Fence Quotes

395 quotes by 344 authors

If the stable gate is closed, climb the fence. — Julie Krone
If you put fences around people, you get sheep. Give people the room they need. — William L. McKnight
Friendship means only one thing: you don't create fences around you, but try to remove fences from the life of another person. — Harbhajan Singh Yogi
He hit the ball so hard, I couldn't even turn around in time to see it go over the fence. — Roger Clemens
Fences are made for those who cannot fly. — Elbert Hubbard
Yeah, that test says he's dumb as a fence post, but when he hits he looks like Einstein to me. — Bum Phillips
One constant in a world of variables - a man alone in the evening in his patch of vegetables. and all the things he takes… — Bruce Dawe
Working with plants, trees, fences and walls, if they practice sincerely they will attain enlightenment. — Dogen
As long as civilization is essentially one of property, of fences, of exclusiveness, it will be mocked by delusions. Our riches will leave us sick;… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
If the bubble reputation can be obtained only at the cannon's mouth, I am willing to go there for it, provided the cannon is empty.… — Mark Twain
Investing in [children] is not a national luxury or a national choice. It's a national necessity. If the foundation of your house is crumbling, you… — Marian Wright Edelman
Look outside the window. Do you see the fence outside the palace? Do you see any guards? This is a country where everyone is safe. — Alexander Lukashenko
If you have it, it is for life. It is a disease for which there is no cure. You will go on riding even after… — Monica Dickens
Words slip into a language the way white-green vines slide between slats in a fence. — Tim Seibles
Flyers fell a certain kinship with the sight of the earth unencrusted by humanity, they want to see it that way in one sweeping view,… — Richard Bach
What breadth, what beauty and power of human nature and development there must be in a woman to get over all the palisades, all the… — Alexander Herzen
He has the vocal modulation of a railway-station announcer, the expressive power of a fence-post and the charisma of a week-old head of lettuce. — Fintan O'Toole
My loneliness...still comes over me sometimes...It's a liminal, lost sensation of having wandered wide, endless boulevards, among rows of orange trees, winter butterflies, seasons reversed… — Marco Roth
Reading, because we control it, is adaptable to our needs and rhythms. We are free to indulge our subjective associative impulse; the term I coin… — Sven Birkerts
Hopefully, I can play both sides of the fence. That's probably what winning the Oscar gives me, the chance to do something with a studio… — Benicio Del Toro

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