Tower Quotes

328 quotes by 284 authors

I don't want to live in an ivory tower, being the songwriter who just turns inward. — Billie Joe Armstrong
Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility. — Saint Augustine
I haven't seen the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame, the Louvre. I haven't seen anything. I don't really care. — Tyra Banks
I love roller coasters that make my stomach drop. One ride in Las Vegas, the Big Shot, straps you into a row of seats and… — Drew Barrymore
In 1980, business at my company, Chuck E. Cheese's, was thriving and I was feeling flush. So I bought a very large house on the… — Nolan Bushnell
Be as a tower firmly set; Shakes not its top for any blast that blows. — Dante Alighieri
I'm learning English at the moment. I can say 'Big Ben', 'Hello Rodney', 'Tower Bridge' and 'Loo'. — Cher
Wide open and unguarded stand our gates And through them presses a wild motley throng Men from the Volga and the Tartar steppes Featureless figures… — Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Lord, where shall I find you? Your place is lofty and secret. And where shall I not find you? The whole earth is full of… — Judah Halevi
Three hundred years ago a prisoner condemned to the Tower of London carved on the wall of his cell this sentiment to keep up his… — James Keller
But the way to overcome is by patience, forgiving and praying for your enemies, in doing whereof you heap coals upon their heads, and your… — Samuel Rutherford
Ambition is to the mind what the cap is to the falcon; it blinds us first, and then compels us to tower by reason of… — Charles Caleb Colton
She's the coolest person in the world...I don't date what the person does...You know what I mean? I could have been a zitty teenager and… — Adam Levine
The name of the Lord (says the Scripture) is a strong tower; thither the righteous flee and are safe (Proverbs 18:10). Let us secure His… — Samuel Adams
But it seems that something has happened that has never happened before; though we know not just when, or why, or how, or where. Men… — Thomas Stearns Eliot
When President Chirac gave [President] Bush a souvenir statue of the Eiffel Tower... Bush said 'This is great! A little oil rig!' — Jay Leno
A tree trunk the size of a man grows from a blade as thin as a hair. A tower nine stories high is built from… — Laozi
You can milk a cow the wrong way once and still be a farmer, but vote the wrong way on a water tower and you… — John F. Kennedy
Strapped, noosed, nighing his hour, He stood and counted them and cursed his luck; And then the clock collected in the tower Its strength, and… — A. E. Housman
There is an attraction and a charm inherent in the colossal that is not subject to ordinary theories of art ... The tower will be… — Gustave Eiffel

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