Marble Quotes

253 quotes by 208 authors

What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the soul. — Joseph Addison
The only time I've been arrested was in opposing the Marble Hill nuclear power plant in Indiana. That was in 1979. — Wendell Berry
Life comes before literature, as the material always comes before the work. The hills are full of marble before the world blooms with statues. — Phillips Brooks
In 1980, business at my company, Chuck E. Cheese's, was thriving and I was feeling flush. So I bought a very large house on the… — Nolan Bushnell
Man cannot remake himself without suffering, for he is both the marble and the sculptor. — Alexis Carrel
I regard golf as an expensive way of playing marbles. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
So says the most ancient book of the Earth; thus it is written on its leaves of marble, lime, sand, slate, and clay: ... that… — Johann Gottfried Herder
How does one chip off the marble that doesn't belong? ... That comes about through five things: humility, reverence, inspiration, deep purpose, and joy. No… — Walter Russell
A marble cutter, with chisel and hammer, was changing a stone into a statue. A preacher looking on said: "I wish I could deal such… — Arthur Tappan Pierson
In testimony of their Respect For The Patriot of incorruptible Integrity, The Soldier of approved Valour The Statesman of consummate Wisdom; Whose Talents and Virtues… — Alexander Hamilton
Silence is as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshown marble of great sculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves. — Aldous Huxley
I found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of marble. — Augustus
Others may fashion more smoothly images of bronze (I for one believe it), evoke living faces from marble, plead causes better, trace with a wand… — Virgil
One should always dress like a marble column. — Jackie Kennedy
The Arab who built himself a hut with marbles from the temple of Palmyra is more philosophical than all the curators of the museums of… — Anatole France
The court is like a palace of marble; it's composed of people very hard and very polished. — Jean de la Bruyere
Those who will may raise monuments of marble to perpetuate the fame of heroes. Those who will may build memorial halls to remind those who… — Joshua Chamberlain
For men in a state of freedom had thatch for their shelter, while slavery dwells beneath marble and gold. — Seneca the Younger
In every block of marble I see a statue as plain as though it stood before me, shaped and perfect in attitude and action. I… — Michelangelo
The top players in every field think differently when all the marbles are on the line. Great performers focus on what they are doing, and… — John Eliot

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