Line Quotes

The beginning of the branch will always have the central line of its thickness taking its direction by the central line of the plant.

When one crest line is abandoned it is necessary to return to the next. Halting at a "half-way house" mid-way in the valley is fatal.

The English never draw a line without blurring it.

We didn't invent the Grateful Dead, the crowd invented the Grateful Dead. We were just in line to see what was going to happen.

It's a fine line between Saturday night and Sunday morning.

Personally, I think you can put any interpretation you want on anything, but when someone suggests that Can't Buy Me Love is about a prostitute, I draw the line. That's going too far.

I had a song called "Folsom Prison Blues" that was a hit just before "I Walk The Line." And the people in Texas heard about it at the state prison and got to writing me letters asking me to come down there. So I responded and then the warden called me and asked if I would come down and do a show for the prisoners in Texas.

I started to write the song. And I was in Gladewater, Texas, one night with Carl Perkins and I said, I've got a good idea for a song. And I sang him the first verse that I had written, and I said it's called "Because You're Mine." And he said, "I Walk The Line" is a better title, so I changed it to "I Walk The Line."

It was kind of a prodding myself to play I Walk The Line straight.

I keep a close watch on this heart of mine I keep my eyes wide open all the time I keep the ends out for the tie that binds Because you're mine, I walk the line.

Love is great, love is fine. Out the box, out of line. The affliction of the feeling leaves me wanting more.

Keep your eyes on the finish line and not on the turmoil around you.

Sexuality is half poison and half liberation. What's the line? I don't have a line.

I don't know anything about music. In my line you don't have to.

I was training to be an electrician. I suppose I got wired the wrong way round somewhere along the line.

A circle is a round straight line with a hole in the middle.

The middle of the road is where the white line is - and that's the worst place to drive.

If I'd had some set idea of a finish line, don't you think I would have crossed it years ago?