Beat

Famous quotes containing the word beat:

“Brothers and sisters rocking, a dread beat pulsing fire, burning.”
—Linton Kwesi Johnson (b. 1952)

“A wicked fellow is the most pious when he takes to it. He’ll beat you all at piety.”
—Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)

“No married woman ever trusts her husband absolutely, nor does she ever act as if she did trust him. Her utmost confidence is as wary as an American pickpocket’s confidence that the policeman on the beat will stay bought.”
—H.L. (Henry Lewis)