Mark Helprin

I wrote a great deal of a novel, 'Winter's Tale,' on the roof of a Brooklyn Heights tenement on Henry Street. I was a technical climber, and now and then I would put down my manuscript and get up to walk along parapets and climb walls and chimneys.

American Novelist

Prince Charles

As you may possibly have noticed from time to time, I have tended to make a habit of sticking my head above the parapet and generally getting it shot off for pointing out what has always been blindingly obvious to me.

English Royalty

Charles Kennedy

As Liberal Democrats and proponents of federalism, we must put our heads above the parapet and recapture and disseminate the true meaning of federalism. We have to win the vocabulary before we succeed in the vision.

British Politician

John Owen

The house built on the sand may oftentimes be built higher, have more fair parapets and battlements, windows and ornaments, than that which is built upon the rock; yet all gifts and privileges equal not one grace.

English Theologian

Jeremy Kyle

If you stick your head above the parapet and you have an opinion, and you spout family values and morality and all that, you'd be pretty naive to think that everybody would go, 'Oh, he's great, I love him.

English Journalist

Stephen Fry

I feel I would love to close down for a number of years in some way and just be in the country making pork pies and chutneys and never have to poke my head out of the parapet.

British Comedian

Jo Swinson

In the cut-throat political system we have in the UK, you have to be prepared to put your head above the parapet and be confident in your ability to get the job done.

Robert Ingpen

You don't put your head above the parapet and become a personality if you're an illustrator - it's not part of it; it's not possible. You are a servant to the story.

Australian Artist

Parapets serve as a safety feature in construction, often found in places where there's risk of falling.

Safety Feature

Parapets are often used as locations to observe from a height without falling.

Observation Spot

Parapet is a technical term in architecture, important for construction and safety regulations.

Architectural Term

Parapet's use extends beyond construction, symbolizing any protective barrier.

Extended Meaning

Parapet can be used metaphorically to describe a safeguard in different contexts.

Metaphorical Use

Parapets are not just for protection, but also provide a visual break or barrier on structures.

Visual Barrier

In military contexts, parapets offer protection for those defending a position.

Military Protection

Parapets are historically significant in ancient and medieval fortifications.

Historical Contexts

In military engineering, parapet is a specialized term describing fortification elements.

Technical Vocabulary

 Why was I sticking my head above the parapet? You can read between the lines in those questions, and the answer has nothing to do with politics. The top-note answer was and is "Because it's time." Time to stop tiptoeing around my past, time to stop living a life of opprobrium

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 Dorado spend their early lives looking remarkably similar to the parapet Agnes this helps them hide amongst the

Parapet

Safety Feature

Observation Spot

Architectural Term

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