A Quote by Tony Abbott

A midnight knock on the door followed by execution is no way a leader should be treated.

Tony Abbott

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Tony Abbott
Australian - Politician
Born: November 4, 1957

My pet peeve is hearing a knock on the bathroom door followed by the familiar words, 'What are you doing in there?

Karen Scalf Linamen

I used to think the store detective had followed me all the way home and would knock on the door and go, 'Hello, is this your daughter? She's got three blue lipsticks and a moisturiser from Boots in her bag.' We just used to nick crap. Not even stuff we wanted.

Maxine Peake

When Fortune knocks, open the door,' they say. But why should one make fortune knock, by keeping the door shut?

Idries Shah

If I see a door comin' my way, I'm knockin' it down. And if I can't knock down the door, I'm sliding through the window.

Rosie Perez

It's easier to knock on a door that's not shut all the way.

Cynthia Lewis

Humble yourself"--it is a humbling experience to knock at God's door--you have to knock with the crucified thief. "To him that knocketh, it shall be opened.

Oswald Chambers

The true leader isn't really looking for leadership. He's trying to set an example and be in the proper way to get the most productive results and don't realize it. When the followers get something done, if the leader has been what he should, they'll feel like they did it, not him. That's the way it should be.

John Wooden

I am an American, Chicago born – Chicago, that somber city – and go at things as I have taught myself, free-style, and will make the record in my own way: first to knock, first admitted; sometimes an innocent knock, sometimes a not so innocent. But a man's character is his fate, says Heraclitus, and in the end there isn't any way to disguise the nature of the knocks by acoustical work on the door or gloving the knuckles.

Saul Bellow

The racism, the sexism, I never let it be my problem. It's their problem. If I see a door comin' my way, I'm knockin' it down. And if I can't knock down the door, I'm sliding through the window. I'll never let it stop me from what I wanna do.

Rosie Perez

Opportunities Don't Come Knocking On The Door. They Present Themselves When You Knock The Door Down!