Tower Quotes

328 quotes by 284 authors

The waterfront without the Ferry Tower would be like a birthday cake without a candle. — Herb Caen
So with the man who has daily inured himself to habits of concentrated attention, energetic volition, and self-denial in unnecessary things. He will stand like… — William James
Abstinence from all injustice to other first-rate powers is a greater tower of strength than anything that can be gained by the sacrifice of permanent… — Thucydides
I had to make a confession of faith in stone. That was the beginning of the tower, the house I built for myself at Bollingen. — Carl Jung
There are fully forty towers, which are lofty and well built, the largest of which has fifty steps leading to its main body, and is… — Hernando Cortes
I stood on a tower in the wet, And New Year and Old Year met, And winds were roaring and blowing: And I said, "O… — Alfred Lord Tennyson
Friedmans influence reaches far beyond the academic community and the world of economics. Rather than lock himself in an ivory tower, he has joined the… — William E. Simon
Grace! It's Christmas for goodness sake! Think about the baby Jesus. Up in that tower letting his hair down, so that the three wise men… — Karen Walker
The poetry of art is in beholding the single tower; the poetry of nature in seeing the single tree; the poetry of love in following… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
I look to the right as I cross the bridge and smile to see the tip of the Eiffel Tower soaring over rooftops in the… — Kristin Harmel
When all men were of one language, some of them built a high tower, as if they would thereby ascend up to heaven, but the… — Josephus
It used to be that readers were relegated because they considered themselves far above society, and so the metaphor of the ivory tower developed. Now… — Alberto Manguel
I have a Vision of the Future, chum. The workers flats in fields of soya beans tower up like silver pencils, score on score. — John Betjeman
My father was always anxious to give pleasure to his children. Accordingly, he took me one day, as a special treat, to the top of… — James Nasmyth
You have to understand, I grew up in the shadow of the Safeco tower. — Mike McGavick
This country [the Philippines] is like a pyramid, like a tower. It is made up of millions of stones... . And the foundation stone of… — Ramon Magsaysay
I was making a film called The White Tower at the foot of Mont Blanc - the one thing I learned from that experience was… — Glenn Ford
Culture is a sham if it is only a sort of Gothic front put on an iron building -- like Tower Bridge -- or a… — Eric Gill
I've always thought Blues Point Tower is one of my best buildings and I stand by that. — Harry Seidler
Once we decided to do a tower in New York, it had to say something about our group, reflecting the mix of modernity and creativity… — Bernard Arnault

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