Stones Quotes - Page 32

• On that Sunday morning the first thing that impressed the people who approached the tomb was the unusual position of the one and a half to two ton stone that had been lodged in front of the doorway.

  Josh McDowell

  Easter, Morning, Sunday

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• The best artist has that thought alone Which is contained within the marble shell; The sculptor's hand can only break the spell To free the figures slumbering in the stone.

  Michelangelo

  Artist, Hands, Sculpture

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• Every now and then, I have blissful moments of thanking God for all the amazing things that are happening. When I leave the White House after just meeting Obama or when I see my face on the cover of 'Rolling Stone' or when I meet someone who tells me that their daughter is inspired by me, those are moments that are incredibly joyful.

  Lea Michele

  Daughter, Mother, White

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• The young people have MTV and rock and roll. Why would they go to read poetry? Poetry belongs to the Stone Age. It awakens in us perceptions that go back to those times.

  Robert Morgan

  Rocks, Mtv, Rock And Roll

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• I see no reason why I should tickle stones or waste time on polishing bronze.

  Louise Berliawsky Nevelson

  Waste, Reason Why, Wasting Time

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• Every church is a stone on the grave of a god-man: it does not want him to rise up again under any circumstances.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Men, Church, Want

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• Know everything about the companies and people you are going to be negotiating with. Insist on getting the names of everyone participating in the negotiations. Leave no stone unturned; find out as much as you can.

  Kevin O'Leary

  Names, People, Negotiation

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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.

  Apolo Ohno

  Sports, Athlete, Careers

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• Having animals in the city is entirely different from having animals out in the country. For one thing, it's more social. When you live on lots of acres without neighbors within a stone's throw, your dog-walks are usually solitary rambles over hill and dale.

  Susan Orlean

  Country, Dog, Animal

  "The Social Animal" by Susan Orlean, www.newyorker.com. October 1, 2011.

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• What the eyes perceive in herbs or stones or trees is not yet a remedy; the eyes see only the dross.

  Paracelsus

  Eye, Tree, Herbs

  Paracelsus, Jolande Jacobi (1951). “Selected Writings”, p.93, Princeton University Press

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• For one country is different from another; its earth is different, as are its stones, wines, bread, meat, and everything that grows and thrives in a specific region.

  Paracelsus

  Country, Wine, Meat

  Paracelsus, Jolande Jacobi (1951). “Selected Writings”, p.58, Princeton University Press

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• I don't like things set in stone.

  Vanessa Paradis

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I can well conceive a man without hands, feet, head. But I cannot conceive man without thought; he would be a stone or a brute.

  Blaise Pascal

  Men, Hands, Feet

  Blaise Pascal (2007). “Thoughts”, p.119, Cosimo, Inc.

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• Anger is as a stone cast into a wasp's nest.

  Pope Paul VI

  Anger, Nests, Wasps

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• I don't see anyone avoiding the Stones because DJs make jokes about them being a part of the Geritol set. All it does is make the DJs look stupid.

  Joe Perry

  Stupid, Doe, Looks

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• The past is a stepping stone, not a millstone.

  Robert Plant

  Past, Stepping Stones

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• You've got the sun, you've got the moon, and you've got the Rolling Stones.

  Keith Richards

  Moon, Rolling, Sun

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• And it was a very, very fruitful and great relationship between the Stones and The Beatles. It was very, very friendly.

  Keith Richards

  Friendly, Great Relationship

  "The Rolling Stones' Keith Richards Looks Back At 'Life'". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. October 25, 2010.

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• The Stones in a club is still the ultimate rush.

  Keith Richards

  Clubs, Stills, Ultimate

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• I achieved everything I wanted to achieve by being in the Rolling Stones and making records.

  Keith Richards

  Rolling, Records, Achieve

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• I honored the fallen enemy by placing a stone on his beautiful grave.

  Manfred von Richthofen

  Beautiful, Enemy, Graves

  Manfred von Richthofen (2009). “The Red Baron”, p.114, BoD – Books on Demand

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• Look at a stone cutter hammering away at his rock, perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred-and-first blow it will split in two, and I know it was not the last blow that did it, but all that had gone before.

  Jacob August Riis

  Motivational, Inspiring, Leadership

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• I've been meeting with Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino for years, trying to figure out how to fix the concert industry. We're all so overpaid. It's ridiculous. People stopped going to concerts because they can't afford them. The Rolling Stones are charging $650 per ticket! That just makes me speechless. I love the Stones, but I won't be attending.

  Kid Rock

  Years, People, Trying

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• There's no point in making predictions. It's not worth speculating because nothing is set in stone and things change all the time in football. Today there are opportunities that no one knows if they will come round again in the future.

  Cristiano Ronaldo

  Soccer, Football, Opportunity

  "In his own words: Ronaldo reveals all about Ferguson, his football dreams and his future". Interview with Bruno Prata, www.theguardian.com. August 6, 2008.

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• I've grown up with my parents' music tastes, listening to Fleetwood Mac and the Rolling Stones.

  Saoirse Ronan

  Parent, Listening, Rolling

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