Stones Quotes

He directed that the stone over his grave be inscribed: Hic jacet hujus sententiae primus auctor: DISPUTANDI PRURITUS ECCLESIARUM SCABIES.

As long as there shall be stones, the seeds of fire will not die.

Break, break, break, On thy cold gray stones, oh sea! And I would that my tongue could utter The thoughts that arise in me.

Sticks and stones may break bones, but the Gat will kill you quicker.

Now her eyes meet mine like green lightning-they are green, these eyes of hers, whose power is so indescribable-green, but as are precious stones, or deep unfathomable mountain lakes.

Sticks and stones and small caliber bullets may break my bones... Words will never, et cetera.

One moment your life is a stone in you, and the next moment a star!

Mistakes are the stepping stones to wisdom, we learn from trial & error, we become wise by understanding problems.

And any stone being mentally handled must become endowed with such poetry and artistry as God has given you.

I'm not into that Keith Richard trip of having all those guitars in different tunings. I never liked the Rolling Stones much anyway.

Idols aren't stone statues. They are thoughts, desires, and longings that we worship in the place of the true God

Memories are like stones, time and distance erode them like acid.

If God can do anything he can make a stone so heavy that even he can't lift it. Then there is something God cannot do, he cannot lift the stone. Therefore God does not exist.

I always say that I am very proud of the work that I did with the Rolling Stones and that I am also proud of what I have done with the Rhythm Kings.

Stones taught me to fly Love taught me to lie And life taught me to die So it's not hard to fall When you float like a cannonball.

The drop hollows out the stone not by strength, but by constant falling.

Don't wish for bricks when you can build from stone.

A stone is frozen music

What are stumbling blocks and defeat to the weak and vacillating are but stepping stones to victory to the determined soul.

If you know how to spend less than you get, you have the philosopher's stone.

The Stone Age didn't end because we ran out of stones, and the age of oil won’t end because we run out of oil.

I wanted to get out of our thimble of a town, where every stone had eyes.

The object of our lives is to look at, listen to, touch, taste things. Without them, - these sticks, stones, feathers, shells, - there is no Deity.

The ethical debates are like stones in a stream. The water runs around them. You haven't seen any biological technologies held up for one week by any of these debates.

What shall I do unto this people? they be almost ready to stone me.

If you become silent after your laughter, one day you will hear God also laughing, you will hear the whole existence laughing - trees and stones and stars with you.

Africa is cruel...it takes your heart and grinds it into powdered stone - and no-one minds

I came where the river Ran over stones; My ears knew An early joy. And all the waters Of all the streams Sang in my veins That summer day.

Don't bite till you know if it's bread or stone.

My first car was a 1977 Oldsmobile Delta 88. Ugly car. More ugly on this car than a Rolling Stones group photo.

To shatter even the largest stones on earth, it takes only a small quantity of explosive powder.

No amounts of stone and bone could yield the kinds of information that the paintings gave so freely.

Retribution is really a stone age concept.

All loves should be simply stepping stones to the love of God. So it was with me; and blessed be his name for his great goodness and mercy.

From myself I am copper, through you, friend, I am gold. From myself I’m a stone, but through you, I am a gem!

There is the same difference between talent and genius that there is between a stone mason and a sculptor

This is not just a war over stolen land, why do you think little boys are throwing stones at tanks?

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

Use missteps as stepping stones to deeper understanding and greater achievement.

The reason the stone was rolled away on Jesus's tomb was not so that Jesus could get out, but so that we could get in.

It was me, Dad, that hired Stone Cold back. Dad, it was me!

To a gargoyle on the ramparts of Notre Dame as Esmeralda rides off with Gringoire Quasimodo says. "Why was I not made of stone like thee?

The most solid stone in the structure is the lowest one in the foundation.

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.

I won't apologize for ticket prices. I think we're well worth it. We consider ourselves in the elite touring acts, like the Stones, Elton John, Paul McCartney.

Throwing stones is the birthright and duty of anyone subject to foreign rule. Throwing stones is an action as well as a metaphor of resistance.

All diseases and disorders have some spiritual connection and serve as stepping stones for us to listen to and learn from.

Never throw stones if you think they're going to come back and hit you.

You have no idea how much pain I'm in. It's like being cut open every day, bleeding onto the stones. I can't understand how any of you failed to see the blood.

Some stones are so heavy only silence helps you carry them!