I feel comfortable singing in the great cathedrals of the world because I spent so much time as a child singing in… — Jessye Norman Copy Share Image
Every generation has its war. I have just been reminded of mine. It ended in 1989, 43 years after it began, the… — Simon Jenkins Copy Share Image
The old cathedrals are good, but the great blue dome that hangs over everything is better. — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
I come from a tradition of Western culture, in which the ideal (my ideal) was the complex, dense, and 'cathedral-like' structure of… — Richard Foreman Copy Share Image
The sun,--the bright sun, that brings back, not light alone, but new life, and hope, and freshness to man--burst upon the crowded… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
A cathedral, a wave of a storm, a dancer's leap, never turn out to be as high as we had hoped. — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
A true leader is one who designs the cathedral and then shares the vision that inspires others to build it. — Jan Carlzon Copy Share Image
Architecture traditionally has been the slowest of art forms. It was not unusual for great cathedrals to take centuries to complete, with… — Martin Filler Copy Share Image
Not even the most secular among us can fail to be uplifted by Christianity's architectural legacy - the great cathedrals. These immense… — Martin Rees Copy Share Image
There is material enough in a single flower for the ornament of a score of cathedrals. — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
In the immense cathedral which is the universe of God, each person, whether scholar or manual laborer, is called to act as… — Paul Evdokimov Copy Share Image
I love Chatsworth, Winchester Cathedral, Edinburgh Castle... Every time I'm in the vicinity of something old and worth looking at, I try… — Alan Titchmarsh Copy Share Image
The meaning of geography is as much a sealed book to the person of ordinary intelligence and education as the meaning of… — William Morris Davis Copy Share Image
The Christian faith is a grand cathedral with divinely pictured windows. — Nathaniel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
“At present, a good many men engaged in scientific pursuits, and who have signally failed in gaining recognition among their fellows, are… — Robert G. Ingersoll Copy Share Image
Vanish. Pass into nothingness: the Keats line that frightened her. Fade as the blue nights fade, go as the brightness goes. Go… — Joan Didion Copy Share Image
Regard it as just as desirable to build a chicken house as to build a cathedral. The size of the project means… — Frank Lloyd Wright Copy Share Image
The city as a center where, any day in any year, there may be a fresh encounter with a new talent, a… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
You sharpen the human appetite to the point where it can split atoms with its desire; you build egos the size of… — Al Pacino Copy Share Image
“Avis named her business Paradise Pastry because she imagined cathedrals. She thought about the stonemasons, glassblowers, sculptors- who gave lifetimes to the… — Diana Abu-Jaber Copy Share Image
I have a feeling of reverence about my father being in his 80s - a feeling that I want to whisper, take… — Patti Davis Copy Share Image
As regards my own 'philosophy,' I continue to be inspired by the music, liturgy and architectural tradition of the Anglican Church in… — Martin Rees Copy Share Image
No doubt soaring cathedrals, stirring music, moving stories and parables, help a bit. But by far the most important variable determining your… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
Universities are renowned for their tolerance of unusual characters, especially if they show originality and dedication to their research. I have often… — Tony Attwood Copy Share Image
“The Christian catacombs represent simplicity and earthiness; the cathedrals, transcendence and wonder.” — Russell Moore Copy Share Image
