Every heart that has beat strongly and cheerfully has left a hopeful impulse behind it in the world, and bettered the tradition of mankind.
Robert Louis Stevenson

I did think for many, many years that because of my ability I could beat the system. And I was wrong.
Mickey Rourke

It is necessary for me to establish a winner image. Therefore, I have to beat somebody.
Richard M. Nixon

This is what I wanted. They tell me that London is the best field in history. I wanted to be part of that. Because everyone will be there it will be a wonderful challenge for me. You can see the best runners, how they look, how they run. For me to beat the best is what counts.
Haile Gebrselassie

He was not a runner, my father, but he was quick. I always remember it was very difficult to escape from him when he was angry. If he wanted to beat us he would always catch us. Even me, he could always catch me.
Haile Gebrselassie

Children are the most desirable opponents at scrabble as they are both easy to beat and fun to cheat.
Fran Lebowitz

Skiffle was a name that was attached to what was, in essence, American folk music with a beat.
Van Morrison

For disappearing acts, it's hard to beat what happens to the eight hours supposedly left after eight of sleep and eight of work.
Doug Larson

It is an old habit with theologians to beat the living with the bones of the dead.
Robert Green Ingersoll

Ten soldiers wisely led will beat a hundred without a head.
Euripides

My most memorable moment came in 1985 as we beat the Boston Celtics.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

The drums of Africa still beat in my heart. They will not let me rest while there is a single Negro boy or girl without a chance to prove his worth.
Mary McLeod Bethune

If somebody hits you with an object you should beat the hell out of them.
Charles Barkley

Kissing someone is pretty intimate, actually very intimate, and your heart always kind of skips a beat before you do that.
Keanu Reeves

Hustlers of the world, there is one mark you cannot beat: the mark inside.
William S. Burroughs

Most of the people who will walk after me will be children, so make the beat keep time with short steps.
Hans Christian Andersen

Language is a cracked kettle on which we beat out tunes for bears to dance to, while all the time we long to move the stars to pity.
Gustave Flaubert

The first Monopoly game I played with my brothers, I hated losing so much, I just had to beat them.
Drew Carey

I wanted to capture the excitement of house music, almost like a four-four beat, and the best way to do that was to use a language that was rhythmic and performative.
Irvine Welsh

It has meant a lot to me to challenge the best players in the world and to beat them. And it means a lot to me to be out here and fighting for the title and, you know, it hurts not to win it.
Andre Agassi