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Barbed Quotes

Sharp words, sharper wire.

Barbed quotes range from a family's barbed sense of humor to barbed wire as a literal symbol in discussions of borders, artillery, and recognizing mass Atrocity crimes.

Poverty and ignorance, which beget terror, are not eradicated by firing artillery shells. Borders do not stop rockets, and barbed wire does not prevent terror.

Quotes by Shimon Peres

Information is the oxygen of the modern age. It seeps through the walls topped by barbed wire, it wafts across the electrified borders.

Quotes by Ronald Reagan

A collection of huts surrounded by a barbed wire fence, and in the huts lived 500 of the original inhabitants of our area. And so it went with many country towns around Australia.

Quotes by Phillip Noyce

I grew up in a family that was very barbed and difficult, and there was a lot of humor. None of it was painless humor. All of it was at someone else's expense. It was kind of always about power.

Quotes by John Wells

Age Quotes

When there are no gas chambers, no barbed wire, and no concentration camps, many don't recognize the perpetration of new genocides and other targeted mass atrocity crimes because they may not look the same.

Quotes by John Prendergast

Yes, I remember the barbed wire and the guard towers and the machine guns, but they became part of my normal landscape. What would be abnormal in normal times became my normality in camp.

Quotes by George Takei

I devoted my career to building an affinity with my fans who have supported me unflinchingly and no barbed wire fence or prison wall will stop that.

Quotes by Foxy Brown

I value kindness in myself and others. I try to remain super-vigilant about my targets and make extra sure that my sometimes barbed comments are deserved and in response to genuine malefaction.

Quotes by David Rakoff

I have a whole box full of pieces of the Berlin Wall and a heart made from the barbed wire of the Iron Curtain. It's - they're cherished treasures to me now, of course.

Quotes by Carol Guzy

Artillery Quotes

Young players will run through a barbed wire fence for you.

Quotes by Brendan Rodgers

I've been to Villawood Detention Centre in Sydney and it's all barbed wire, it's like a big jail.

Quotes by Anh Do

Frequently Asked Questions

What does "barbed" mean across these quotes?
The quotes use barbed in two literal senses: sharp, cutting humor within a family, and actual barbed wire as a symbol of borders and enclosure.
Why do people search for barbed quotes?
People often look for language that captures cutting wit or difficult honesty, since barbed describes something sharp without being purely negative.
Is there a historical dimension to these quotes?
Yes, one quote references barbed wire and concentration camps to urge recognition of mass atrocities, using that image to make a factual, historical point about vigilance.
Do these quotes only describe conflict or borders?
No, one quote describes barbed as a trait within a family, tied to a difficult sense of humor rather than physical wire or conflict.
What other topics pair well with barbed quotes?
For related themes, browse Age quotes and Artillery quotes.

Other lines use barbed wire to describe how information still crosses closed borders. For related themes, browse Age quotes and Artillery quotes.