Towers Quotes

448 Towers quotes by 353 unique authors

One of the tours we had scheduled - the gaslight tour of Jack the Ripper's haunts, and on Halloween, no less, was canceled at the… — Unknown Author
At the heart of the cyclone tearing the sky And flinging the cloud and the towers by, Is a place of central calm: So here… — Edwin Markham
The Duke of Clarence . . . a prisoner in the Tower, was secretly put to death and drowned in a barrel of Malmesey wine. — Unknown Author
I'm not a believer in putting designers off in an ivory tower. They need to have a voice at the table so they can identify… — Chuck Jones
The decision to rely heavily on high-altitude air power, target urban infrastructure and repeatedly attack heavily populated towns and villages has reflected a deliberate trade-off… — Unknown Author
From the exterior face of the wall towers must be projected, from which an approaching enemy may be annoyed by weapons, from the embrasures of… — Marcus Vitruvius Pollio
The tarot card 'The Tower' seemed a chilling reflection of the events of September 11, 2001. — Neil Peart
Peaceful New Yorkers, pls refute the Ground Zero mosque plan if you believe catastrophic pain caused @ Twin Towers site is too raw, too real. — Sarah Palin
A second plane hit the second tower. America is under attack. — Andrew Card
Prayer is a great tower of strength, a pillar of unending righteousness, a mighty force that moves mountains and saves souls. Through it the sick… — Bruce R. McConkie
Ellen Barkin, your upcoming TV show ‘The New Normal’ premiers on September 11th. September 11th, that sounds about right. Every clip I’ve seen feels like… — Anthony Jeselnik
I think the only boundaries are individual and personal. A writer should be free to write about anything he or she wants to, including the… — Michael Connelly
The towers are gone now, reduced to bloody rubble, along with all hopes for Peace in Our Time, in the United States or any other… — Hunter S. Thompson
The ivory tower of the artist may be the only stronghold left for human values, cultural treasures, man’s cult of beauty. — Anais Nin
A single flight of planes no bigger than a wedge of geese can quickly end this island fantasy, burn the towers, crumble the bridges, turn… — Elwyn Brooks White
The ascendancy over men's minds of the ruins of the stupendous past, the past of history, legend and myth, at once factual and fantastic, stretching… — Rose Macaulay
You can put down a bad book; you can avoid listening to bad music; but you cannot miss the ugly tower block opposite your house. — Renzo Piano
Nor aught availed him now to have built in heaven high towers; nor did he scrape by all his engines, but was headlong sent with… — John Milton
King Henry: But what a point, my lord, your falcon made, And what a pitch she flew above the rest! To see how God in… — William Shakespeare
The new goddess contingency could not be erected until the God of heaven was utterly despoiled of his dominion over the sons of men, and… — John Owen
Many live in the ivory tower called reality; they never venture on the open sea of thought. — Francois Gautier
I am an idealist. I often feel I would like to be an artist in an ivory tower. Yet it is imperative that I speak… — W. Eugene Smith
The world should have stopped, but it didn't. The world kept on going. How can the world just keep on going? An earthquake in India… — Alison McGhee
When I was a very young author, I knew I needed to build myself a tower outside of Europe. Like when you're a hunter, and… — Henning Mankell
Authentic thinking, thinking that is concerned about reality, does not take place in ivory tower isolation, but only in communication. If it is true that… — Paulo Freire

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