Statue Quotes
230 quotes by 186 authors
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The last woman I was in was the Statue of Liberty.
— Woody Allen
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I would like to carve my novel in a piece of wood. My characters—I would like to have them heavier, more three-dimensional ... My characters…
— Georges Simenon
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...It looked very different from the Statue of Liberty, but what did that matter? What was the good of having the statue without the liberty,…
— Josephine Baker
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The soul is the form of the body, but not as the shape of a statue is formatio et terminatio materiae, for form does not…
— Michael Flynn
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If I were a younger man, I would write a history of human stupidity; and I would climb to the top of Mount McCabe and…
— Kurt Vonnegut
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In the private sanctuary of one's own conscience lies that spirit, that determination to cast off the old person and to measure up to the…
— Thomas S. Monson
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Coming near him like a ballet dancer she took a leap towards him, and he, frightened by her vehemence, and fearing that she would crash…
— Anais Nin
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As Cole left school that day with Peter, they stopped beside the bulldog statue. "You two are wrecking our school!" shouted one of the jocks…
— Ben Mikaelsen
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The artist stands on the human being as a statue does on a pedestal.
— Novalis
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Shadowfax tossed his head and cried aloud, as if a trumpet had summoned him to battle. Then he sprang forward. Fire flew from his feet;…
— J.R.R. Tolkien
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If you want someone to be ignored then build a life-size bronze statue of them and stick it in the middle of town. It doesn't…
— Banksy
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I held out a lead figurine of Hades—the little Mythomagic statue Nico had abandoned when he fled camp last winter. Nico hesitated. "I don’t play…
— Rick Riordan
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But after I got them to leave and shut the door and turned off the light it wasn't any good. It was like saying good-by…
— Ernest Hemingway
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Carter pulled out several lengths of brown twine, a small ebony cat statue, and a thick roll of paper. No, not paper. Papyrus. I remember…
— Rick Riordan
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There’s nothing here,†Carter said. “What do you want?†I asked. “We’ve got wax, some toilet papyrus, an ugly statue.
— Rick Riordan
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In our town there is a secret spot where you can still see the stars at night, believe it or not. It is the only…
— Joe Meno
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Hera: Ohh, Thalia Grace, when I get out of here, you'll be sorry you were ever born. Thalia: Save it! You've been nothing but a…
— Rick Riordan
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I've been all over the world and I've never seen a statue of a critic.
— Leonard Bernstein
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Tell me when it's over " Thalia said. Her eyes were shut tight. The statue was holding on to us so we couldn't fall but…
— Rick Riordan
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Then something occurred to me. "Get closer," I told Blackjack. He whinnied in protest. "Just within shouting distance," I said. "I need to talk to…
— Rick Riordan
Who Wrote These Statue Quotes
186 authors contributed a total of 230 Statue Quotes, led by these top contributors: