Best Towers Wisdom
448 Towers quotes by 353 unique authors
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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
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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
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Policies that emanate from ivory towers often have an adverse impact on the people out in the field who are fighting the wars or bringing…
— Colin Powell
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Icon of Prague, the medieval bridge crossed the Vltava between Old Town and the Little Quarter. Gothic bridge towers rose on both sides, and the…
— Laini Taylor
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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
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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
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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
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Watching the completed version of The Two Towers for example, I was very conscious of scenes - sometimes whole sequences - that I had seen…
— Brian Sibley
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You have to understand, I grew up in the shadow of the Safeco tower.
— Mike McGavick
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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
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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
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Renovating temples does not mean building great gate towers or receptacles for offerings. What we should focus on is the regular conduct of worship according…
— Mata Amritanandamayi
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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
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If you want to humble an empire it makes sense to maim its cathedrals. They are symbols of its faith, and when they crumple and…
— Nancy Gibbs
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I've always thought Blues Point Tower is one of my best buildings and I stand by that.
— Harry Seidler
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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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I am not feeling any better because I cannot stay in bed, having constant cause for walking. They say I leave at night by the…
— Camille Claudel
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You got me stranded on the bungee tower of love.
— Al Yankovic
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We see only the simple motion of descent, since that other circular one common to the Earth, the tower, and ourselves remains imperceptible. There remains…
— Galileo Galilei
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Have you forgotten when those towers fell, we had neighbors still inside. And you say we shouldn't worry about Bin Laden, have you forgotten?
— Darryl Worley
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I spent a lot of time in Tower Records. I'm a huge music nerd, and Tower was instrumental to me when I was growing up.
— Colin Hanks
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As much as we sometimes roll our eyes at the ivory-tower isolation of universities, they continue to serve as remarkable engines of innovation.
— Steven Johnson
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You pass the old L.A. County jail, which is surprisingly beautiful. It's got a handsome stone facade and stately columns. The new L.A. County jail…
— Leslie Jamison
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My mother was the dearest, sweetest angel. She didn't talk; she sang. She was a tower of strength.
— Jayne Meadows
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I will build you a castle with a tower so high it reaches the moon.
— Smokey Robinson
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