Palaces Quotes

274 Palaces quotes by 216 unique authors

A library is a palace of dreams. — M.C. Beaton
The master of the palace had similar functions at the court of Judah. Announcing the promotion of Elyaqim, Isaiah 22:22 says: 'I lay the key… — Roland de Vaux
In the closed world of the gynaeceum, despite the gardens and parkland extending beyong the horizon, despite the insurmountable walls separating pavillions and palaces, the… — Shan Sa
When a builder builds he clears the ground for his new foundations. Then he sees that the basic structure will support the whole. Should we… — Christmas Humphreys
The gods gave me a father who ruled over me and rid me of any trace of arrogance and showed me that one can live… — Marcus Aurelius
Saloons provide moments of genuine ecstasy - but only if your soul is at peace and the rest of your life bears contemplating. Otherwise, they… — Wilfrid Sheed
The spider is the chamberlain in the Palace of the Caesars The owl is the trumpeter on the battlements of Afrasiyah. — Bill Vaughan
Labor produces marvels for the rich but it produces deprivation for the worker. It produces palaces, but hovels for the worker. It produces beauty, but… — Karl Marx
I'm one of those people, in any country I'm in, if somebody could just put me in a car or a bus, I'll look out… — Gilbert Gottfried
The palace is not safe when the cottage is not happy. — Benjamin Disraeli
Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail. — John Donne
Happiness is like those palaces in fairy tales whose gates are guarded by dragons: we must fight in order to conquer it. — Alexandre Dumas
Give a boy address and accomplishments and you give him the mastery of palaces and fortunes where he goes. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
A poem with grandly conceived and executed stanzas, such as one of Keats's odes, should be like an enfilade of rooms in a palace: one… — James Fenton
Once I'd reached the point where I could squirrel away more than 30 digits a minute in memory palaces, I still only sporadically used the… — Joshua Foer
One trick, known as the journey method or 'memory palace,' is to conjure up a familiar space in the mind's eye, and then populate it… — Joshua Foer
When 'Ice Ice Baby' was selling a million records a day, I bought several properties: a home next to Michael J. Fox in L.A., a… — Vanilla Ice
In museums and palaces we are alternate radicals and conservatives. — Henry James
But I believe above all that I wanted to build the palace of my memory, because my memory is my only homeland. — Anselm Kiefer
My dreams were always small and puny. All I ever needed was a little house with a little picket fence by the sea. Little did… — Imelda Marcos
Men resemble great deserted palaces: the owner occupies only a few rooms and has closed-off wings where he never ventures. — Francois Mauriac
Death is the golden key that opens the palace of eternity. — John Milton
Success consists in being successful, not in having potential for success. Any wide piece of ground is the potential site of a palace, but there's… — Fernando Pessoa
I'd rather live in a cave with a view of a palace than live in a palace with a view of a cave. — Karl Pilkington
I see around 100 shows a month, going from Niketown-size palaces where you feel like yelling, to storefronts in Bushwick. Each has to pay the… — Jerry Saltz

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