Marble Quotes

253 quotes by 208 authors

Gold, silver, jewels, purple garments, houses built of marble, groomed estates, pious paintings, caparisoned steeds, and other things of this kind offer a mutable and… — Petrarch
A man with a full stomach and the respect of his fellows had no business to scold about anything that he might think to be… — Stephen Crane
Carve your name on hearts, not on marble — Charles Spurgeon
Even when conservatives have all the marbles, they still act as if they're under siege. Now that they are under siege, it is no time… — Maureen Dowd
As her sons have seen her: the mother in patriarchy: controlling, erotic, castrating, heart-suffering, guilt-ridden, and guilt-provoking; a marble brow, a huge breast, an avid… — Adrienne Rich
Nature made us individuals, as she did the flowers and the pebbles; but we are afraid to be peculiar, and so our society resembles a… — Lydia M. Child
Your work is carved out of agony as a statue is carved out of marble. — Louise Bogan
The Lord doesn't care at all if we spend our days working in marble halls or stable stalls. He knows where we are, no matter… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf
A sculptor wields The chisel, and the stricken marble grows To beauty. — William C. Bryant
Lenin is an artist who has worked men, as other artists have worked marble or metals. But men are harder than stone and less malleable… — Benito Mussolini
Without my airplane I am an ordinary man, and a useless one - a trainer without a horse, a sculptor without marble, a priest without… — Richard Bach
Without the hard little bits of marble which are called 'facts' or 'data' one cannot compose a mosaic; what matters, however, are not so much… — Arthur Koestler
To me, life is like the back nine in golf. Sometimes you play better on the back nine. You may not be stronger, but hopefully… — Clint Eastwood
The sculpture is already complete within the marble block, before I start my work. It is already there, I just have to chisel away the… — Michelangelo
Being happy with less is what makes a great human being, not a big house with marble floors, or everyone knowing who you are. — Yanni
Arsenal have class. I remember when I was at Spurs, the Arsenal players would arrive for matches in their navy blazers with the gold gun… — Jimmy Greaves
If Michaelangelo made a marble sculpture of a defensive end it would look like Mario Williams. — Dan Dierdorf
I dreamt that I dwelt in marble halls, With vassals and serfs at my side, And of all who assembled within those walls, That I… — Alfred Bunn
The Parthenon without the marbles is like a smile with a tooth missing. — Neil Kinnock
Poets that lasting marble seek Must come in Latin or in Greek. — Edmund Waller

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