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title: "77 Staircase Quotes by 70 authors"
description: "Browse 77 Staircase quotes by 70 authors. Discover the best Staircase sayings and thoughts."
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> [Books are a staircase to unknown worlds.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-ellis/books-are-a-staircase-to-unknown-worlds/)

[Jason Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-ellis/)

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> [A tune's like a staircase - walk up on it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ma-rainey/a-tune-s-like-a-staircase-walk-up-on-it/)

[Ma Rainey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ma-rainey/)

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> [“Sarcasm is the new staircase to stardom.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ahmed-mostafa/sarcasm-is-the-new-staircase-to-stardom/)

[Ahmed Mostafa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ahmed-mostafa/)

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> [Grief is a circular staircase.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linda-pastan/grief-is-a-circular-staircase/)

[Linda Pastan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linda-pastan/)

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> [“I’m an old creaky staircase when I wake up. Someone”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tahereh-mafi/i-m-an-old-creaky-staircase-when-i-wake-up-someone/)

[Tahereh Mafi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tahereh-mafi/)

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> [Success is a staircase, not a doorway.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dottie-walters/success-is-a-staircase-not-a-doorway/)

[Dottie Walters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dottie-walters/)

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> [“He is crooked enough to hide behind a spiral staircase.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-mccaffrey-margaret-ball/he-is-crooked-enough-to-hide-behind-a-spiral-staircase/)

[Anne McCaffrey & Margaret Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-mccaffrey-margaret-ball/)

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> [What is a staircase, but a corridor improved by elevation?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-gilbert-murdock/what-is-a-staircase-but-a-corridor-improved-by-elevation/)

[Catherine Gilbert Murdock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-gilbert-murdock/)

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> [Many a man may look respectable, and yet be able to hide at will behind a spiral staircase.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-g-wodehouse-2/many-a-man-may-look-respectable-and-yet-be-able-to-hide-at-will/)

[P. G. Wodehouse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-g-wodehouse-2/)

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> [We rise to great heights by a winding staircase of small steps.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/we-rise-to-great-heights-by-a-winding-staircase-of-small-steps/)

[Francis Bacon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-bacon/)

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> [“You need mountains, long staircases don't make good hikers.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amit-kalantri/you-need-mountains-long-staircases-don-t-make-good-hikers/)

[Amit Kalantri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amit-kalantri/)

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> [Faith is taking the first step even when you cant see the whole staircase...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vvn/faith-is-taking-the-first-step-even-when-you-cant-see-the-whole/)

[VVN](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vvn/)

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> [Faith is taking the first step even when you dont see the whole staircase.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/faith-is-taking-the-first-step-even-when-you-dont-see-the-whole/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [...To which mystical land does an unfinished staircase lead?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pam-mu-oz-ryan/to-which-mystical-land-does-an-unfinished-staircase-lead/)

[Pam Munoz Ryan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pam-mu-oz-ryan/)

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> [Though the elevator only goes to the top floor, there is always a staircase to the roof.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shubham-joshi/though-the-elevator-only-goes-to-the-top-floor-there-is-always-a/)

[Shubham Joshi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shubham-joshi/)

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> [Often, what seems an impossible climb is just a staircase without the steps drawn in.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-breault/often-what-seems-an-impossible-climb-is-just-a-staircase-without-the/)

[Robert Breault](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-breault/)

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> [There is no 'slippery slope' toward loss of liberties, only a long staircase where each step downward must first be tolerated by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-k-simpson/there-is-no-slippery-slope-toward-loss-of-liberties-only-a-long/)

[Alan K. Simpson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-k-simpson/)

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> [I would always fall down the big main staircase in our house. My favorite thing in the world was to pretend to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hyde-pierce/i-would-always-fall-down-the-big-main-staircase-in-our-house-my/)

[David Hyde Pierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-hyde-pierce/)

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> [It's like climbing a staircase. I'm on the top of the staircase, I look behind me and I see the steps. That's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanne-moreau/it-s-like-climbing-a-staircase-i-m-on-the-top-of-the-staircase-i-look/)

[Jeanne Moreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeanne-moreau/)

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> [If only sorrow could build a staircase, our tears could show the way. I would climb my way to heaven, and bring…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bring-me-the-horizon/if-only-sorrow-could-build-a-staircase-our-tears-could-show-the-way-i/)

[Bring Me The Horizon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bring-me-the-horizon/)

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> [“And the stairs. Oh, the stairs. The staircase in our third-floor walk-up was the steepest, hardest, metal-est staircase I have ever encountered…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mindy-kaling/and-the-stairs-oh-the-stairs-the-staircase-in-our-third-floor-walk-up/)

[Mindy Kaling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mindy-kaling/)

