Beat

Famous quotes containing the word beat:

“The first requirement of politics is not intellect or stamina but patience. Politics is a very long run game and the tortoise will usually beat the hare.”
—John Major (b. 1943)

“I told you, sir, they were red-hot with drinking;
So full of valour that they smote the air,
For breathing in their faces, beat the ground
For kissing of their feet.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“And at dawn, the drums still beat on the sleepless plain like an unstoppable heart.”
—Jacques Roumain (1907–1945)