Beats

Famous quotes containing the word beats:

“Pale Death beats equally at the poor man’s gate and at the palaces of kings.”
—Horace [Quintus Horatius Flaccus] (65–8 B.C.)

“A great black presence beats its wings in wrath.
Above the boneyard burn its golden eyes.
Some small grey fur is pulsing in its grip.”
—Anthony Hecht (b. 1923)

“I think it beats the heck out of life after death, that’s for sure.”
—Martina Navratilova (b. 1956)