Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking. Votes: 4
William Butler YeatsReader, pray that soon this Iron Age Will crumble, and Beauty escape the rusting cage. Votes: 3
Philip Jose FarmerMeryl Streep, despite not being a Prime Minister, is reasonably convincing in "The Iron Lady.' Votes: 3
Sasha Frere-JonesStone Age. Bronze Age. Iron Age. We define entire epics of humanity by the technology they use. Votes: 3
Reed HastingsIn those years, it was easier to win the Soviet Championship than a game against 'Iron Tigran'. Votes: 3
Lev PolugaevskyThe Iron Curtain may be a thing of the past, but Mother Russia is as mysterious as ever. Votes: 3
Robert GottliebThe past was still a Golden Age, of ignorance, while the present is an Iron Age of willful bliss. Votes: 3
Jared DiamondWhen I was really young, I was really into Black Sabbath and Iron Maiden and those kinds of bands. Votes: 3
David PajoWhy I enjoyed doing Iron Man because it opened me up to this new world where fans are so passionate. Votes: 3
Gwyneth PaltrowI've banged my head quite a bit. I liked Iron Maiden, Ozzy, AC/DC. And of course, Ratt and Poison. Votes: 3
Cameron DiazI prefer to work out alone. It enables me to concentrate on the lessons that the Iron has for me. Votes: 3
Henry RollinsWhat a man needs in gardening is a cast-iron back, with a hinge in it. Votes: 2
Charles Dudley WarnerAs iron is eaten away by rust, so the envious are consumed by their own passion. Votes: 2
AntisthenesIn the course of history, men come to see that iron necessity is neither iron nor necessary. Votes: 2
Friedrich NietzscheThe only time I ever enjoyed ironing was the day I accidentally got gin in the steam iron. Votes: 2
Phyllis DillerOur desires attract supporting reasons as a magnet the iron fillings. Votes: 0
William Macneile DixonMemory and intention and intuition are fused. The iron is always hot. Votes: 0
Stephen NachmanovitchOur ancestors have travelled the iron age; the golden is before us. Votes: 0
Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-PierreThere are three iron links in the neurotic's chain: unloving, unlovable, unloved. Votes: 0
Mignon McLaughlin(Slaughter) means blood and iron. [Lat., Coedes videtur significare sanguinem et ferrum.] Votes: 0
QuintilianStronger than iron crueler than death sweeter than springtime it lives beyond breath Votes: 0
Juliet MarillierJust as iron rusts from disuse, even so does inaction spoil the intellect. Votes: 0
Leonardo da VinciLove with attachment consists of waves of emotion, usually creating invisible iron chains. Votes: 0
S. N. GoenkaLaziness grows on people; it begins in cobwebs and ends in iron chains Votes: 0
Sir Fowell Buxton, 1st BaronetHammer the iron that lies on your anvil instead of daydreaming about working silver. Votes: 0
Robert JordanThe strongest iron, hardened in the fire, most often ends in scraps and shatterings. Votes: 0
SophoclesBacteria mineralized the rocks; they deposited the iron. They made the geology we see. Votes: 0
Bonnie BasslerMy countrymen should have nerves of steel, muscles of iron, and minds like thunderbolt. Votes: 0
Swami VivekanandaThe iron ring is worn out by constant use. [Lat., Ferreus assiduo consumitur anulus usu.] Votes: 0
OvidStill all the day the iron wheels go onward, Grinding life down from its mark. Votes: 0
Gerald MasseyWater is powerful. It can wash away earth, put out fire, and even destroy iron. Votes: 0
Arthur GoldenThe hammers must be swung in cadence, when more than one is hammering the iron. Votes: 0
Giordano BrunoThe old oaken bucket, the iron-bound bucket, The moss-covered bucket, which hung in the well. Votes: 0
Samuel WoodworthWhetstones are not themselves able to cut, but make iron sharp and capable of cutting. Votes: 0
IsocratesAll daring and courage, all iron endurance of misfortune-make for a finer, nobler type of manhood. Votes: 0
Theodore RooseveltThe brave man, indeed, calls himself lord of the land, through his iron, through his blood. Votes: 0
Ernst Moritz ArndtPersistence is the iron quality of success; if you persist long enough you must eventually succeed Votes: 0
Brian TracyFamilies hold each other in an iron grip of definition. One must break the grip, somehow. Votes: 0
