. Goodrich
There's no praise to beat the sort you can put in your pocket. - Moliere
ten soldiers wisely led will beat a hundred with out a head - Euripides
Music has become my driving force behind my life, it to me, can fix bad moods, bad days, even bad people. It is the beat of my life. - Rian Dawson
Sometimes life can be unexpected. Sometimes things surprise you and all you can do is roll with the punches or let them beat you to a bloody pulp. -Sage Hannigan, Contingency - P.S. Martinez
If you Never Give Up, you can Beat The Best !! - Manu Pratap
Some of us die long before our last breath. We perish in the fire of love, reduced to ashes in the consuming blaze. No, we do not die when our hearts cease to beat, but when they start beating the first timefor someone else. - Shakieb Orgunwall
The drums of Africa still beat in my heart. They will not let me rest while there is a single Negro boy or girl without a chance to prove his worth. - Mary McLeod Bethune
Quit beating yourself up, beat your goals up instead. - Chinonye J. Chidolue
Dance to the beat of your own drum; whether the world likes your rhythmic movements or not. - Matshona Dhliwayo
Before you beat a child, be sure yourself are not the cause of the offense. - Austin O'Malley
And they shall beat their swords into plough-shares, and their spears into pruning-hooks. - Bible
It's hard to beat somebody when they don't give up - Babe Ruth
Would you have left a guy being beat up to go find a teacher?' I asked.My father, he wiped his hand across his face, and what was left behind was a smile.Really, a smile.'Not in a million years,' he said. - Gary D. Schmidt
if you want to match your beat with the universe look at the deepest level of present. - Sushil Singh
What a writer has to do is write what hasn't been written before or beat dead men at what they have done. - Ernest Hemingway
It is only a mere fallacy to say you are quitting when your heartbeat is in tune with the beat. A real change is a real change! - Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
There are more pleasant things to do than beat up people. - Muhammad Ali
You're dealing with the demon of external validation. You can't beat external validation. You want to know why? Because it feels sooo good. - Barbara Hall
your morse code interferes with my heart beat. I had a steady heart before you, I replied upon it, it had seen active service and grown strong. Now you alter its pace with your own rhythm you play upon me, drumming me taught. - Jeanette Winterson
(I should mention I attended a Christian elementary school where my dad’s hermeneutic can beat up your dad’s hermeneutic served as legit schoolyard banter.) - Rachel Held Evans
Somewhere, somehow, maybe I can find someone who can make my heart beat again.. For everyday that I pine for your love, and for every single time you reject me, I start to die deep inside.. That throbbing pain has slowly turned into numbing emptiness.. - Laarni Venus Marie
I could crawl inside the lyrics and know each note intimately. They would claw at my soul, until I could no longer fight the emotions that took me to a place I couldn't experience. But, it was the possibility that made every verse a heart filled prediction and every beat a direction to follow. - Shannon L. Alder
Poetry without words, you are, the beat to my hearts rhythm. - N'Zuri Za Austin
Some of us die long before our last breath. We perish in the fire of love, reduced to ashes in the consuming blaze. No, we do not die when our hearts cease to beat, but when they start beating the first timefor somebody else. - Shakieb Orgunwall
My son, all my life I have loved this science so deeply that I can now hear my heart beat for joy.{Commenting about 's accomplishment of separating two asymmetric forms of tartaric acid crystals.} Jean-Baptiste Biot - Louis Pasteur
Language is like a crack'd kettle on which we beat out tunes for bears to dance to, while all the time we long to move the stars to pity. - Gustave Flaubert
Never argue with an idiot, because they will only bring you down to their level and beat you by experience.
