Stone Quotes

1677 Stone quotes by 1136 unique authors

Jesus Christ came into my prison cell last night, and every stone flashed like a ruby. — Samuel Rutherford
Under that heart of stone beat muscles of pure flint. — Sid Waddell
It... is the best opportunity we've had in the last 25 years to bring about a settlement in Northern Ireland, and I think we should… — Dick Spring
I envy you going to Oxford: it is the most flower-like time of one's life. One sees the shadow of things in silver mirrors. Later… — Oscar Wilde
The worst prison is not of stone. It is of a throbbing heart, outraged by an infamous life. — Henry Ward Beecher
PRISON, n. A place of punishments and rewards. The poet assures us that - stone walls do not a prison make. — Ambrose Bierce
Synchronized with the rising moon Even with the evening star They were true love written in stone They were never alone, they were never that… — James Taylor
What is hateful is not rebellion but the despotism which induces the rebellion; what is hateful are not rebels but the men, who, having the… — Wilfrid Laurier
SARCOPHAGUS, n. Among the Greeks a coffin which being made of a certain kind of carnivorous stone, had the peculiar property of devouring the body… — Ambrose Bierce
Watching a woman make Russian pancakes, you might think that she was calling on the spirits or extracting from the batter the philosopher's stone. — Anton Chekhov
Can't you see the angel imprisoned in the block of stone trying to get out? I am trying to free him — Michelangelo
In the stream.- Mighty waters draw much stone and rubble along with them; mighty spirits many stupid and bewildered heads. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Light is the photographic medium par excellence; it is to the photographer what words are to the writer; color and paint to the painter; wood,… — Andreas Feininger
Every one is as much bound in thought, word, deed, and mind, as a piece of stone or this table. That I talk to you… — Swami Vivekananda
The children of our Lord walk gladly in his ways; they have confidence in him, and so when they fall, they rise again; and if,… — Vincent de Paul
The grounds of the place were dominated by several large, old willow trees that towered over the surrounding stone wall and swayed soundlessly in the… — Haruki Murakami
There are men that are birds, and their raiment is trembling feathers, for they show their souls to everyone and everything that is ungentle or… — Edward Dahlberg
Memories do not change, and change is the law of existence. If our dead, the closest, the most beloved, were to return to us after… — Teresa de la Parra
The tyranny of mankind; it was like the obstinate drip of water falling on a stone and hollowing it little by little; and this drip… — HalldÃ³r Laxness
Fate, they say, fate- the clay that molds the events of your life, and it was the same fate that had thrown the stone of… — Faraaz Kazi
There's a stone I had made for Luke at the top of the hill road, where the pasture opens wide and the setting sun highlights… — Patricia McConnell
I would write plays for my grandmother, who was stone deaf, my mother and the dog, that was our audience. — Jayne Meadows
If you throw a stone in a pond... the waves which strike against the shores are thrown back towards the spot where the stone struck;… — Leonardo da Vinci
Mine, said the stone,mine is the hour.I crush the scissors,such is my power.Stronger than wishes,my power, alone.Mine, said the paper,mine are the wordsthat smother the… — David Mason
A stone lies in a river; a piece of wood is jammed against it; dead leaves, drifting logs, and branches caked with mud collect; weeds… — Cyril Connolly

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