Paula FoxEvery Superstate has one iron rule: logic is an enemy and the truth is a menace. Votes: 0
Rod SerlingAnd Thou, vast Ocean! on whole awful face Time's iron feet can print no ruin trace. Votes: 0
Robert MontgomeryNot with dreams, but with blood and with iron, Shall a nation be moulded at last. Votes: 0
Algernon Charles SwinburneYou know when pillowcases come out of the dryer and they get really wrinkled? I iron them. Votes: 0
Jacob LatimoreI like listening to books as well, as that way you can iron at the same time. Votes: 0
David SedarisThe iron bolt...mysteriously fastens the door of hope and holds our spirits in a gloomy prison. Votes: 0
Charles SpurgeonNo iron spike can pierce a human heart as icily as a period in the right place. Votes: 0
Isaac BabelMy Aunt Marsha ruled the family with a rod of iron. She was one wicked, mean woman. Votes: 0
Karolyn GrimesNo performer should attempt to bite off red-hot iron unless he has a good set of teeth. Votes: 0
Harry Houdinia true leader must be able to command with an iron fist, not just a humble heart. Votes: 0
Evan MeekinsPoetry is about as much a 'criticism of life' as red-hot iron is a criticism of fire. Votes: 0
Ezra PoundIf you feel like you've got something to offer you should do it while the iron's hot. Votes: 0
Clint EastwoodRights and rules, which are bonds of iron to a little man, are packthread to a giant. Votes: 0
Anthony Trollopethe colour of my soul is iron-grey and sad bats wheel about the steeple of my dreams. Votes: 0
Claude DebussyThe old Inquisition had its rack and its thumbscrews and its instruments of torture with iron teeth. Votes: 0
Rose SchneidermanThis iron world bungs down the stoutest hearts to lowest state; for misery doth bravest minds abate. Votes: 0
Edmund SpenserKindness is better and can be more powerful than force. Kind words may unlock an iron door. Votes: 0
Nicky GumbelThe man who prays grows, and the muscles of the soul swell from this whipcord to iron bands. Votes: 0
F.B. MeyerRailroad iron is a magician's rod, in its power to evoke the sleeping energies of land and water. Votes: 0
Ralph Waldo EmersonA fixed idea is like the iron rod which sculptors put in their statues. It impales and sustains. Votes: 0
Hippolyte TaineQuotations can be valuable, like raisins in the rice pudding, for adding iron as well as eye appeal. Votes: 0
Peg BrackenOrdinary men died, men of iron were taken prisoner: I only brought back with me men of bronze. Votes: 0
Napoleon BonaparteI have always believed the iron rule of politics was that women don't vote for men who yell. Votes: 0
Gail CollinsStupidity is an attempt to iron out all differences, and not to use them or value them creatively. Votes: 0
Bill MollisonWe too could wrest iron from the bowels of the earth and fashion it into ships and machines. Votes: 0
Jose C. OrozcoSo be it. I'll wear my iron and hold my tongue. A man who won't listen can't hear. Votes: 0
George R. R. Martin(When asked who wore the pants in his house:) I do, and I also wash and iron them. Votes: 0
Denis ThatcherThe path to my fixed purpose is laid with iron rails whereon my soul is grooved to run Votes: 0
Herman MelvilleNo iron can pierce the human heart as chillingly as a full stop placed at the right time. Votes: 0
Isaac BabelWar seems to come out of nowhere, like rust that suddenly pops up on iron after a storm. Votes: 0
Victor Davis HansonYou, the strong, have I loved, though the marks of your iron hoofs are yet upon my flesh. Votes: 0
Khalil GibranLove is the only fire that is hot enough to melt the iron obstinacy of a creatures's will. Votes: 0
Alexander MacLarenNo iron can stab the heart with such force as a period put just at the right place. Votes: 0
Isaac BabelWe too could wrest iron from the bowels of the earth and fashion it into ships and machines. Votes: 0
Jose Clemente OrozcoI'm not the kind of person you think I am, I'm not the anti-Christ, or the iron man. Votes: 0
Ozzy OsbourneWe must not only strike the iron while it is hot, we must strike it until it is hot. Votes: 0
Tom SharpeThe cowboy doesn't need an iron horse, but covers his country on one that eats grass and wears hair. Votes: 0
