Tin Quotes

149 quotes by 130 authors

For here, am I sitting in a tin can, far above the world. Planet Earth is blue, and there's nothing I can do... Though I'm… — David Bowie
The shed of leaves became a cascade of red and gold and after a time the trees stood skeletal against a sky of weathered tin.… — James Carlos Blake
Tin soldiers and Nixon coming, We're finally on our own. This summer I hear the drumming, Four dead in Ohio. — Neil Young
To its committed members (the Democratic Party) was still the party of heart, humanity, and justice, but to those removed a few paces it looked… — Nicholas von Hoffman
Always remember that, nine times out of ten, you probably arenâ€™t having a full-on nervous breakdown â€“ you just need a cup of tea and… — Caitlin Moran
It was the forty-fathom slumber that clears the soul and eye and heart, and sends you to breakfast ravening. They emptied a big tin dish… — Rudyard Kipling
A tin roof is one of the greatest indicators of prosperity in the developing world. — Chelsea Clinton
A prisoner lived in solitary confinement for years. He saw and spoke to no one and his meals were served through an opening in the… — Anthony de Mello
Percussion music is revolution. Sound and rhythm have too long been submissive to the restrictions of nineteenth century music. Today we are fighting for their… — John Cage
The French cook; we open tins. — John Galsworthy
I wouldn't call my work Modernist. I would rust if I try to think about labels. I'd feel like the Tin Man in 'The Wizard… — Ali Smith
At exactly fifteen minutes past eight in the morning, on August 6, 1945, Japanese time, at the moment when the atomic bomb flashed above Hiroshima,… — John Hersey
A tin horn politician with the manner of a rural corn doctor and the mien of a ham actor — H. L. Mencken
When I was a kid I used to go to the movies, double features in outdoor theaters, and my parents used to take us to… — Michael Biehn
I was at the Apollo Theater all the time, skipping school, and I worked in a barbershop. That's how I started with doo-wop. Now I've… — George Clinton
There's a delicious irony in seeing private luxury jets flying in to Washington, D.C., and people coming off of them with tin cups in their… — Gary Ackerman
The first meal was an object lesson of much variety. My father produced several kinds of food, ready to eat, without any cooking, from little… — Mary Antin
Gotta be more than grabbing nines to buck tin in, gotta be more than just to lust women, gotta be more than platinum Rolexes. — Puff Daddy
For here, I'm sitting in a tin can, far above the world. Planet earth is blue, and there is nothing I can do. — David Bowie
We should not have a tin cup out for something as important as the arts in this country, the richest in the world. Creative artists… — Leontyne Price

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