Quotes about iron
iron gold tin
I wol yow telle, as was me taught also, The foure spirites and the bodies sevene, By ordre, as ofte I herde my lord hem nevene. The firste spirit quiksilver called is, The second orpiment, the thridde, ywis, Sal armoniak, and the firthe brimstoon. The bodies sevene eek, lo! hem heer anoon: Sol gold is, and Luna silver we threpe, Mars yron, Mercurie quiksilver we clepe, Saturnus leed, and Jupiter is tin, And Venus coper, by my fader kin! Geoffrey Chaucer
iron credit world
I used to wonder: Is Huxley right or is Orwell right? It turns out they're both right. First you get the new world state and endless diversions as you are disempowered. And then, as we are watching, credit dries up, and the cheap manufactured goods of the consumer society are no longer cheap. Then you get the iron fist of Oceania, of Orwell's 1984. Chris Hedges
iron negativity feelings
Affliction, like the iron-smith, shapes as it smites.
iron way tone
If you want to "tone and build," it is time to pick up some iron - that's the way we can get a muscle to grow. Chris Powell
ironic individual good-things
Religion is the worst thing that ever happened to mankind - the ironic part is that it's presented as a good thing, and its effect is absolutely catastrophic to individuals and to societies. George Carlin
irony argument needed
At a time like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed. Frederick Douglass
iron fire criticism
Poetry is about as much a 'criticism of life' as red-hot iron is a criticism of fire. Ezra Pound
ironing-board kitchen boards
A kitchen without an ironing board? Are you kidding? It's un-American. It's like Simon without Garfunkel. Erma Bombeck
iron numbers people
The gross and net result of it is that people who spend most of their natural lives riding iron bicycles over the rocky roadsteads of this parish get their personalities mixed up with the personalities of their bicycle as a result of the interchanging of the atoms of each of them and you would be surprised at the number of people in these parts who nearly are half people and half bicycles. Flann O'Brien
iron strike
There's a phrase: to strike while the iron is hot. The iron is hot.
iron keeping
There was this curtain, the Iron Curtain, and it was keeping out interesting, cutting-edge music. But other than that, it was pretty normal. Jan Hammer
iron value
You've got to think of the value of the iron ore business.
ironic next waking
I love Derrick Brown for the surprise of one word waking up next to another. One moment tender, funny or romantic, the next, visceral, ironic and relevatory-here is the full chaos of life. An amazing talent. Janet Fitch
iron cold said
Will looking after her, sighed.not for her, he said under his breath, though there was no one to hear him, for me.... And he leaned his head against the cold iron gate. Cassandra Clare
iron law essence
The essence of tyranny is not iron law. It is capricious law. Christopher Hitchens
irony horror absent
From even the greatest of horrors irony is seldom absent. H. P. Lovecraft
iron generations grappling
Monuments are the grappling-irons that bind one generation to another.... Joseph Joubert
iron discovery world
A good method of discovery is to imagine certain members of a system removed and then see how what is left would behave: for example, where would we be if iron were absent from the world: this is an old example. Georg C. Lichtenberg
iron legs rust
I have legs of iron, but to tell you the truth, they're starting to rust and buckle a bit. Jeanne Calment
iron long drunk
I have always smoked and drunk and loved too much. In fact I have lived not too long but too much. One day the Iron Crab will get me. Then I shall have died of living too much. Ian Fleming
iron yell
I don't lead with an iron fist. I don't yell at people. I have a way of making my opinion clear. Sophia Amoruso
ironic retail benefits
It's ironic that retailers and restaurants live or die on customer service, yet their employees have some of the lowest pay and worst benefits of any industry. That's one reason so many retail experiences are mediocre for the public. Howard Schultz
ironic twists sense-of-humor
I have a great sense of humor, but it has an ironic twist to it. Howard Dean
ironic irony said
What cannot be said above all must not be silenced but written. Jacques Derrida
iron age golden
After the golden age of Latinity, we gradually slide into the silver, and at length precipitately descend into the iron. Isaac Disraeli
iron water different
Words are one thing - deeds something entirely different. Fine words are a mask to cover shady deeds. A sincere diplomat is like dry water or wooden iron. Joseph Stalin
iron water mind
Just as iron which is not used grows rusty, and water putrefies and freezes in the cold, so the mind of which no use is made is spoilt. Leonardo da Vinci
irony certain amount
There's a certain amount of what I wear that I wear for irony. Lily Allen
iron building ends
We can hold to the iron rod even if others slip away and a few end up mocking us from "the great and spacious building." Neal A. Maxwell
iron generations transformation
This scepticism is the same scepticism I heard a generation ago in the USSR when few thought that a democratic transformation behind the iron curtain was possible. Natan Sharansky
irony
I like the irony in my work. Miuccia Prada
iron kind stomach
I have kind of an iron stomach. Joey Fatone
iron wife whim
My wife has a whim of iron Oliver Herford