Barrel Quotes

158 quotes by 144 authors

My pappy told me never to bet my bladder against a brewery or get into an argument with people who buy ink by the barrel. — Lane Kirkland
What we need is a cup of understanding, a barrel of love, and an ocean of patience. — Saint Francis de Sales
If you want to catch trout, don't fish in a herring barrel. — Ann Landers
We must proceed with our own energy development. Exploitation of domestic petroleum and natural gas potentialities, along with nuclear, solar, geothermal, and non-fossil fuels is… — Gerald R. Ford
As time goes on we get closer to that American Dream of there being a pie cut up and shared. Usually greed and selfishness prevent… — Rick Danko
We are a generation of settlers, and without the steel helmet and gun barrel, we shall not be able to plant a tree or build… — Moshe Dayan
The sensation of writing a book is the sensation of spinning, blinded by love and daring. It is the sensation of a stunt pilot's turning… — Annie Dillard
It's hard to get out of the barrel. It's slippery around the edges and people are happy to see you fall back in. — Robert Downey, Jr.
People assume I'm out there having this great life, but money doesn't erase the pain. When you're young you barrel through life, making choices without… — Jennifer Lopez
I am a southerner who grew up with and around guns. I own some still. My father gave me a .22 rifle when I was… — Jon Meacham
How do you deliver democracy to a country? You don't do it down the barrel of a gun. That's not how you deliver it. — Michael Moore
Over the centuries, mankind has tried many ways of combating the forces of evil... prayer, fasting, good works and so on. Up until Doom, no… — Terry Pratchett
If you lock me in the room with a piano teacher for a year I might be able to knock out a rendition of 'Roll… — Alan Sugar
You don't spread democracy through the barrel of a gun. — Helen Thomas
I think that presidents deserve to be questioned. Maybe irreverently, most of the time. Bring 'em down a size. You see a president, ask a… — Helen Thomas
Never pick a fight with people who buy ink by the barrel. — Mark Twain
Television is now so desperately hungry for material that they're scraping the top of the barrel. — Gore Vidal
I do condition my hair with honey and beer. I smell like the bottom of a beer barrel for days afterwards, but it's very good… — Catherine Zeta-Jones
Street protests in Saudi Arabia might warm our hearts, but they could easily lead to $250 a barrel oil and a global recession. — Fareed Zakaria
Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun. — Mao Zedong

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