Stone Quotes
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And now indeed this substance with its precious humility becomes, through its indestructibility, the most faithful bearer of man's message. As far back as one goes in time, the works of humanity from prehistoric times have reached us not through stone which crumbles and wears away, or through metal which oxidizes and becomes like powder, but through slabs of pottery, the writing on which is as clear today as it was under the stiletto of the scribe who traced it.
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Upon the hearth the fire is red, Beneath the roof there is a bed; But not yet weary are our feet, Still round the corner we may meet A sudden tree or standing stone That none have seen but we alone. Tree and flower and leaf and grass, Let them pass! Let them pass!
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Let woman be a plaything, pure and fine, like a precious stone, illumined with the virtues of a world not yet come.
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The issue is a stone in the show.
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The stone that the builder refused shall be the head corner stone.
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I went to a place recently I think is one of the most f**ked up places I've ever been to. I'm convinced this place is the epitome of American excess, of American greed. I'm talking about a place called Cold Stone Creamery. Whoa. If you have not been there, the basic gist of Cold Stone is that they take ice cream and then they just go ape sh*t with it.
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What is left of your dream? Just the words on your stone. A man who learned how to teach then forgot how to learn.
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What is hateful is not rebellion but the despotism which induces the rebellion; what is hateful are not rebels but the men, who, having the enjoyment of power, do not discharge the duties of power; they are the men who, having the power to redress wrongs, refuse to listen to the petitioners that are sent to them; they are the men who, when they are asked for a loaf, give a stone.
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So I’m pampering myself to a homemade stone pumice session, to sand down my feet … because I’m worth it.
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Every Olympic athlete prepares differently. For me, I am 100 percent into the sport. And if I decide to really make a crucial career decision to say, 'This is something I want to do,' I want to leave no stone unturned in my preparation.
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One must have a heart of stone to read the death of little Nell without laughing.
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Faith in reason was the foundation stone of the United States.
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Every charitable act is a stepping stone toward heaven.
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Voting is the foundation stone for political action.
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And any stone being mentally handled must become endowed with such poetry and artistry as God has given you.
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When they asked Michelangelo how he made his statue of David he is reported to have said, "It is easy. You just chip away the stone that doesn't look like David.
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Ask for an omen, then stone it when it comes -- de essentia hominum.
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Leave no stone unturned.
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What is silence, is it more solid than a stone?
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I would have written of me on my stone: I had a lover's quarrel with the world.
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Dear to me is sleep: still more, being made of stone, While pain and guilt still linger here below, Blindness and numbness--these please me alone; Then do not wake me, keep your voices low.
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One word — one stone in a cold river. One more stone— I'll need many stones if I'm going to get over.
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It is the noisy bird which gets the stone from the catapult...
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The public has no idea that the deficit has been falling like a stone.
