But on the twenty-fifth of May, at sunset, a violent wind howled madly, Battering and rending my plants Rain poured down, Pounding the vines and flowers into the earth. It was so painful But as the work of the wind, I have to let it be ...
Quotes about battering (16 Quotes)
People have been getting it wrong for a long time. Diets do work it's the sticking to them that's the problem and people try to stick to them with will power, and it's a bit like taking a battering ram to knock down the Great Wall of China it's not going to work.
Women who attend support groups and counseling for a reasonable period of time are likely to gain some better coping skills, learn the signs of abuse, become stronger and feel better about themselves and their decisions, so they are more likely to move into independent living and less likely to return to the battering situation. It's a key to their becoming independent and increasing their self-esteem ... so that they can make decisions for themselves and move forward.
I don't push my drums down I go through 'em. I use my body as a battering ram. I had some sports therapists yelling at me for not taking better care of my body. I got a concussion bake in Rhode Island--no,that's where I got thrown around by this bouncer. I got the concussion in New York City. The paramedics wanted to take me to the hospital right there. But I was like, 'No, I'm cool. It's not like I'm going to settle down. I thought it was funny. The thing is, I could never afford to just trash my drums like that before, until I got my deal with Slingerland.
It was the ponderous battering ram of his novels that opened the way through the genteel reticences of American nineteenth-century fiction. . . Without Theodore Dreiser's treading out a path for naturalism none of us would have had a chance to publish.
Here we find the moat of thieves. And just as a lizard, with a quick, slick slither, Flicks across the highway from hedge to hedge, Fleeter than a flash, in the battering dog-day weather, A fiery little monster, livid, in a rage, Black as any peppercorn, came and made a dart At the guts of the others, and leaping to engage One of the pair, it pierced him at the part Through which we first draw food then loosed its grip And fell before him, outstretched and apart.
Battering the gates of heaven with storms of prayer.
It was interesting to see that Bail Organa only ordered for C-3PO's memory to be wiped, ... That says a lot about Artoo and how much he knows in the later episodes. After all, Artoo is my favorite character. He's a cheeky upstart but saves the day so many times. He's courageous, takes a right battering but never complains, just gets on with it. You can bet he's a blast to party with and the one the girls all love.
This benefit of seeing... can come only if you pause a while, extricate yourself from the maddening mob of quick impressions ceaselessly battering our lives, and look thoughtfully at a quiet image... the viewer must be willing to pause, to look again, to meditate.
Trade is a nice, battering ram topic in an election year.
A woman officerhit the front door with one of those things a battering ram,
What we're saying is, 'Give us the opportunity to present our evidence on battering that the jury didn't hear.'
When a man has been consistently battering his wife, he shouldn't expect a bouquet of roses from her the morning after he promises to stop.
battering and endangering a child to get a picture for their magazines is criminal and not business as usual.
Human beings are very complicated, and there are a lot of interesting barriers we set up (to justify behaviors that aren't in our best interests). The key to advertising is not to bash them down with a battering ram but to coax out the positive behaviors.
Battering the gates of heaven with the storms of prayer.