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Fence Quotes

On the fence, on purpose.

This collection of fence quotes uses the fence both literally and as a metaphor for indecision, including one speaker who stays deliberately undecided on the issue of abortion.

On the issue of abortion, I'm ever on the fence, or, at most, an inch or two to either side.

Quotes by Victoria Moran

Suicide bombers caused us more than 50 percent of our casualties. The fence works. There is a decline in the number of those terrorist attacks against Israelis.

Quotes by Silvan Shalom

The security fence is reversible. Human lives are irreversible.

Quotes by Silvan Shalom

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

Robert Frost

Barrier Quotes

The concept of cultural appropriation is nothing less than an intellectual fence: Keep out.

Quotes by Richard Cohen

The Secure Fence Act, which authorizes the construction of 700 miles of security barriers along the southwest border, has now been sent to President Bush for his signature. This piece of legislation is an important piece of the border security...

Quotes by Randy Neugebauer

I remembered the 500 people that lived on a reserve outside my little town, behind a big fence.

Quotes by Phillip Noyce

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 with the white picket fence. My dad went to work nine to five, and he had a station wagon.

Quotes by Matt Dillon

Border Quotes

Honesty is never seen sitting astride the fence.

Quotes by Lemuel K. Washburn

In our pugilistic take-no-prisoners era, preaching grace toward those on the other side of the political fence is decidedly countercultural.

Quotes by Kirsten Powers

Downhillers are going over 110 miles per hour. But no matter what, you can't hit the fence at 100 miles per hour.

Quotes by Julia Mancuso

Historically, Hollywood comedy has arrived in skinny envelopes. From fence post Buster Keaton to herky-jerky Jerry Lewis to wiry nerve-bundle Woody Allen to hung-loose Richard Pryor to whippy contortionist Jim Carrey, its comics and clowns have tended to be sliced...

Quotes by James Wolcott

If you strive for the moon, maybe you'll get over the fence.

Quotes by James Woods

Fences Quotes

The wide world is all about you: you can fence yourselves in, but you cannot forever fence it out.

Quotes by J. R. R. Tolkien

Everything in Russia is made of cement - phone booths, fence posts and light bulbs.

Quotes by Ian Frazier

In a complex and troubling world, who wouldn't want to simplify? Everybody does. Everybody wants to simplify and put up a picket fence.

Quotes by Gary Ross

Viewers don't want you to walk the fence - they do want a point of view - and that's what we bring.

Quotes by Ed Schultz

I think in the U.S., the border fence is no longer an immigration issue primarily; it's a security issue.

Quotes by Duncan Hunter

Fencing Quotes

A number of people who have supported me on the border fence in the U.S. have observed the fences in Israel and their effectiveness.

Quotes by Duncan Hunter

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Frequently Asked Questions

What are fence quotes about?
This collection uses the fence both literally and as a metaphor for indecision, spanning a stance on abortion, a childhood picket fence, and the ethics of a security barrier.
Why do people search for fence quotes?
People search for fence quotes to describe indecision or boundaries, often reaching for the phrase sitting on the fence when they don't want to commit to a side.
What does staying on the fence about abortion mean here?
One quote describes staying deliberately undecided on the issue of abortion, at most shifting an inch to either side, presenting genuine ambivalence rather than a hidden position.
Is there a quote about a childhood fence?
Yes, one entry recalls growing up with a white picket fence and a father working nine to five, using the fence as shorthand for a stable, conventional upbringing.
Does this collection touch on security fences?
One quote weighs a security fence as reversible against human lives as irreversible, a stark comparison about the stakes behind physical barriers. Related reading is in the Border quotes.

Other lines describe a white picket fence as shorthand for a stable, ordinary childhood, and a security fence weighed against the value of human lives. Related pages include the Border quotes and Barrier quotes.