Railing Quotes
25 quotes by 23 authors
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Since we cannot attain unto it, let us revenge ourselves with railing against it.
— Michel de Montaigne
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Railing and praising were his usual themes; and both showed his judgment in extremes. Either over violent or over civil, so everyone to him was…
— John Dryden
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From Lehi's vision we learn that we must take hold of this safety railing-this iron rod, found alongside our individual straight and narrow path-and hold…
— Ann M. Dibb
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Most men who rail against women are railing at one woman only.
— Remy de Gourmont
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I used to think Cape Wind was a great idea. That was when Ted Kennedy was alive and railing about how he might spill his…
— Howie Carr
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Life is a struggle, from the agonies of birth to the railing against death. Devour or be devoured. The law of the wild.
— David Gemmell
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Railing in other men may be a crime, But ought to pass for mere instinct in him: Instinct he follows and no further knows, For…
— John Dryden
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From the place by the railing at the edge of the tracks on the summer evening I return across the city to my own room.…
— Sherwood Anderson
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By dint of railing at idiots, one runs the risk of becoming an idiot oneself.
— Gustave Flaubert
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Once I am dead, there will be no lack of pious hands to throw me over the railing; my grave will be the fathomless air;…
— Jorge Luis Borges
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Look, Gail." Roark got up, reached out, tore a thick branch off a tree, held it in both hands, one fist closed at each end;…
— Ayn Rand
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I could probably have made the head shot from the railing, but with an unfamiliar gun, it was too risky. I didn't want to accidentally…
— Laurell K. Hamilton
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The Garden En robe de parade. - Samain Like a skein of loose silk blown against a wall She walks by the railing of a…
— Ezra Pound
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In the first place, you’re way off when you start railing at things and people instead of at yourself.
— J D Salinger
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Evil (ignorance) is like a shadow-- it has no real substance of its own, it is simply a lack of light. You cannot cause a…
— Shakti Gawain
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She wasn't doing a thing that I could see, except standing there leaning on the balcony railing, holding the universe together.
— J D Salinger
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He's never fought with religion; what is the point of railing against such beauty, such intimate theatre, such chime of eternity? He can treasure it…
— Ian McDonald
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He pulls me over the railing and against his chest, gathering me into his arms, easing an arm under my knees. I press my face…
— Veronica Roth
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...I've spent the last fifteen years of my life railing against the game of soccer, an exercise that has been lauded as "the sport of…
— Chuck Klosterman
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Ella is nervous,†the harpy muttered from her perch on the railing. “The elephant. The elephant is watching Ella.
— Rick Riordan
Who Wrote These Railing Quotes
23 authors contributed a total of 25 Railing Quotes as follows: