Pebbles Quotes

152 quotes by 134 authors

The ocean and I have many pebbles To find and wash off and roll into shape. — William Stafford
In my opinion, everything, every shape, every bit of natural form, animals, people, pebbles, shells, anything you like are all things that can help you… — Henry Moore
You must not change one thing, one pebble, one grain of sand, until you know what good and evil will follow on that act. — Ursula K. Le Guin
Of two men looking at a green field, one estimates its yield in bushels and calculates the price of the bushels in silver and in… — Mikhail Naimy
Great virtues may draw attention from defects, they cannot sanctify them. A pebble surrounded by diamonds remains a common stone, and a diamond surrounded by… — Robert Green Ingersoll
Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without. — Confucius
Nature has made a pebble and a female. The lapidary makes the diamond, and the lover makes the woman. — Victor Hugo
Colleges are places where pebbles are polished and diamonds are dimmed. — Robert Green Ingersoll
There are moments in life, when the heart is so full of emotion That if by chance it be shaken, or into its depths like… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Anyone who criticises me for talking about fair trade is a few pebbles short of a beach. Because everyone should care about it, just like… — Chris Martin
I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on… — Isaac Newton
I think that Pebble Beach is my favorite golf course to go to. I think Augusta is my favorite place to go play golf. — Jack Nicklaus
The least movement is of importance to all nature. The entire ocean is affected by a pebble. — Blaise Pascal
Somebody told me I should put a pebble in my mouth to cure my stuttering. Well, I tried it, and during a scene I swallowed… — Jean Rostand
No murmur arose from its bed, and so gently it wandered along, that the pearly pebbles upon which we loved to gaze, far down within… — Edgar Allan Poe
I can wade Grief -- Whole Pools of it -- I'm used to that -- But the least push of Joy Breaks up my feet… — Emily Dickinson
Not hammer-strokes, but dance of the water, sings the pebbles into perfection. — Rabindranath Tagore
I took my Power in my Hand -- And went against the World -- 'Twas not so much as David -- had -- But I… — Emily Dickinson
The past is a pebble in my shoe. — Edgar Allan Poe
Lay down these words Before your mind like rocks. placed solid, by hands In choice of place, set Before the body of the mind in… — Gary Snyder

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