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Stroke Quotes

It's like I've had a stroke. Do you think I've had a stroke?" "I don't think you've had a stroke."But how do you know? How can you be sure I haven't had a stroke?"What are the symptoms of a stroke?"I don't know. Look them up. Look them up on line."OK. Hold on...OK. Here it is. Do you have trouble speaking?"I have trouble speaking intelligently. Daniel Smith
Hugh stretched out one hand and stroked the fur. It felt cold and rich, it crackled with silky static electricity. Stroking it was like stroking a clear autumn night. Stephen King
The number of strokes to the inch controls the pitch of the note: the more, the higher the pitch; the fewer, the lower the pitch, the size of the stroke controls the loudness... the tone quality is the most difficult element to control, it is made by the shape of the strokes. Norman McLaren
Mark Haddon quote: "She idly stroked his head in the way one might stroke a dog."
She idly stroked his head in the way one might stroke a dog. Mark Haddon
Alice Munro quote: "One stroke of lightning does not have to lead anywhere, but to..."
One stroke of lightning does not have to lead anywhere, but to the next stroke of lightning. Alice Munro
The side whiskers indeed were quite handsome. But he stroked them so very zealously that looking at him, one might very well think that first just the side whiskers had been brought into the world, and then later the gentleman was attached to them in order to stroke them. Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word crisis. One brush stroke stands for danger; the other for opportunity. In a crisis, be aware of the danger - but recognize the opportunity. Richard M. Nixon
Novels are like paintings, specifically watercolors. Every stroke you put down you have to go with. Of course you can rewrite, but the original strokes are still there in the texture of the thing. Joan Didion
I'd rather be two strokes ahead going into the last day than two strokes behind. Having said that, it's probably easier to win coming from behind. There is no fear in chasing. There is fear in being chased. Jack Nicklaus
It's valid that the Strokes and the Pleased have been influenced by some of the same bands. But it's invalid in the sense that we listen to the Strokes and try to sounds like them. I think that they are a good band. Joanna Newsom
Flying back from New York, the flight attendant said 'God, I wished you were here yesterday, we had a stroke on the plane. I said, if I have a stroke on a plane, I hope the pretend doctor isn't the one on the plane. I want a real doctor. Anthony Edwards
And each stroke of his tongue ripped off skin after successive skin, all the skins of a life in the world, and left behind a nascent patina of shining hairs. My earrings turned back to water and trickled down my shoulders; I shrugged the drops off my beautiful fur. Angela Carter
A person may profit by noticing the first intimation of the spirit of revelation; for instance, when you feel pure intelligence flowing into you, it may give you sudden strokes of ideas, so that by noticing it, you may find it fulfilled the same day or soon; (i. e.) those things that were presented unto your minds by the Spirit of God, will come to pass; and thus by learning the Spirit of God and understanding it, you may grow into the principle of revelation, until you become perfect in... Joseph Smith, Jr.
Haruki Murakami quote: "The heavy smell of flower petals stroked the walls of my lungs."
The heavy smell of flower petals stroked the walls of my lungs. Haruki Murakami
Henrik Ibsen quote: "Rob the average man of his life-illusion, and you rob him of..."
Rob the average man of his life-illusion, and you rob him of his happiness at the same stroke. Henrik Ibsen

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