#fence

Don't ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up. ↗

— Robert Frost

#ever #fence #know #put #take

In defence, I have cultivated a death wish. ↗

— Billy Fury

#death #defence #i #wish

There is always more spirit in attack than in defence. ↗

— Titus Livius

#attack #defence #more #spirit #than

A woman's dress should be like a barbed-wire fence: serving its purpose without obstructing the view. ↗

— Sophia Loren

#fence #like #obstructing #purpose #serving

I've flown across America, I've scaled fences, I've stood under windows and gone out of my way hundreds of times. I'm a hopeless romantic. There's no hope for me. ↗

— Joel Madden

#america #fences #flown #gone #hope

If you look at things that really affect people's lives - sport, the arts, charities - they were always at the back of the queue for government money - health, social security, defence, pensions were all way ahead. And each of those areas - sports, the arts, the lottery - got relatively petty cash from the government. ↗

— John Major

#ahead #always #areas #arts #back

My dreams were always small and puny. All I ever needed was a little house with a little picket fence by the sea. Little did I know that I would live in Malacanang Palace for 20 years and visit all the major palaces of mankind. And then also meet ordinary citizens and the leaders of superpowers. ↗

— Imelda Marcos

#always #citizens #did #dreams #ever

I don't imagine Heads of Government would ever be able to say I'm not an economist therefore I can't take decisions on matters of the economy; I'm not a soldier I can't take decisions on matters of defence; I'm not an educationist so I can't take decisions about education. ↗

— Thabo Mbeki

#about #decisions #defence #economist #economy

When I was in my 20s it did occur to me that there was something perverted about an attitude that thought that killing somebody was a minor offence compared to kissing somebody. ↗

— John McGahern

#attitude #compared #did #i #killing

It's all kind of a big illusion: the white picket fence and the perfect marriage and the kids. Check that box off, check that box off, and move forward. ↗

— Sarah McLachlan

#box #check #fence #forward #illusion