“A technicality I'm prepared to hide wildly behind.”

“Prejudice is a product of ignorance that hides behind barriers of tradition.”

Jasper Fforde book The Fourth Bear

“He is crooked enough to hide behind a spiral staircase.”

Anne McCaffrey book Acorna's Quest

“Behind a frowning providence
He hides a smiling face.”

William Cowper (1731–1800) (1731–1800) English poet and hymnodist

“Whenever the truth threatens, he hides behind a thought.”

Elias Canetti (1905–1994) Bulgarian-born Swiss and British jewish modernist novelist, playwright, memoirist, and non-fiction writer

“If I'm to fall, would you be there to applaud, or would you hide behind them all? 'Cause if I have to go, in my heart you'd grow, and that's where you belong.”

Liam Gallagher (1972) English musician and songwriter

“Allah's Apostle said, "The Hour will not be established until you fight with the Jews, and the stone behind which a Jew will be hiding will say. "O Muslim! There is a Jew hiding behind me, so kill him."”

Muhammad (570–632) Arabian religious leader and the founder of Islam

“There's nothing honerable in a man who hides behind a blue woman's hanky.”

John Flanagan (1873–1938) Irish-American hammer thrower

“Rules are mostly made to be broken and are too often for the lazy to hide behind.”

Douglas MacArthur (1880–1964) U.S. Army general of the army, field marshal of the Army of the Philippines

“Hide your craziness behind a beautiful smile. That's all you need.”

Paulo Coelho (1947) Brazilian lyricist and novelist