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Merry Go Round Quotes

When you're on a merry-go-round, you miss a lot of the scenery.

When you're on a merry-go-round, you miss a lot of the scenery.

Neil Diamond
Missing You, Scenery, Merry Go Round

Everywhere I've turned somebody has wanted to sacrifice me for my own good—only /they/ were the ones who benefited. And now we start on the old sacrificial merry-go-round. At what point do we stop?

Ralph Ellison
Sacrifice, Merry Go Round, Wanted
Ralph Ellison (2010). “Invisible Man”, p.518, Vintage

No longer riding on the merry-go-round, I just had to let it go.

John Lennon
Let It Go, Riding, Merry Go Round
Song: Watching The Wheels, Album: Double Fantasy, 1998

What You Lose on the Swings You Make Up on the Merry-Go-Round.

George V. Higgins
Swings, Merry Go Round, Rounds
George V. Higgins (2012). “Defending Billy Ryan”, p.78, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

I think Darth Maul has been on a vicious cycle, he's been on a merry go round. In some way he's begging for Obi-Wan Kenobi to take him off that ride.

Samuel Witwer
Thinking, Begging, Merry Go Round
"Star Wars Rebels: Sam Witwer on Maul's Fateful Encounter With Obi-Wan". Interview with Eric Goldman, in.ign.com. March 22, 2017.

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