# Quote — China Miéville, Iron Council

> She shouted, “Arms and tongues, Spiral?” and waggled her arms and stuck out her tongue, and the old man crowed and did the same. “He’s for the first, against the second, as I recall,” she said to Ori. “Has he chanted for you? ‘Too much yammer, not enough hammer.’”

- Author: [China Miéville](https://www.leafyquotes.com/china-mieville.md)
- Book: [Iron Council](https://www.leafyquotes.com/china-mieville/iron-council.md)
- Page: 85
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/China_Mi%C3%A9ville#Iron_Council_(2004)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/china-mieville/iron-council/she-shouted-arms

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> “We’re all racing,” he said.
>
> “Yeah, but some of us in the wrong direction.”

p. 364 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/china-mieville/iron-council/were-all-racing.md)

> When the rich grow afraid, they get nasty. We say: A government for need not greed!

p. 222 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/china-mieville/iron-council/when-the-rich.md)

> “History...” Jacobs spoke with terse authority. Brought Ori to a hush. “Is all full. And dripping. With the corpses. Of them who trusted the incorruptible.”

p. 319 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/china-mieville/iron-council/history-jacobs-spoke.md)