--- title: "10 Room Walls Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 10 Room Walls quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Room Walls sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b9/semir-zeki-25396_empty_i-can-really-recommend-a-beautifully-but_2389201.jpg" --- > [I can really recommend a beautifully but sparsely furnished room with empty walls!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/semir-zeki/i-can-really-recommend-a-beautifully-but-sparsely-furnished-room-with/) [Semir Zeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/semir-zeki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b9/semir-zeki-25396_empty_i-can-really-recommend-a-beautifully-but_2389201.jpg) > [I think I'll paint roads on my front room walls to convince myself that I'm going places](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lemn-sissay/i-think-i-ll-paint-roads-on-my-front-room-walls-to-convince-myself/) [Lemn Sissay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lemn-sissay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da7/lemn-sissay-33828_artist_i-think-i-ll-paint-roads-on-my-front-roo_2376171.jpg) > [“He’s the kind of man who walks into a room and all the walls fall down.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jandy-nelson/he-s-the-kind-of-man-who-walks-into-a-room-and-all-the-walls-fall-down/) [Jandy Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jandy-nelson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15c/jandy-nelson-1913_room_he-s-the-kind-of-man-who-walks-into-a-ro_1391625.png) > [There's a strange sort of quiet when you're dying. It's as if you're in a glass room, and the walls keep getting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabrielle-zevin/there-s-a-strange-sort-of-quiet-when-you-re-dying-it-s-as-if-you-re/) [Gabrielle Zevin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabrielle-zevin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/17b/gabrielle-zevin-626_death_there-s-a-strange-sort-of-quiet-when-you_1674971.png) > [You're used to seeing values listed on waiting-room walls. Communication, integrity, excellence, and respect. Those were actually Enron's values.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-collison/you-re-used-to-seeing-values-listed-on-waiting-room-walls/) [John Collison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-collison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e59/john-collison-16395_communication_you-re-used-to-seeing-values-listed-on-w_3139802.jpg) > [“I don’t want to be left by myself in this room. The walls are too empty, there are no pictures on them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/i-don-t-want-to-be-left-by-myself-in-this-room-the-walls-are-too/) [Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a7c/margaret-atwood-40_gardening_i-don-t-want-to-be-left-by-myself-in-thi_738588.jpg) > [“I shall have twenty cats and talk to them all," she said, picking up the volume of poetry. "My cats and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/regina-doman/i-shall-have-twenty-cats-and-talk-to-them-all-she-said-picking-up-the/) [Regina Doman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/regina-doman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e76/regina-doman-13332_cats_i-shall-have-twenty-cats-and-talk-to-the_150198.jpg) > [“Listen, we’ll come visit you. Okay? I’ll dress up as William Shakespeare, Lucent as Emily Dickinson, and beautiful ‘Ray’ as someone dashing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-cummings/listen-we-ll-come-visit-you-okay-i-ll-dress-up-as-william-shakespeare/) Tim Cummings [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be1/tim-cummings-75092_addiction_listen-we-ll-come-visit-you-okay-i-ll-dr_1051420.jpg) > [“There appears no assurance that in the times of our own grandchildren the world will contain viable populations of wild African Lions,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-safina/there-appears-no-assurance-that-in-the-times-of-our-own-grandchildren/) [Carl Safina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-safina/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90f/carl-safina-12479_birth_there-appears-no-assurance-that-in-the-t_1347877.png) > [“One of the things I learned in my maddest years was that one could be in a room, with walls and barred…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-katzenbach/one-of-the-things-i-learned-in-my-maddest-years-was-that-one-could-be/) [John Katzenbach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-katzenbach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f7/john-katzenbach-10587_crazy-people_one-of-the-things-i-learned-in-my-maddes_1110403.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/room-walls/#itemlist", "name": "Room Walls Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I can really recommend a beautifully but sparsely furnished room with empty walls!", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Semir Zeki" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/semir-zeki/i-can-really-recommend-a-beautifully-but-sparsely-furnished-room-with/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b9/semir-zeki-25396_empty_i-can-really-recommend-a-beautifully-but_2389201.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b9/semir-zeki-25396_empty_i-can-really-recommend-a-beautifully-but_2389201.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b9/semir-zeki-25396_empty_i-can-really-recommend-a-beautifully-but_2389201.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I can really recommend a beautifully but sparsely furnished room with empty walls!” — Semir Zeki", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I think I'll paint roads on my front room walls to convince myself that I'm going places", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lemn Sissay" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lemn-sissay/i-think-i-ll-paint-roads-on-my-front-room-walls-to-convince-myself/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da7/lemn-sissay-33828_artist_i-think-i-ll-paint-roads-on-my-front-roo_2376171.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da7/lemn-sissay-33828_artist_i-think-i-ll-paint-roads-on-my-front-roo_2376171.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da7/lemn-sissay-33828_artist_i-think-i-ll-paint-roads-on-my-front-roo_2376171.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I think I'll paint roads on my front room walls to convince myself that I'm going places” — Lemn Sissay", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“He’s the kind of man who walks into a room and all the walls fall down.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jandy Nelson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jandy-nelson/he-s-the-kind-of-man-who-walks-into-a-room-and-all-the-walls-fall-down/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15c/jandy-nelson-1913_room_he-s-the-kind-of-man-who-walks-into-a-ro_1391625.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15c/jandy-nelson-1913_room_he-s-the-kind-of-man-who-walks-into-a-ro_1391625.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15c/jandy-nelson-1913_room_he-s-the-kind-of-man-who-walks-into-a-ro_1391625.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“He’s the kind of man who walks into a room and all the walls fall down.” — Jandy Nelson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There's a strange sort of quiet when you're dying. 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