Cell phone Quote by Fredrik Backman

“In order to satisfy this great oneiric function, which makes it not a kind of total monument, the [Eiffel] Tower must escape reason. The…

— Roland Barthes

“...That, however, was not what our scholar was concerned to prove; for he maintained that the Great Wall alone would provide for the first…

— Franz Kafka

I refer of course to the soaring wonder of the age known as the Eiffel Tower. Never in history has a structure been more…

— Bill Bryson

Being the most striking manifestation of the art of metal structures by which our engineers have shown in Europe, it [the Eiffel Tower] is…

— Gustave Eiffel

Every time I look at the Eiffel Tower, it completely blows my mind.

— Brian Fallon

“Less than a decade after the Great Exhibition, iron as a structural material was finished—which makes it slightly odd that the most iconic structure…

— Bill Bryson

“A man inherited a field in which was an accumulation of old stone, part of an older hall. Of the old stone some had…

— J.R.R. Tolkien

“The Tower is not a sacred monument, and no taboo can forbid a commonplace life to develop there, but there can be no question,…

— Roland Barthes

“It's foolish to trump up stories about how primitive humans built pyramids, stone henge or other ancient giant structures. The only logical explanation is...those…

— Toba Beta

“When the ancient Egyptians finished building the pyramids, they had built the pyramids.”

— Anne Lamott

“Étant la plus saisissante manifestation de l'art des constructions métalliques par lesquelles nos ingénieurs se sont illustrés en Europe, elle est une des formes…

— Gustave Eiffel

It seems to me that it had no other rationale than to show that we are not simply the country of entertainers, but also…

— Gustave Eiffel