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Chains Quotes

What binds us, and what breaks it.

These chains quotes stretch from literal military despotism to the subtler chains of habit that go unnoticed until they're unbreakable. Explore more in Freedom quotes.

Of what use were wings to a man fast bound in chains of iron?

Quotes by Adelbert von Chamisso

Power frees us from the chains of conformity.

Quotes by Adam Grant

As handbags get ever more absurdly large, so they need to carry more stuff to validate the expense of this huge trunk with chains, buckles and padlocks on.

Quotes by A. A. Gill

I'm not really worried about the flashy stuff. I don't got chains and cars. I spend what I need to spend. It doesn't faze me.

Quotes by A Boogie wit da Hoodie

About Quotes

The chains of military despotism, once fastened upon a nation, ages might pass away before they could be shaken off.

Quotes by William Henry Harrison

Whether in chains or in laurels, liberty knows nothing but victories.

Quotes by Wendell Phillips

Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken.

Warren Buffett

Scalability is this idea of coming up with a blockchain that can scale much larger than existing chains essentially by processing transactions in parallel. And moving away from this paradigm where every single node on the network has to process...

Quotes by Vitalik Buterin

In my 8th grade yearbook picture I had on 2 chains.

Quotes by Two Chainz

Broken Quotes

We know how to stop Ebola: by isolating and treating patients, tracing and monitoring their contacts, and breaking the chains of transmission.

Quotes by Tom Frieden

The chains which cramp us most are those which weigh on us least.

Quotes by Sophie Swetchine

When corporations refuse to practice due diligence by not establishing grievance mechanisms for remedy of abuses against the hidden 94% of their workforce in their global supply chains, they perpetuate a depraved model of profit-making that has driven inequality to...

Quotes by Sharan Burrow

A binding treaty and mandatory human rights due diligence would clean up slavery in global supply chains. Workers demand it, and consumers demand it.

Quotes by Sharan Burrow

With global rules for global supply chains, we can end corporate greed.

Quotes by Sharan Burrow

Free Quotes

In the U.K., we have a lot of independent traders, as well as the Hobbycraft chain, but the U.S. has four of five big chains, which makes crafting very accessible for people and makes it a totally different proposition.

Quotes by Sara Davies

Those who do not move, do not notice their chains.

Quotes by Rosa Luxemburg

I think it’s a shame that 'Woman in Chains' wasn’t a hit at the time, although it’s become one of people’s favorite songs.

Quotes by Roland Orzabal

Rethinking product supply chains offers another opportunity for traditional enterprises to introduce a host of positive outcomes.

Quotes by Punit Renjen

Jazz came to America three hundred years ago in chains.

Quotes by Paul Whiteman

Freedom Quotes

On their own, tariff and trade barriers, if viewed as transitory negotiating tactics, will not significantly change global investment patterns or the structure of global supply chains and employment.

Quotes by Michael Spence

Frequently Asked Questions

What do chains quotes typically explore?
They move between literal bondage and figurative chains, like the quiet weight of habit or a blockchain's technical chains of transactions.
Is liberty a theme in these quotes?
Yes, one declares that liberty knows only victories, whether a person is in chains or wearing laurels.
How do the quotes describe habit?
One famous line says chains of habit stay too light to notice until they've grown too heavy to break.
Is blockchain mentioned among these quotes?
Yes, one speaker uses chains to describe blockchain scalability, explaining how transactions can process in parallel across a network.
What other quotes pair well with this theme?
See Freedom quotes for more on liberty and breaking constraints.

A newer voice even reframes chains technologically, describing blockchain systems built to scale by processing in parallel. Continue browsing Broken or Free quotes.