Stones Quotes - Page 5

Monuments! what are they? the very pyramids have forgotten their builders, or to whom they were dedicated. Deeds, not stones, are the true monuments of the great.

The sand stones had fragments of charcoal on some surfaces but found no recognisable fossils.

The Bible is the cornerstone of liberty.

Hoods are good parts because they're always flashy and attract attention. If you've got any ability, you can use that as a stepping stone.

You can consider this carved in stone: I rule out becoming Herman Van Rompuy's successor.

Labor is the fabled magician's wand, the philosophers stone, and the cap of good fortune.

The people are hungry for the bread of life. Do not offer them a stone.

The stone often recoils on the head of the thrower.

With the stones we cast at them, geniuses build new roads with them.

Inside the peach, there is a stone.

I cannot say who, precisely, came up with the idea of a Stone Age family.

Life is like that. Some days are diamonds and some days are stones.

This machine was a failure to the extent that it could not fly. In other respects it was a very important and necessary stepping stone.

A great city may be seen as the construction of words as well as stone.

If you are stone, be magnetic; if a plant, be sensitive; but if you are human be love.

Our wounds ultimately give us wisdom. Our stumbling blocks inevitably become our stepping stones. And our setbacks lead us to our strengths

You throw a stone into a deep pond. Splash. The sound is big, and it reverberates throughout the surrounding area. What comes out of the pond after that? All we can do is stare at the pond, holding our breath.

There's so much around, you don't know what to listen to. All I've got at home is Bo Diddley, some Stones and Beatles stuff, and old jazz records.

Anger is as a stone cast into a wasp's nest.

Either you pursue or push, O Sisyphus, the stone destined to keep rolling. [Lat., Aut petis aut urgues ruiturum, Sisyphe, saxum.]

I rambled all the time. I was just like that, like a rollin' stone.

It is wrong to wear diamonds before luncheon, except on one’s marriage rings. Before, after, and during breakfast, luncheon and dinner, it is vulgar to wear a mixture of colored precious stones. It is always a comfort to know that so many things one can’t afford to do anyway are vulgar.

Life is a lone wolf, scratching out a living with teeth and claws and a heart of stone.

Some sessions are stars and some sessions are stones, but in the end they are all rocks and we build upon them.

Pain is the touchstone of all growth