"It's hard to get out of the barrel. It's slippery around the edges and people are happy to see you fall back in."
Barrels quotes
Barrels
22 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
"The reference to John Podesta is general. It is not specific. And, by the way, he does have his time in the barrel shortly thereafter."
"I'm very pleased when the smartest people come [to the U.S.] and almost never pleased when the very bottom of the mental barrel comes in."
"Economic medicine that was previously meted out by the cupful has recently been dispensed by the barrel. These once unthinkable dosages will almost certainly bring on unwelcome after-effects. Their precise nature is anyone's guess, though one likely consequence is an onslaught of inflation."
"Evolution is like walking on a rolling barrel. The walker isn't so much interested in where the barrel is going as he is in keeping on top of it."
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