“So you made a mistake. Don’t beat yourself up over it. Let me beat you up instead.”

“You've got to get up pretty early in the morning to beat me to my rooster costume.”

“If I have to beat you up to keep you safe, that’s just what I’ll do. It’s this kind of regard for others that makes me believe I’d be a good politician.”

“I want to drum up interest for instruments that are played by beating them with sticks.”

“Two hearts that beat as one, and they’re both mine. I’ve got them hooked up to a synchometer.”

“I’d never trust a surgeon who didn’t wear gloves when he operated. Even if those gloves he didn’t wear were boxing gloves. He might as well, because I know he’s going to beat me up over the price.”

“A book is a vacation for the mind. My books will take you inside my mind, so feel free to make yourself at home. Do as you please, but please don’t put your feet up on my hippocampus.”