I just had an operation for piles - all my troubles are…

I've just had an operation, but nothing too serious.

— Syd Barrett

“Regret. It piles up around us like books we never read.”

— Adam Cozad and David Koepp

History does not unfold: it piles up.

— Robert Adams

“Piles (hemorrhoids) are also varicose veins, but in and around the anus.”

— Wim Hof

Most places in the Midwest, you ski on piles of trash, like retired landfills.

— Nick Goepper

People who live inside garbage piles - that should not be happening.

— Abhijit Banerjee

“One of the Indian boys says we must not pile any more wood,” said Kitty. “Why?” She looked at William angrily as if she…

— Sam Wellman

Successive American presidents have turned a blind eye to piles of evidence that Saudi money is being used to foment holy war against America.

— Stephen Kinzer

“battered Balinese desk. There were supposed to be three piles—those I could pay right away; those I’d pay by the end of February; and…

— JoAnn Bassett

I confess that I am a messy, disorganized and impatient reader: if the book doesn't grab me in the first 40 pages, I abandon…

— Isabel Allende

It's easier to get rid of things when you're giving them to someone who can use them, but don't let this kind intention become…

— Gretchen Rubin

I'm quite contradictory - a bit OCD, but quite untidy. I have piles of stuff everywhere, but they make sense to me. And I'll…

— Kimberley Nixon

I have a natural propensity to work on big piles of poop.

— Robert Pattinson

Derek Randall bats like an octopus with piles

— Matthew Engel

Silver is used in the electronics industry and is consumed daily; stock piles of silver are dwindling.

— Robert Kiyosaki