“If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door”
Milton Berle (1908–2002) American comedian and actor
Variant: If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.
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Joy is a job." by Lionel Shriver?
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Phil Brown (footballer) (1959) English association football player and manager
5-Oct-2005, DCFC website
Phil collects pictures. Lee Holmes is a door-to-door art salesman?
Jessica Bird (1969) U.S. novelist
Source: Lover Awakened
“We're knocking on the door of success.”
Phil Brown (footballer) (1959) English association football player and manager
5-Oct-2005, DCFC website
Said after 9 games without a win.
“A man knocking on the door of a brothel is looking for God.”
G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936) English mystery novelist and Christian apologist
The source is actually a 1945 book by Bruce Marshall, The World, The Flesh, and Father Smith, in which he says, "...the young man who rings the bell at the brothel is unconsciously looking for God."
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“The younger generation will come knocking at my door.”
Henrik Ibsen The Master Builder
Solness, Act I
The Master Builder (1892)
“A linebacker's job is to knock out running backs, to knock out receivers, to chase the football.”
Ray Lewis (American football) (1975) former American football linebacker
As noted in "Ray Lewis finds motivation in disrespect" https://archive.is/yCnN8 (11 August 2005), by Jarrett Bell, USA Today. <br class="br">2000s, 2005
“You can knock on a deaf man's door forever.”
Nikos Kazantzakis book Zorba the Greek
Source: Zorba the Greek