Are you in love? What makes your heart beat faster? What do you want people to think about when they hear your name. - Charlotte Eriksson
You can walk away and say "We don't need this." but something in your eyes says "We can beat this. - Taylor Swift
I aughta join a club and beat you over the head with it. - Groucho Marx
It took me a beat down to execute you Angel but the pleasure will be all mines! - Warden Pinnacle From the book Framed: The Second Book Of The Thousand Years War. - Angel Ramon Medina
Find strength in your heartbeat, than weakness with a beat heart. Take each breath as another chance, and love for a new day. - Anthony Liccione
I watch him, enthralled as slowly, like the predator he is, he stalks me in time to the slow sultry beat of the music. He's barefoot, wearing just an untucked white shirt, jeans, and a smoldering look. Nina sings "You're mine" as Christian reaches me, his intention clear. - E.L. James
Defeating depression is like playing the carnival game Whac-a-mole. You have to give it your all and be on target to beat that sucker down when it pops up again and again. If you pay attention, learn from your past efforts, and keep at it, you can win." -Mel. Edwards - Mel Edwards
Mum was determinate to crush my spirit and put a stop to my behavior once and for all and she beat me up so violently, so often, that I finally understood I must never question her or so much as look at her directly again. - Joe Peters
I fail enough and I beat myself up enough. I don't need anybody else to do it for me. - Jared Leto
To be free it is not enough to beat the system, one must beat the system every day. - Anonymous
One man alone can be pretty dumb sometimes, but for real bona fide stupidity, there ain't nothin' can beat teamwork. - Edward Abbey
There's a rule in acting called, "Don't play the result." If you have a character who's going to end up in a certain place, don't play that until you get there. Play each scene and each beat as it comes. And that's what you do in life: You don't play the result. - Michael J. Fox
To beat the competition and succeed in today's competitive market, you should be abreast with the change in the marketplace not forgetting about incorporating creativity and innovation as a lifestyle. - Oscar Bimpong
I had a romance novel inside me, but I paid three sailors to beat it out of me with steel pipes. - Patton Oswalt
But thy strong Hours indignant work’d their wills,And beat me down and marr’d and wasted me,And tho’ they could not end me, left me maim’dTo dwell in presence of immortal youth,Immortal age beside immortal youth,And all I was, in ashes. - Tithonus - Alfred Tennyson
Chess, I never thought that I will beat somebody on chess. I just thought that I'm too stupid to play chess, but it looks like the best in the class of math I beat him. He has in math as a result 5, I have 3 - Strange? I don't think so! - Deyth Banger
I feel like I failed," I said. "Don't beat yourself up," Jim said. "She might not have turned out like you planned, but that don't mean she turned out wrong. - Jeannette Walls
Life is a battle; face it.Life is a jungle; explore it.Life is a puzzle; study it.Life is a mystery; solve it.Life is a game; beat it.Life is an opponent; defeat it.Life is a treasure; cherish it. - Matshona Dhliwayo
I want excitement; and I don’t care what form it takes or what I pay for it, so long as it makes my heart beat. - F. Scott Fitzgerald
The key to finding your mission lies in listening to your heart and dancing to its beat. - Pooja Ruprell
Yet this thou art alive, but if ye soar,My poor frail heart will have beat out its cryAnd sadly miss thy sweet form all the moreWhile helplessly I stand and watch you die. - Timothy Salter
Sun and wind and beat of sea,Great lands stretching endlessly...Where be bonds to bind the free?All the world was made for me! - Adelaide Crapsey
When the drum beat comes to an end, you shall not hear the drum beat again, but you shall remember how it sounded, and you shall understand clearly how you should or should not have danced to the drum beat - Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
Love is the big booming beat which covers up the noise of hate. - Margaret Cho
Don’t beat yourself up, son. I’m sure there is a culture on this spinning ball of dirt where you can be pretty. If not, do rock ‘n roll, or practice words. That shit’s pretty as well. - R.X. Bird
I came trusting them. They beat me with rods of dullness. They don't know, they don't understand how agonizing their complacent dullness is. Like ants and August sun on a wound." - Carol Kennicott - Sinclair Lewis
When my heart can beat no more I hope I die for a principle or a belief that I have lived for. - Tupac Shakur
Do you think that anger is a sincere emotion, or just the timid motion of a fragile heart trying to beat away its pain? - Andrea Gibson
I always knew death of this relation would beat the death out of my life. - M. Ali
If you can't beat em: Poem. - David Rowe
I want to believe that I'm not wrong. I want to believe that life isn't full of darkness. Even if storms come to pass, the sun will shine again. No matter how painful and hard the rain may beat down on me. - Natsuki Takaya
Don't let them beat down your spirit and the spirit of your ideas go with reality and what seems natural to you ...transpire within this Universe and together we shall have a goal. - Auliq-Ice
It's hard to beat a person who never gives up. - Babe Ruth
Sometimes my heart hurts so much, I beat it with my fists. I try to run. But you cannot run from this. It waits for you. Even when you think you have escaped it, it is there. - Klaus Kinski
Remember, the village idiot was the spiritual man who built the ark and saved his family. Keep being you and never give up marching to the beat of your own drum! - Shannon L. Alder
Consistency simplifies the problem more than hard work of one time because no problem cannot possibly beat you everyday. - Amit Kalantri
