I really wanted to show [in "fences"] a marriage that is…

For me, that was a hard scene [in "Fences"] to do twenty-something times, which (laughing), I counted. That was difficult, but once I did…

— Viola Davis

In a world without fences, who needs Gates?

— Scott McNealy

If nowhere else, in the relation between Church and State, "good fences make good neighbors.

— Felix Frankfurter

Ever wonder why people are so determined to reach for white picket fences, supposed normalcy, a nuclear family? Well, try growing up without one.

— Chuck Eddy

If you put fences around people, you get sheep. Give people the room they need.

— William L. McKnight

[Rose from "Fences"] couldn't just jump out there. Not just because of economic reasons but because how she was looked at in society at…

— Denzel Washington

How hard it is to escape from places. However carefully one goes they hold you — you leave little bits of yourself fluttering on…

— Katherine Mansfield

If fences don't work, why is there one around the White House?

— Charles Krauthammer

Even though the story [Fences] is set during the 1950s, some contemporary women might have trouble understanding her decision.

— Denzel Washington

I went to a performing arts high school, we learned Shakespeare, I did 'Fences.' When you train, you can do anything.

— Marlon Wayans

He who rides and keeps the beaten track studies the fences chiefly.

— Henry David Thoreau

You'll see some great performances [in Fences]. And I'm not just saying that because I directed it either! You'll see!

— Denzel Washington

One can't build little white picket fences to keep nightmares out.

— Anne Sexton

Safety is a fence, and fences are for sheep.

— Karen Marie Moning

And I hate to see artists who are real safe. I love to see artists swing for the fences sometimes.

— Lee Ann Womack