Charles Marion RussellWhen two people are at one in their inmost hearts, they shatter even the strength of iron or bronze. Votes: 0
Cassandra ClareWe must not only strike the iron while it is hot, but strike it till it is made hot. Votes: 0
Richard SharpYou can't hammer tin into iron, no matter how hard you beat it, but that doesn't mean it's useless. Votes: 0
George R. R. MartinToday we should make poems including iron and steel And the poet should know how to lead an attack. Votes: 0
Ho Chi MinhThe reason why the stone is red is its iron content, which is also why our blood is red. Votes: 0
Andy GoldsworthyI have legs of iron, but to tell you the truth, they're starting to rust and buckle a bit. Votes: 0
Jeanne CalmentBut let's just say, I'm Irish. I grew up in the 1950s. Religion had a very tight iron fist. Votes: 0
Liam NeesonIn a sky of iron the points of the Dipper hung like icicles and Orion flashed his cold fires. Votes: 0
Edith WhartonSome days I feel like playing it smooth. Some days I feel like playing it like a waffle iron. Votes: 0
Raymond ChandlerWe begin to make the plan known to our children when we hold tight to the iron rod ourselves. Votes: 0
Rosemary M. WixomThe iron heart that does not bleed The iron wing that does not break They exist, here and now Votes: 0
Tsugumi OhbaI fooled you. I fooled you. I got pig iron. I got pig iron. I got all pig iron. Votes: 0
Lonnie DoneganThe iron from that meteorite and the iron from your blood have common origin in the core of a star. Votes: 0
Neil deGrasse TysonTruth is always present; it only needs to lift the iron lids of the mind's eye to read its oracles. Votes: 0
Ralph Waldo EmersonWhoever governs Singapore must have that iron in him. Or give it up. This is not a game of cards. Votes: 0
Lee Kuan YewFree as air; that's what they say- "free as air". Now they bring me my air in an iron barrel. Votes: 0
Evelyn WaughThe most difficult book I have ever read was a manual on the use of iron bangles by A.J. Thompson. Votes: 0
Spike MilliganThe best way to make a steak is grilled over an open flame or pan sauteed in a cast iron skillet. Votes: 0
Roy YamaguchiSlavery is slavery. The chain of gold is quite as bad as the chain of iron. Is there a way out? Votes: 0
Swami VivekanandaI'm kind of a jock. I sail, I ride a bike, I hike, I pump iron. I just love to be active. Votes: 0
Laura SchlessingerThe good Lord made us all out of iron. Then he turns up the heat to forge some of us into steel. Votes: 0
Marie OsmondWomen, when they have made a sheep of a man, always tell him that he is a lion with a will of iron. Votes: 0
Honore de BalzacOur ancestors have travelled the iron age; the golden is before us. Votes: 3 Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre
Typically, highway bridges have about 50 years. But over in England, they have iron bridges approaching 250 years. In France, there are Roman aqueducts that are approaching 2,000 years old. So a bridge can last a very long time if it's built properly in the first place and then maintained properly. Votes: 3 Henry Petroski
Of what use were wings to a man fast bound in chains of iron? Votes: 1 Adelbert von Chamisso
I want to talk to the bullied kids of the world. Tell them to hang on, it will get better. Know that an 'Iron Chef,' actors, musicians, artists and all successful people have probably been bullied in their life. And the best part of your life is yet to come. Whatever it takes to live, do it! Votes: 4 Cat Cora
The horrors of the Second World War, the chilling winds of the Cold War and the crushing weight of the Iron Curtain are little more than fading memories. Ideals that once commanded great loyalty are now taken for granted. Votes: 6 Jan Peter Balkenende
Mail armor continued in general use till about the year 1300, when it was gradually supplanted by plate armor, or suits consisting of pieces or plates of solid iron, adapted to the different parts of the body. Votes: 1 Thomas Bulfinch
Everything you need to know about Iron Maiden is onstage. Votes: 6 Bruce Dickinson
Tony Stark in 'Iron Man' helped wider audiences finally embrace the enormous talent of Robert Downey Jr. Votes: 6 Tom Hiddleston
As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend. Votes: 1 King Solomon