Noose Quotes

49 quotes by 49 authors

Be aware that a halo has to fall only a few inches to be a noose. — Clinton D. McKinnon
According to one account of the New York City schools during the 1950s: The teacher could not technically hit the child, but the old crones… — Robert Klein
Hanging a noose on my door reeks of cowardice and fear on many, many levels. — Madonna Ciccone
King gives you this 'bro' stuff and tells you that the white man did this and we should stick together. Then he starts cutting your… — Randall "Tex" Cobb
I tell ye true, liberty is the best of all things; never live beneath the noose of a servile halter. — William Wallace
Fear is a noose that binds until it strangles. — Jean Toomer
A happy childhood can't be cured. Mine'll hang around my neck like a rainbow, that's all, instead of a noose. — Hortense Calisher
Above all, be at ease, be as natural and spacious as possible. Slip quietly out of the noose of your habitual anxious self, release all… — Sogyal Rinpoche
...Proximity to a noose danger and death ... can make man or woman appreciate things. — Louis L'Amour
Nothing, save the hangman's noose, concentrates the mind like piles of cash. — Tim Wu
A nut is someone whose noose broke. — Joanne Greenberg
We cannot put a noose around another man's neck without first hanging ourselves. — Henry David Thoreau
As though there were a tie And obligation to posterity. We get them, bear them, breed, and nurse: What has posterity done for us. That… — John Trumbull
Imperialist aid is a noose of plunder and subjugation, aimed at robbing 10 and even 100 things for one thing that is given. — Kim Jong Il
Those who fought know a secret about themselves, and it is not very nice. They have experienced secretly and privately their natural human impulse towards… — Paul Fussell
If men can run the world, why can't they stop wearing neckties? How intelligent is it to start the day by tying a little noose… — Linda Ellerbee
A time will come when a politician who has willfully made war and promoted international dissension will be as sure of the dock and much… — H.G. Wells
I have nothing to say of my working life, only that a tie is a noose, and inverted though it is, it will hang a… — Yann Martel
A leash is a rope with a noose at both ends. — Ayn Rand
What an unreliable thing is time--when I want it to fly, the hours stick to me like glue. And what a changeable thing, too. Time… — Rohinton Mistry

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