Stairs Quotes
359 Stairs quotes by 287 unique authors
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At fifty the madwoman in the attic breaks loose, stomps down the stairs, and sets fire to the house. She won't be imprisoned anymore.
— Erica Jong
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On a hot day in Virginia, I know nothing more comforting than a fine spiced pickle, brought up trout-like from the sparkling depths of the…
— Thomas Jefferson
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The mongoose I want under the stairs when the snakes slither by.
— Hannibal
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I saw mommy kissing Santa Claus. Underneath the mistletoe last night. She didn't see me creep down the stairs to have a peep; She thought…
— Unknown Author
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Madam Life's a piece in bloom Death goes dogging everywhere: she's the tenant of the room, he's the ruffian on the stair.
— William Ernest Henley
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All rising to great places is by a winding stair.
— Gautama Buddha
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Sisters are always drying their hair. Locked into rooms, alone, they pose at the mirror, shoulders bare, trying this way and that their hair, or…
— Phyllis McGinley
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When I was 5, someone thought it was smart to let me watch The People Under the Stairs. It might not have even been that…
— Ellen Page
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Automobiles are free of egotism, passion, prejudice and stupid ideas about where to have dinner. They are, literally, selfless. A world designed for automobiles instead…
— P.J. O'Rourke
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Who is righteous? Anyone who is repenting. No matter how bad he has been, if he is repenting he is a righteous man. There is…
— Hugh Nibley
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I got my first job the old-fashioned way: I took an elevator to the top floor of many buildings and walked down floor by floor…
— Alan Patricof
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The elevator to success is out of order, but the stairs are always open.
— Zig Ziglar
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I came running down the stairs that morning, like it was Christmas. My parents were already up. In my family, presents never waited; they were…
— Neal Shusterman
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You take that walk from the dressing room to the ring and that's when the real man comes out. Then you climb up those four…
— Gerry Cooney
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The elevator to success is broken. Take the stairs.
— Jenifer Lewis
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One thing I did not want to change, even if we got serious, work had to be enjoyable on a daily basis. We all had…
— Yvon Chouinard
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I visited Jobs for the last time in his Palo Alto, Calif., home. He had moved to a downstairs bedroom because he was too weak…
— Walter Isaacson
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The voice is always in my head. In fact I aspire to be more like Mario. What could be better than rescuing and falling in…
— Charles Martinet
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And indeed there will be time To wonder, "Do I dare?" and, "Do I dare?" Time to turn back and descend the stair, With a…
— Thomas Stearns Eliot
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I live myself with my cat Pebbles. She isn't enjoying the attention as much as me - she ran off up the stairs as soon…
— Susan Boyle
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When you're going up the stairs and you take a step, kick the other leg up high behind you to keep people from following too…
— Jack Handey
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A vile beastly rottenheaded foolbegotten brazenthroated pernicous piggish screaming, tearing, roaring, perplexing, splitmecrackle crashmecriggle insane ass of a woman is practising howling below-stairs with a…
— Edward Lear
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I was going to come in and push you down the stairs...
— Jennifer Lawrence
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As a younger person, my philosophy was jump off a cliff. I realize now that there are stairs and elevators. I am learning every day…
— Tracee Ellis Ross
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Some people take better care of their pets than they do themselves. Their animals can run like the wind and they can barely make it…
— Jim Rohn
Who Wrote These Stairs Quotes
287 authors contributed a total of 359 Stairs Quotes, led by these top contributors: