Quotes about wall
wall dirty littles
A grimy fly can soil the entire wall and a small, dirty little act can ruin the entire proceedings. Anton Chekhov
wall gun fire
If there is a gun hanging on the wall in the first act, it must fire in the last.
wall book gun
If there's a gun on the wall in act one, scene one, you must fire the gun by act three, scene two. If you fire a gun in act three, scene two, you must see the gun on the wall in act one, scene one.
wall writing long
If you look at anything long enough, say just that wall in front of you - it will come out of that wall.
wall four pockets
An expansive life, one not constrained by four walls, requires as well an expansive pocket.
wall hanging-on firsts
If you say in the first chapter that there is a rifle hanging on the wall, in the second or third chapter it absolutely must go off. If it's not going to be fired, it shouldn't be hanging there.
wall book smell
To understand history,' Chacko said, 'we have to go inside and listen to what they're saying. And look at the books and the pictures on the wall. And smell the smells. Arundhati Roy
wall mean opportunity
We have created a democracy that links us all, and with it come not only opportunities but obligations. There are no gates or walls high enough. There are no bank accounts large enough to buy you and your family and your friends protection from the fear and hunger of those left behind or to isolate you from the consequences of growing social inequities. We are all in this boat together. And the fact that there isn't a hole at your end of the boat doesn't mean you are safe. Arianna Huffington
wall doors drunk
Go to bed, you fool," Calcifer said sleepily. "You're drunk." "Who, me?" said Howl. "I assure you, my friends, I am cone sold stober." He got up and stalked upstairs, feeling for the wall as if he thought it might escape him unless he kept in touch with it. His bedroom door did escape him. Diana Wynne Jones
wall boys doors
Don’t interrupt,’ one of the boys said. ‘He’ll lose his life.’ Seeing it was a matter of life and death, Sophie and Michael backed toward the door. But Howl, quite unperturbed at killing his nephew, strode over to the wall and pulled the boxes up by the roots.
wall cities space
As people flock to urban centers where ground space is limited, cities with green walls and roofs and skyscraper farms offer improved health and well-being, renewable resources, reliable food supply, and relief to the environment. Diane Ackerman
wall order needs
We need to know the facts, in order to tell the politicians, "Excuse me, I don't want you to use my money on building a wall that is not going to solve any problems. We have to go this direction instead." Demian Bichir
wall together moments
To survive, humans will work together. Accept each other. For a moment, we are all equal. Backs against the wall, human beings are at their finest. Daniel H. Wilson
wall love-you want
I want to love you and take you pretty places. Yes, I have things wrong, but also I can walk through walls if you'll let me show you. Daniel Handler
wall pride sides
The walls of pride are high and wide, can't see over to the other side. Bob Dylan
wall desire want
There's a wall between you and what you want and you got to leap it.
wall future battle
The battle outside raging will soon shake your windows and rattle your walls.
wall book people
In the dime stores and bus stations, people talk of situations, read books, repeat quotations, draw conclusions on the wall.
wall fall reflection
they say every man needs protection, they say every man must fall. yet I swear I see my reflection,some place high above this wall.....and someday I shall be released.
wall war gun
Come you masters of war You that build all the guns You that build the death planes You that build the big bombs You that hide behind walls You that hide behind desks I just want you to know I can see through your masks.
wall loneliness solitude
There are those who worship loneliness, I'm not one of them In this age of fiberglass I'm searching for a gem The crystal ball up on the wall hasn't shown me nothing yet I've paid the price of solitude, but at last I'm out of debt
wall best-kept-secrets america
Despite what The Wall Street Journal says, our awards are the best-kept secret in America, with the possible exception of what George W. Bush did in the '70s. Billy Crystal
wall heart names
So many names, there is barely room on the walls of the heart. Billy Collins
wall mean light
Introduction To Poetry I ask them to take a poem and hold it up to the light like a color slide or press an ear against its hive. I say drop a mouse into a poem and watch him probe his way out, or walk inside the poem's room and feel the walls for a light switch. I want them to waterski across the surface of a poem waving at the author's name on the shore. But all they want to do is tie the poem to a chair with rope and torture a confession out of it. They begin beating it with a hose to find out what it really means.
wall hammers unions
The Soviet Union could not exist without the image of the empire. The image of the empire could not exist without the image of force. The USSR ended the moment the first hammer pounded the Berlin Wall. Boris Yeltsin
wall shadow scarves
As before the collapse, the setting sun brushed the tiles, brought out the warm brown glow on the wallpaper, and hung the shadow of the birch on the wall as if it were a woman's scarf. Boris Pasternak
wall ceilings caves
We just want to make the walls cave in and the ceiling collapse. Music is meant to be played as loudly as possible, really raw and punchy, and I'll punch out anyone who doesn't like it the way I do. Bon Scott
wall self leaving
Leaving behind the false, return to the true: make no discriminations between self and others. In contemplation, one's mind should be stable and unmoving, like a wall. Bodhidharma
wall heart advice
Externally keep yourself away from all relationships, and internally have no pantings in your heart; when your mind is like unto a straight-standing wall, you may enter into the Path.
wall sick use
Protective coloration...you learn to use it to get along in the world if you want. Only I got sick of living in the box the world prescribed; it was far to small to hold me. So I knocked down a few walls. Bruce Coville
wall thinking people
Superhero power... I probably would just want to fly. I definitely would not want to be able to see through walls. I think walls are there for a reason. People put them up for a reason. You don't want to be looking through them. That would only cause nothing but misery and angst to know what's happening behind people's walls. Brian Regan
wall guy forget
If your guard is up, let it down. If you've constructed a defensive wall to protect yourself and keep all the bad guys out, don't forget who that wall also prevents from getting in - the good guys. Brendon Burchard
wall canada barbarians
Here in Canada, in the Western world, we are inside the walls. Outside the walls are the barbarians. Barbara Amiel