Quotes about wall
wall discipline catholic
Catholic doctrine and discipline may be walls; but they are the walls of a playground. Gilbert K. Chesterton
wall march turns
When our backs are against the wall, we must turn around and march forward. John Major
wall fighting turns
When your back is against the wall, there is only one thing to do, and that is turn around and fight.
wall house trying
You know, I've been to some superstars' houses, and I've been really disgusted when I see their platinum discs hanging in the toilet. They're just there on the walls glaring at you when you're trying to be occupied with other things. John Lydon
wall leader political
The only good political movement I've seen lately was Occupy Wall Street. They had no leaders, which was genius. But unfortunately it always ends up with some hippy playing a flute.
wall mind enemy
Earthly minds, like mud walls, resist the strongest batteries; and though, perhaps, sometimes the force of a clear argument may make some impression, yet they nevertheless stand firm, keep out the enemy, truth, that would captivate or disturbe them. John Locke
wall mean people
The lyrics stand today (1980). They're still my feeling about politics. I want to see the plan. I want to know what you're going to do after you've knocked it all down. I mean, can't we use some of it? What's the point of bombing Wall Street? If you want to change the system, change the system. It's no good shooting people. John Lennon
wall cities kansas-city
If you're playing for the Kansas City Royals about all you can do is beat your head against the wall. John Kruk
wall economic said
In a polling conducted by the Wall Street Journal, 11 out of 12 Americans said they oppose the taking of private property, even if it is for public economic good. Jim Ryun
wall color giving
A life best lived is a life by design. Not by accident, and not by just walking through the day careening from wall to wall and managing to survive. That's okay. But if you can start giving your life dimensions and design and color and objectives and purpose, the results can be staggering. Jim Rohn
wall people standing
People don't know what it's like standing up there onstage, when you have a wall of people smiling at you. Dave Chappelle
wall years elephants
Then, when the Fed's fire hoses started spraying an elephant soup of liquidity injections in every direction and its balance sheet grew by $1.3 trillion in just thirteen weeks compared to $850 billion during its first ninety-four years, I became convinced that the Fed was flying by the seat of its pants, making it up as it went along. It was evident that its aim was to stop the hissy fit on Wall Street and that the thread of a Great Depression 2.0 was just a cover story for a panicked spree of money printing that exceeded any other episode in recorded human history. David Stockman
wall building consistent
That has always been the underpinning of his [Donald Trump's] policy along with the building of the wall on the United States-Mexican border. And those things have remained completely consistent. Chris Christie
wall giving-up eye
I have a motto on my bedroom wall: 'Obstacles are what you see when you take your eye off the goal.' Giving up is not my style. I just want to do something that's worthwhile. Chris Burke
wall moving lasts
The pictures on the walls aren't like movies. They don't move, they don't talk, and they'll last longer. They will last longer. David Hockney
wall ideas dumb
All this talk of using tax policy to 'assess social costs'...what a dumb idea. The only way to stop polluters is to put them against walls and shoot them. David Brin
wall hands government
The way to get things out of a government is to back them to the wall, put your hands to their throats, and you will get all they have. Agnes Macphail
wall character storytelling
Rule of storytelling: When a character is shoved against a wall, shove them against a wall harder. Aaron Sorkin
wall lying trying
Perhaps nobody ever accomplishes all that he feels lies in him to do; but nearly every one who tries his power touches the walls of his being. Charles Dudley Warner
wall heart iron
Stone walls confine a tinker; cold iron binds a witch; but a musician's music can never be fettered, for it lives first in her heart and mind. Charles de Lint
wall home hunters
Certificates from top US universities adorned the walls like tiger head in a hunter’s home. Chetan Bhagat
wall political too-much
Wall Street has too much wealth and political power. Charlie Munger
wall kissing cities
I'm not defending what Cory Booker said. I'm saying I understand why he has to kiss the asses of the rich people on Wall Street, because there's no other way to keep his city afloat. Bill Maher
wall government ebay
The federal government... announced a plan to spend, like, a trillion of taxpayer dollars to buy out bad mortgages and debt. Wall Street was surprisingly enthusiastic about the plan to save their (butts) with other peoples' money. It was either that, or Sarah Palin's idea to sell it all on eBay.
wall differences islam
The difference between the three Abrahamic religions: Christianity - mumbling to the ceiling, Judaism - mumbling to the wall, Islam - mumbling to the floor.
wall drunk used
I used to get drunk in venues after my shows and sign the walls "Ed was here." So if you see that, it was me. Ed Sheeran
wall night men
And what are you that, missing you, I should be kept awake As many nights as there are days With weeping for your sake? And what are you that, missing you, As many days as crawl I should be listening to the wind And looking at the wall? I know a man that’s a braver man And twenty men as kind, And what are you, that you should be The one man in my mind? Yet women’s ways are witless ways, As any sage will tell,— And what am I, that I should love So wisely and so well? Edna St. Vincent Millay
wall men leaving
And when I raised myself to look at the man who'd spoken, I had a feeling of leaving my misery behind me there on the stone wall. Arthur Golden
wall distance views
The spectacular landscape circling the fortress supplies an essential backdrop, inspiring dreamers to wander its ruins for the sake of it; North American tourists, bound down by their practical world view, are able to place those members of the disintegrating tribes they may have seen in their travels among these once-living walls, unaware of the moral distance separating them, since only the semi-indigenous spirit of the South American can grasp the subtle differences. Che Guevara
wall imf today
The interests of the IMF represent the big international interests that today seem to be established and concentrated in Wall Street.
wall successful empowering
Don't take 'no' for an answer. Keep knocking down walls until someone says 'yes.' Chelsea Handler
wall men wind
How long can men thrive between walls of brick, walking on asphalt pavements, breathing the fumes of coal and of oil, growing, working, dying, with hardly a thought of wind, and sky, and fields of grain, seeing only machine-made beauty, the mineral-like quality of life? Charles Lindbergh
wall worry
There will be some uncertainty and this thing will rally. It will be the wall of worry rally. I feel pretty comfortable about that.