...and one of those neat spiral stairways in the far…

William Carlos Williams, late in his long life, had a dream: He saw an enormous spiral staircase in empty space, and his father slowly…

— Eliot Weinberger

Life is a journey up a spiral staircase; as we grow older we cover the ground covered we have covered before, only higher up;…

— William Butler Yeats

Many of the younger generation know my name in a vague way and connect it with grotesque inventions, but don't believe that I ever…

— Rube Goldberg

Many a man may look respectable, and yet be able to hide at will behind a spiral staircase.

— P. G. Wodehouse

Arsenal have class. I remember when I was at Spurs, the Arsenal players would arrive for matches in their navy blazers with the gold…

— Jimmy Greaves

All rising to great places is by a winding stair.

— Gautama Buddha

What would things been like [in Russia] if during periods of mass arrests people had not simply sat there, paling with terror at every…

— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

I also have a brand-new prescription for gunfire jitters: When the shooting gets loud, proceed to the nearest wooden staircase. Run up and down…

— Anne Frank

OH NO YOU DON’T, LADDIE!” Harry spun around. Professor Moody was limping down the marble staircase. His wand was out and it was pointing…

— J. K. Rowling

I've had great pleasure meeting the likes of Newt Gingrich and having a chat with the fellow on a staircase. I found him completely…

— John Lydon

If time is a staircase, reality is a Slinky. Decades can be parsed. Television, frequently accused of destabilizing life, is actually what stitches the…

— Louis Menand

“Well, we were always going to fail that one,” said Ron gloomily as they ascended the marble staircase. He had just made Harry feel…

— Anonymous

Once I tried to make a standardization of staircases. Probably that is one of the oldest of the standardizations. Of course, we design new…

— Alvar Aalto

I'm certain, as we filled down the great staircase, that I appeared the same as ever, a moping twelve years-old, all arms and legs.…

— Patti Smith

I was afraid to board a streetcar because of the conductor; I was afraid to enter the Kabuki Theater for fear of the usherettes…

— Osamu Dazai