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Stones Quotes by Henry David Thoreau
- When my hoe tinkled against the stones, that music echoed to the woods and the sky, and was an accompaniment to my labor which yielded…
- Most men would feel insulted if it were proposed to employ them in throwing stones over a wall, and then in throwing them back, merely…
- As for style of writing, if one has anything to say, it drops from him simply and directly, as a stone falls to the ground.
- Probe the universe in a myriad of points. ... He is a wise man who has taken many views; to whom stones and plants and…
- As far as our noblest hardwood forests are concerned, the animals, especially squirrels and jays, are our greatest and almost only benefactors. It is to…
- The finest workers in stone are not copper or steel tools, but the gentle touches of air and water working at their leisure with a…
- All misfortune is but a stepping stone to fortune.
- Soon my companions were lost to my sight behind the mountain ridge in my rear, which still seemed ever retreating before me, and I climbed…
More Stones Quotes
- Under every stone lurks a politician. — Aristophanes
- Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set. — Francis Bacon
- Yosemite Valley, to me, is always a sunrise, a glitter of green and golden wonder in a vast edifice of stone and… — Ansel Adams
- I've always seen modeling as a stepping stone. — Tyra Banks
- Whatever you do, do it with all your might. Work at it, early and late, in season and out of season, not… — P T Barnum
- We idolized the Beatles, except for those of us who idolized the Rolling Stones, who in those days still had many of… — Dave Barry
- I have been a gigantic Rolling Stones fan since approximately the Spanish-American War. — Dave Barry
- People don't understand that that's really what it is. They're looking for a magic phone number or something. And to a certain… — Todd Barry
- Every charitable act is a stepping stone toward heaven. — Henry Ward Beecher
- I never wanted to be a model. My modelling career was nothing but a stepping stone to my acting career and that's… — Halle Berry
- Live are a really good band. I like Stone Temple Pilots, Radiohead I love. Even Oasis. — Nuno Bettencourt
- Memories are like stones, time and distance erode them like acid. — Ugo Betti