Top Fence Quotes

The grass always seems greener on the other side of the fence. Many politicians promise green, green grass by blending niceties with delusion and by using alluring confidence tricks. They voice attrac...

If you build a wall they won't come.

Fence Definition

(n.) That which fends off attack or danger; a defense; a protection; a cover; security; shield.

(n.) An inclosure about a field or other space, or about any object; especially, an inclosing structure of wood, iron, or other material, intended to prevent intrusion from without or straying from within.

(n.) A projection on the bolt, which passes through the tumbler gates in locking and unlocking.

(n.) Self-defense by the use of the sword; the art and practice of fencing and sword play; hence, skill in debate and repartee. See Fencing.

(n.) A receiver of stolen goods, or a place where they are received.

(v. t.) To fend off danger from; to give security to; to protect; to guard.

(v. t.) To inclose with a fence or other protection; to secure by an inclosure.

(v. i.) To make a defense; to guard one's self of anything, as against an attack; to give protection or security, as by a fence.

(v. i.) To practice the art of attack and defense with the sword or with the foil, esp. with the smallsword, using the point only.

(v. i.) Hence, to fight or dispute in the manner of fencers, that is, by thrusting, guarding, parrying, etc.

Sides are being divided now. It's very obvious. So if you're on the other side of the fence, you're suddenly anti-American. It's breeding fear of being on the wrong side.

I can attempt to stay on the fence. However, the problem is that the fence is a figment of my fear not a reality of my journey.

The only fence against the world is a thorough knowledge of it.

Anytime you see a turtle up on top of a fence post, you know he had some help.

Really, each era has its own false nostalgia. We all put a picket fence up around something. For my generation it was the '50s, and for other generations it will be something else. Change is scary for...

Beyond all of that, I could see the wall I had seen from inside the train, the wall that runs along the train line. I assumed that there, behind it, was the west, and I was right. I could have been wr...