The mind, in short, works on the data it receives very much as a sculptor works on his block of stone. In… — William James Copy Share Image
Our characteristic response to the mutilated statue, the bronze dug up from the earth, is revealing. It is not that we prefer… — Andre Malraux Copy Share Image
The different steps and degrees of education may be compared to the artificer's operations upon marble; it is one thing to dig… — Thomas Gray Copy Share Image
The statue is then beautiful when it begins to be incomprehensible, when it is passing out of criticism, and can no longer… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
In times to resist, do not step aside; stay solid like a statue! In times to step aside, do not resist; be… — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
Nearly all Americans have ancestors who braved the oceans-liberty-loving risk takers in search of an ideal-the largest voluntary migrations in recorded history.… — George H. W. Bush Copy Share Image
That we've broken their statues, that we've driven them out of their temples, doesn't mean at all that the gods are dead.… — C.P. Cavafy Copy Share Image
I see before me the statue of a celebrated minister, who said that confidence was a plant of slow growth. But I… — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
There are far more statues of soldiers out there than there are of civilians. — George Armstrong Custer Copy Share Image
In building a statue, a sculptor doesn't keep adding clay to his subject. Actually, he keeps chiseling away at the nonessentials until… — Bruce Lee Copy Share Image
Why would anyone even bring up the issue (of the statues) in a country where there are more than 10 state-owned institutions… — Gamal El-Ghitani Copy Share Image
Everybody knows how much I love Arsenal - I became a fan. And to be out here [in front of the Emirates… — Thierry Henry Copy Share Image
You will find a blissfulness which contains in it sadness also, because that sadness gives it depth. Watch Buddha's statue - blissful,… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
For most of the world, there's no greater symbol of America than the Statue of Liberty. It has been an inspiration to… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
Yesterday, the country of Kosovo unveiled an 11-foot tall statue of former President Clinton. Yeah. That's right. The Clinton statue is so… — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
It seems strange to me that someone thought of making marble statues. — Pablo Picasso Copy Share Image
We must trust infinitely to the beneficent necessity which shines through all laws. Human nature expresses itself in them as characteristically as… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
It's nothing but a big stroke job in this country. The government strokes you every day of your life. Religion never stops… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
The statue lies hid in a block of marble; and the art of the statuary only clears away the superfluous matter, and… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
I don't think I will ever be able to really articulate how bizarre it was to hear my name at the Academy… — Lupita Nyong'o Copy Share Image
I feel like I'm already a winner. I've made so many dreams come true. I'm here. Whether you walk away with a… — Taraji P. Henson Copy Share Image
In commemoration of the fact that France was our ally in securing independence the citizens of that nation joined with the citizens… — William Jennings Bryan Copy Share Image
You can imagine what the advisers are telling Junior Assad: "Your statues are much stronger than Saddam's. His were hollow, and bolted… — James Lileks Copy Share Image
When I was a boy, we had forty five statues of saints in my house. Ever have ninety eyes looking at you… — Pat Cooper Copy Share Image
If Britons were left to tax themselves, there would be no schools, no hospitals, just a 500-mile-high statue of Diana, Princess of… — Andy Zaltzman Copy Share Image
