Fences work and the walls work and separations work. They afford to any nation the delay of entry. — Duncan Hunter Copy Share Image
Some people build fences to keep people out; some people build fences to keep people in. — Russell Hornsby Copy Share Image
Fences and walls can be effective and even soothing, at least for those who build them. — Richard Engel Copy Share Image
“We aren't guaranteed the time we think we need to mend fences with those we love.” — Eileen Wilks Copy Share Image
You deserve someone who jumps fences to be with you..not someone who's ON the fence about being with you. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Good fences make good neighbors I fool and his money are parted Make hay while the suneshines ” — DON'T REMEMBER Copy Share Image
He who rides and keeps the beaten track studies the fences chiefly. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
We just had to stay out-of-the-way [in Fences]. [August Wilson] already wrote a masterpiece. And you really don't know how it's going… — Denzel Washington Copy Share Image
I stay away from heavy-handed stuff, the good guy and the bad guy. It just doesn't interest me; all it does is… — Sam Shepard Copy Share Image
I called Scott Rudin, and I told him I wanted to do the play [Fences], so that's how the ball got rolling.… — Denzel Washington Copy Share Image
How hard it is to escape from places. However carefully one goes they hold you — you leave little bits of yourself… — Katherine Mansfield Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Even though the story [Fences] is set during the 1950s, some contemporary women might have trouble understanding her decision. — Denzel Washington Copy Share Image
[Rose from "Fences"] couldn't just jump out there. Not just because of economic reasons but because how she was looked at in… — Denzel Washington Copy Share Image
When it comes to storytelling, not taking risks is riskier than swinging for the fences. I have very simple ambitions when it… — David Nevins Copy Share Image
These are human issues. These are human stories. I think that's why 'Fences' has been able to resonate and been able to… — Russell Hornsby Copy Share Image
It just happened that we did [Fences] seven years ago on Broadway. Scott Rudin brought me August Wilson's original screenplay for it,… — Denzel Washington Copy Share Image
Obviously, ["Fences"] is a character-driven piece in every sense of the word, and Denzel [Washington] knows the actor. He gave us two… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
“When she put it that way, I felt like there were fences—built by me and by everyone in my life—around me. Fences… — Juliana Haygert Copy Share Image
It was always my dream, getting to America? Honestly, I couldn't figure America as being real. Because it was on discs or… — Ian McLagan Copy Share Image
Fences, unlike punishments, clearly mark out the perimeters of any specified territory. Young children learn where it is permissible to play, because… — Jeanne Elium Copy Share Image
“You cannot ask a person who is created to break down fences to be the same who builds them. The one who… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If fences don't work, why is there one around the White House? — Charles Krauthammer Copy Share Image
And I hate to see artists who are real safe. I love to see artists swing for the fences sometimes. — Lee Ann Womack Copy Share Image
I really wanted to show [in "fences"] a marriage that is working. Not perfect, but working. — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
“The Dean liked to remind us that those fences were there to keep the Ticks out as much as to keep us… — Emily McKay Copy Share Image
“Bryan helped me up. "How can you be so good one minute then clumsy the next?" I shrugged. "I've never been very… — John Corwin Copy Share Image
I have mended fences with both my sisters. But do I have their families on my side? Not easily. My one sister,… — Manuel Moroun Copy Share Image
“Troy: "Then when I saw that gal [Alberta]...she firmed up my backbone. And I got to thinking that if I tried...I just… — August Wilson Copy Share Image
I went to a performing arts high school, we learned Shakespeare, I did 'Fences.' When you train, you can do anything. — Marlon Wayans Copy Share Image
Fences would be a hindrance to terrorists should they decide to come across a land border between the U.S. and Mexico and… — Duncan Hunter Copy Share Image
It's as if our electric grid didn't even have fences around it. This is disgraceful what we do, and what we don't… — Paul Vixie Copy Share Image
Give these Indians little farms, survey them, let them put fences around them, let them have their own horses, cows, sheep, things… — George Crook Copy Share Image
I did 'Fences' off-broadway at the Beacon Theater, so it's amazing that Denzel Washington and Viola Davis brought it to Broadway. — Omari Hardwick Copy Share Image
Ever wonder why people are so determined to reach for white picket fences, supposed normalcy, a nuclear family? Well, try growing up… — Chuck Eddy Copy Share Image
When I walked out on the mound, I felt enclosed. You see, I'd been used to playing on pastures, where when somebody… — Ted Lyons Copy Share Image
“The people who build high, strong fences are the ones who survive the best. You deny that reality only at the risk… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“He will not go behind his father's saying, And he likes having thought of it so well He says again, "Good fences… — Robert Frost Copy Share Image
I take the work seriously. Which is why I always swing for the fences whenever I voice a character. But that said,… — Jim Cummings Copy Share Image
![“We just had to stay out-of-the-way [in Fences]. [August Wilson] already wrote a masterpiece. And you really don't know how it's going to work until you get it in front of an audience.” quote by Denzel Washington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/474/denzel-washington-1345_audience_we-just-had-to-stay-out-of-the-way-in-fe_2351915.jpg)
![“I called Scott Rudin, and I told him I wanted to do the play [Fences], so that's how the ball got rolling. I never said, "I'll do the play, and the next year I'll do the film, I just wanted to do the play."” quote by Denzel Washington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd4/denzel-washington-1345_balls_i-called-scott-rudin-and-i-told-him-i-wa_1957318.jpg)
![“You'll see some great performances [in Fences]. And I'm not just saying that because I directed it either! You'll see!” quote by Denzel Washington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d30/denzel-washington-1345_fence_you-ll-see-some-great-performances-in-fe_624268.jpg)
![“Even though the story [Fences] is set during the 1950s, some contemporary women might have trouble understanding her decision.” quote by Denzel Washington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/21f/denzel-washington-1345_contemporary_even-though-the-story-fences-is-set-duri_798340.jpg)
![“[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 the time. There were a lot of factors that made you stay I guess.” quote by Denzel Washington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/967/denzel-washington-1345_economic_rose-from-fences-couldn-t-just-jump-out_1082420.jpg)
![“It just happened that we did [Fences] seven years ago on Broadway. Scott Rudin brought me August Wilson's original screenplay for it, and I realized I hadn't read the play. So I read it. Then I realized that Troy (my character) was 53 - and I was 55 at the time. I realized I better hurry up! I…” quote by Denzel Washington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c64/denzel-washington-1345_august_it-just-happened-that-we-did-fences-seve_1828104.jpg)
![“Obviously, ["Fences"] is a character-driven piece in every sense of the word, and Denzel [Washington] knows the actor. He gave us two weeks of rehearsal. He is a truth teller, and he is a truth seer. So he knows when something is not going in the right direction, and he will call you on it. But…” quote by Viola Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7da/viola-davis-1174_actors_obviously-fences-is-a-character-driven-p_2744209.png)
![“I really wanted to show [in "fences"] a marriage that is working. Not perfect, but working.” quote by Viola Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db5/viola-davis-1174_fence_i-really-wanted-to-show-in-fences-a-marr_1429716.png)
![“Troy: "Then when I saw that gal [Alberta]...she firmed up my backbone. And I got to thinking that if I tried...I just might be able to steal second.” quote by August Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/84c/august-wilson-3646_august-wilson_troy-then-when-i-saw-that-gal-alberta-sh_2493056.png)
