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Fencing Quotes

On the sport, its cost, and unlikely comparisons.

Fencing shows up here as both a serious sport and an unlikely metaphor: one performer compares stage concert photos to a 'fencing move,' guitar in hand instead of a sword. Another quote questions whether fencing belongs in a modern university curriculum.

In point of substantial merit the law school belongs in the modern university no more than a school of fencing or dancing.

Quotes by Thorstein Veblen

There's places where a secure fence will work, and that strategic type fencing will work. But the idea that people can easily just stand up and say 'let's just build a fence' and be done with it and wipe our...

Quotes by Rick Perry

I've looked at photographs of myself during concerts and it sometimes looks as if I'm in a fencing move, with a guitar in my hands instead of a sword.

Quotes by Neil Diamond

Competing in junior fencing requires lessons, equipment, and travel that may cost hundreds or even thousands of dollars a month, keeping talented athletes from wielding sabers or masks.

Quotes by Mary Pilon

Applicable Quotes

I go four- wheeling in my truck. I also like to fish, cook, do stuff around my house. I even studied fencing for awhile.

Quotes by Luke Perry

Fencing is a funny sport. Competitive fencing is not really very applicable to the stage world unless you're fighting with a rapier during the Renaissance, you know?

Quotes by Kris Holden-Ried

I did quite a lot of fencing when I was a kid. I was a swimmer, and I played a lot of basketball. I was a fencer for Great Britain, but I only did that because I watched 'Robin Hood,'...

Quotes by Kieran Bew

But my view is that you need a system at the border. You need some fencing but you need technology. You need boots on the ground. And then you need to have interior enforcement of our nation's immigration laws inside...

Quotes by Janet Napolitano

When I was in New York after I left the Army, I studied for two years at the American Theater Wing, studied acting, which involved dance and fencing and speech classes and history of theater, all that.

Quotes by James Earl Jones

Army Quotes

I find that fencing and training give me more stamina and help me deal with the craziness of being on the road so much.

Quotes by Bruce Dickinson

I've been very physical my whole life. I've done a lot of ballet, fencing and karate, and everything.

Quotes by Ashley Bell

Frequently Asked Questions

Why is fencing compared to guitar-playing in one of these quotes?
A performer describes noticing that concert photos of themselves resemble a fencing stance, joking that the guitar stands in for a sword, an unusual but vivid visual comparison rather than a comment on the sport itself.
What barrier to fencing does one quote describe?
It points out that junior fencing requires lessons, equipment, and travel that can cost hundreds or thousands of dollars a month, which keeps many talented athletes from ever picking up a saber.
Why do people search for fencing quotes?
Some are researching the sport's accessibility and cost, others want a witty line connecting fencing to performance or academia, as seen in the quote questioning its place in university life.
What does the university quote say about fencing?
It argues fencing, much like dancing, has no more substantial claim to a place in a modern law school than any other physical pursuit, a pointed academic jab rather than a comment on the sport's value.
Are there related quotes about other hobbies or physical pursuits?
Yes, our Dance quotes cover the comparison made in the university quote, and Applicable quotes explore related ideas about relevance and value.

A more practical quote highlights how junior fencing's cost, lessons, equipment, and travel, can keep talented young athletes out of the sport entirely. For more on athletic barriers, see our Army and Dance quotes.