#knock

"Knocking on a door is so violent. Talk on the door. Try to get it to open up through communication, not violence."

"Knocking on a door is so violent. Instead, try talking to the door to get it to open up to you. I should write a self-help book for door-to-door salesmen."

"I have a doctorate degree from the School of Hard Knocks. I studied door-to-door salesmanship. This was before the doorbell was invented."

"If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door"

"I think you can have moderate success by copying something else, but if you really want to knock it out of the park, you have to do something different and take chances."

"I fish the old-fashioned way—with dynamite and screen doors for nets. Don’t be rude—knock before entering the kill zone."

"The first door in the hall leads to youth, the second door leads to middle age, and the third door leads to the bathroom. But knock first, because I think grandpa’s in there."

"I wonder if rooms in an insane asylum have Do Not Disturb signs for the doors. I should hope not, because knock or no knock, every occupant in those rooms is already disturbed."

"I knocked on her door twice. The second time was from the inside. That’s how love works. At first you want in, and then you want out."