Top Rust Quotes

If gold rusts, what then can iron do?

I were better to be eaten to death with a rust than to be scoured to nothing with perpetual motion.

Rust Definition

(n.) The reddish yellow coating formed on iron when exposed to moist air, consisting of ferric oxide or hydroxide; hence, by extension, any metallic film of corrosion.

(n.) A minute mold or fungus forming reddish or rusty spots on the leaves and stems of cereal and other grasses (Trichobasis Rubigo-vera), now usually believed to be a form or condition of the corn mildew (Puccinia graminis). As rust, it has solitary reddish spores; as corn mildew, the spores are double and blackish.

(n.) That which resembles rust in appearance or effects.

(n.) A composition used in making a rust joint. See Rust joint, below.

(n.) Foul matter arising from degeneration; as, rust on salted meat.

(n.) Corrosive or injurious accretion or influence.

(v. i.) To contract rust; to be or become oxidized.

(v. i.) To be affected with the parasitic fungus called rust; also, to acquire a rusty appearance, as plants.

(v. i.) To degenerate in idleness; to become dull or impaired by inaction.

(v. t.) To cause to contract rust; to corrode with rust; to affect with rust of any kind.

(v. t.) To impair by time and inactivity.

Beneath the rust and grime which dulls the shine of our weathered hearts, joy patiently waits to be rediscovered

It is better to rust out than wear out.

I don't fear that a man will wear out as quickly as he will rust out.

Do the most difficult thing if that is what will pay you. Dust the Rust if you Must. Success never comes with ease.

I have legs of iron, but to tell you the truth, they're starting to rust and buckle a bit.

His friends told him that nobody was interested in his goddam soul unless it was the priest and he managed to answer that no priest taking orders from no pope was going to tamper with his soul. They t...