Finn?Yeah?Remember how you said the ball was in my court?He pressed his forehead to hers for a beat, like he was working on control. She knew she should be as well but she didn’t want him to leave, didn’t want to be alone in this. Don’t go, she whispered softly. - Jill Shalvis
Every day I beat my own previous record for the number of consecutive days I've stayed alive. - George Carlin
Should’ is my all time least favoriteword! It’s this sort of guilt inducing, finger wagging word that we use to beat up ourselves andothers. - Frank Beddor
The truth is Christmas evolved from the Roman holiday Saturnalia, a winter festival where men gave gifts to each other. They also would get drunk, have sex with each other and beat their wives - Huey Freeman The Boondocks
Kids are never the problem. They are born scientists. The problem is always the adults. They beat the curiosity out of kids. They outnumber kids. They vote. They wield resources. That's why my public focus is primarily adults. - Neil deGrasse Tyson
Those who say life is knocking them down and giving them a tough time are usually the first to beat themselves up. Be on your own side. - Rasheed Ogunlaru
As a Texan, I say ma'm and sir to my age contemporaries and open doors for anyone that I can. This goes for men, too, though it is appreciated when they beat me to it and disappointing when they don't. - Tiffany Madison
I'm playing checkers while they're playing chessThey make the big moves that make me a little lessEven when I win and beat the pants off of the bestI'm still playing checkers while they're playing chess - Billy Joe Shaver
You can't beat women anyhow and that if you are wise or dislike trouble and uproar you don't even try to. - William Faulkner
You'll only beat your fears once you get to the point where you care more about your purpose than what people think of you. - Adam Smith
Now get going. You'll find a way of calm through.""And you, Mael?""I'll drop in later. I've things for you to do, Withal. But for now," he faced inland, "I'm going to beat a god senseless. - Steven Erikson
If you can't beat them and don't care to join them, Then " FU*K THEM". - Katraina L Flowers
Free will? Either you follow the word of God, or you'll be punished with eternal hellfire. That's the same kind of "choice" an abuse boyfriend gives you: 'Either you do exactly what I say, or I'll beat the shit out of you. - Oliver Gaspirtz
If you Never Give Up, You can Beat The Best !! And in the end you become The Best. - Manu Pratap TMPS
Their gazes locked and held for a long beat, like maybe he was taking her pulse from across the room, absorbing the fact that she was drenched and breathless. The corners of his mouth twitched. She’d amused him again. - Jill Shalvis
We must beat the iron while it is hot, but we may polish it at leisure. - John Dryden
I ordered a coffee and a little something to eat and savored the warmth and dryness. Somewhere in the background Nat King Cole sang a perky tune. I watched the rain beat down on the road outside and told myself that one day this would be twenty years ago. - Bill Bryson
Are we biology or God or something higher? I know my heart beats and I listen to it. The beat is biology, but what is the song? - James J. Frey
Should' is my all time least favorite word. It’s this sort of guilt inducing, finger wagging word that we use to beat up others and ourselves. - Frank Beddor
I bet you anything that 10 times out of 10, Nicky, Vinny and Tony will beat the shit out of Todd, Kyle and Tucker. - George Carlin
Should' is my all time least favoriteword! It’s this sort of guilt inducing, finger wagging word that we use to beat up ourselves andothers. - Frank Beddor
Why not just live in the moment, especially if it has a good beat? - Goldie Hawn
And Sharkey says: Deep in the heart of darkest America. Home of the brave. He says: Listen to my heart beat. - Laurie Anderson
I lovehow grown childrenwill still nametheir mothersthe mostbeautiful.It isas though,their eyeshave met the cascadingcurvesand goldensilhouettesof every woman.Yettheir soulsstilldrumto the beat of theirmother'swarmth and care. - A Starry Eyed April
Love someone for the beat of their heart and the sound of their soul" ~ Silra - Arliss Sanchez
For all works and things, which are either commanded or forbidden by God and thus have been instituted by the supreme Majesty, are 'musts.' Nevertheless, no one should be dragged to them or away from them by the hair, for I can drive no man to heaven or beat him into it with a club. - Martin Luther
Your heart is your life. What keeps you going and what gives you hope. So wherever it leads you, whatever or whoever it lives for. Keep the beat. - Robert Vanleeuwen
You can't beat me. I have the mind of a warlock with adonis DNA. Winning! - Charlie Sheen
One of the greatest victories you can gain over someone is to beat him at politeness. - Josh Billings
...the movie is on, but I’m not really watching…the music is playing, but I’m not really listening…all of my senses are focused on you… us… the way your hand fits mine… the way our hearts beat as one… the passion that we’re engulfed in… the love we make... the life we build. - Steve Maraboli
Beat a man with the strength of you argument, not with the strength of your arm. - Oliver Wendell Holmes
Language is like a crack'd kettle on which we beat out tunes to dance to, while all the time we long to move the stars to pity. - Gustave Flaubert
So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.
Music is the beat of a drum that keeps time with our emotions. - Shannon L. Alder
I have found a way to beat myselfI win by losing, something like thatI'm told that I'm stupidSo ok, I'll be stupidIf I can't register the painThen it's not thereI'm not so stupid after allI'll show them - Henry Rollins
The human language is like a cracked kettle on which we beat out a tune for a dancing bear, when we hope with our music to move the stars. - Gustave Flaubert
Little beat big When Little smart. First with the head, then with the heart. - The power of one
It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up. - Babe Ruth
Women may be better than men but not not even God can beat a Real Man - Swapnil Kumar