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> [“Gregori moved immediately to the spiral staircase. He could feel her, knew unerringly the exact spot where she waited. He didn't need…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christine-feehan/gregori-moved-immediately-to-the-spiral-staircase-he-could-feel-her/)

[Christine Feehan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christine-feehan/)

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> [It is a mark of wisdom not to kick away the very step from which we have risen higher. The removal of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/it-is-a-mark-of-wisdom-not-to-kick-away-the-very-step-from-which-we/)

[Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/)

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> [They say faith is taking the first step when you cant see the whole staircase. Actually, wisdom is seeing the elevator behind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shannon-l-alder/they-say-faith-is-taking-the-first-step-when-you-cant-see-the-whole/)

[Shannon L. Alder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shannon-l-alder/)

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> [“he nodded and pointed up a staircase just inside the door. The stairs were dark and dusty, no hint reaching them of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michaela-thompson/he-nodded-and-pointed-up-a-staircase-just-inside-the-door-the-stairs/)

[Michaela Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michaela-thompson/)

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> [“He crosses the front room, which he calls his study, and comes down the staircase. The stairs turn a corner; they are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-isherwood/he-crosses-the-front-room-which-he-calls-his-study-and-comes-down-the/)

[Christopher Isherwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-isherwood/)

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> [“John A. Templer of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, author of the definitive (and, it must be said, almost only) scholarly text…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-bryson/john-a-templer-of-the-massachusetts-institute-of-technology-author-of/)

[Bill Bryson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-bryson/)

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> [“From the outset my main concern was with the shape and the self-contained nature of discrete things, the curve of banisters on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-g-sebald-2/from-the-outset-my-main-concern-was-with-the-shape-and-the-self/)

[W.G. Sebald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-g-sebald-2/)

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> [“May I ask what you have in your black leather bag with gold buckles?" "Everything." They were climbing a narrow staircase. Rhoda…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-sendak/may-i-ask-what-you-have-in-your-black-leather-bag-with-gold-buckles/)

[Maurice Sendak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-sendak/)

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> [Life is a journey up a spiral staircase; as we grow older we cover the ground covered we have covered before, only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-butler-yeats/life-is-a-journey-up-a-spiral-staircase-as-we-grow-older-we-cover-the/)

[William Butler Yeats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-butler-yeats/)

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> [Once I tried to make a standardization of staircases. Probably that is one of the oldest of the standardizations. Of course, we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alvar-aalto/once-i-tried-to-make-a-standardization-of-staircases-probably-that-is/)

[Alvar Aalto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alvar-aalto/)

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> [“A chrome spiral staircase connects the main floor to the upper one. It reminds Prospect of a big strand of DNA. Once…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dwight-okita/a-chrome-spiral-staircase-connects-the-main-floor-to-the-upper-one-it/)

[Dwight Okita](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dwight-okita/)

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> [“There was a time when I experienced architecture without thinking about it. Sometimes I can almost feel a particular door handle in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-zumthor/there-was-a-time-when-i-experienced-architecture-without-thinking-2/)

[Peter Zumthor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-zumthor/)

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> [“The remaining chain swung down, he wrenched the door out and he was free. The last thing he heard behind him was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornell-woolrich/the-remaining-chain-swung-down-he-wrenched-the-door-out-and-he-was/)

[Cornell Woolrich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornell-woolrich/)

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> [“That was me on the staircase to Chicago-Over-Chicago. Yes, I was standing on nothing but congealed starlight. Yes, I was walking up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/that-was-me-on-the-staircase-to-chicago-over-chicago-yes-i-was/)

[Jim Butcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-butcher/)

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> [“Are you really going to carry me up those stairs?" "Yeah." Gennie cast a look at the winding staircase and tightened her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nora-roberts/are-you-really-going-to-carry-me-up-those-stairs-yeah-gennie-cast-a/)

[Nora Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nora-roberts/)

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> [“I am in good company, simply following those in front of me and knowing others are following behind. We are on our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sven-lindqvist/i-am-in-good-company-simply-following-those-in-front-of-me-and/)

[Sven Lindqvist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sven-lindqvist/)

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> [“Suddenly a force greater than my common sense—which, I’ll admit, has been pretty faulty lately, propels me—and I find myself creeping up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephanie-wardrop/suddenly-a-force-greater-than-my-common-sense-which-i-ll-admit-has/)

[Stephanie Wardrop](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephanie-wardrop/)

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> [The way up is a staircase. The way down is a cliff.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tablo/the-way-up-is-a-staircase-the-way-down-is-a-cliff/)

[Tablo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tablo/)

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> [“through the entryway with the stone staircase. She stopped”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-howard/through-the-entryway-with-the-stone-staircase-she-stopped/)

[Laura Howard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-howard/)

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