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Tag Name "Doorbell" (14)

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Democracy means that if the doorbell rings in the early hours, it is likely to be the milkman.
Winston Churchill
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[On the ringing of her doorbell or telephone:] What fresh hell is this?
Dorothy Parker
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The weakest being on earth can accomplish feats of strength. The frailest urchin will ring every doorbell on the street in arctic weather or hoist himself aloft to inscribe his name on a virgin monument.
Honore de Balzac
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I’m saying a prayer. Maybe you ought to, too. It’s going to take us a miracle to get through this.” Whether he was serious or not, Claire sent the prayer up toward heaven, and she thought the others did, too. So it seemed kind of miraculous when the doorbell rang. “At least they’re getting more polite when they try to kill us,” Shane said.
Rachel Caine
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My father was never very friendly. When I was growing up, I thought the doorbell ringing was a signal to pretend you weren't home.
Rita Rudner
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You wouldn't believe that I still have the bikers with the caps to the side at my door, ringing the doorbell.
Tina Turner
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Dogs have important jobs, like barking when the doorbell rings, but cats have no function in a house whatsoever.
W. Bruce Cameron
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As a rule, dictatorships guarantee safe streets and terror of the doorbell. In democracy the streets may be unsafe after dark, but the most likely visitor in the early hours will be the milkman.
Adam Michnik
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The more Susan waited, the more the doorbell didn't ring. Or the phone.
Douglas Adams
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If she's really psychic, Zack said when he saw Tanisha's photo at school, why does she need a doorbell?
Joan Bauer
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Next time y'all need to find me, just rub these two wires for the doorbell.
Redman
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As a kid I would be put to bed when my parents had guests and because I was such a show-off I would go to my mum's room, put on her nightdress and Jackie Onassis shawl, run downstairs, go outside, ring the doorbell and pretend to be one of the guests. I'd say, 'Hello, I'm Mrs. So-and-So.
Rupert Everett
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That old saying about opportunity only knocking once is as archaic as the flat-earth theory and as patently untrue. Opportunity knocks all the time - and it rings your doorbell, calls you up, and sends you e-mails.
Victoria Moran
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There is nothing like a doorbell to precipitate the potential into the kinetic.
Wallace Stegner