Stones Quotes

Consider the possibility that the little obstacles in life are not obstacles at all, but stepping stones.

I have always thought of poems as stepping stones in one's own sense of oneself.

..and only sticks and stones can break my bones.

Don't accept the limitations of other people who claim things are 'unchangeable'. If it's written in stone, bring your hammer and chisel.

I used to love the Beatles and the Stones and I'd always want to hang out with them, even though they were about seven years older.

Death approaches, which is always impending like the stone over Tantalus: then comes superstition with which he who is imbued can never have peace of mind.

Animistic savages prostrating themselves before a painted stone have always seemed to me to be nearer the truth than any Einstein or Bertrand Russell.

I've been listening to the old school hip-hop stuff and rock like The Beatles and the Rolling Stones.

From a short-sided view, the whole moving contents of the heavens seemed to them a parcel of stones, earth and other soul-less bodies, though they furnish the sources of the world order.

She might have melted a heart of stone, but nothing can melt a heart of wood.

I was so unhealthy. I used to go to 'Cold Stone Creamery,' get a tub of Butterfinger ice cream, and eat it all before bedtime. And my fingers were permanently stained orange from Cheetos.

Dear brothers and sisters, the Church loves you! Be an active presence in the community, as living cells, as living stones.

Time was rushing around me like water around a big wet rock. The only difference is, I was not so durable as stones. Very quickly I would be smoothed away.

Nay, in death's hand, the grape-stone proves As strong as thunder is in Jove's.

If you can take the hot lead enema, then you can cast the first stone.

There are no outdoor sports as graceful as throwing stones at a dictatorship.

When I make a new movie, I always get stuck with, "That's not an Oliver Stone film." But I don't know what to do about that except just move on.

Man is an idea, and a precious small idea once he turns his back on love.

Each possession I own is but a stone around my neck.

A film has to be like a stone in the shoe.

I kind of look at my modeling career and the Alfred Hitchcock years as stepping stones to what I'm doing now.

Anyone who proposes to do good must not expect people to roll stones out of his way, but must accept his lot calmly if they even roll a few more upon it.

The foundation stones of a great building are destined to groan and be pressed upon; it is not for them to crown the edifice.

I hold it truth, with him who sings To one clear harp in divers tones, That men may rise on stepping-stones Of their dead selves to higher things.

It was a fatal day when the public discovered that the pen is mightier than the paving-stone and can be made as offensive as a brickbat.

Affaires meant 'business.' How like the French to kill two birds with one stone.

I was a pop-music junkie. My parents were into Frank Sinatra and Doris Day. They weren't too excited when I had Aretha or the Stones pumping.

We want to evolve; like the Stones.

Stones are hollowed out by the constant dropping of water.

The stones tear like flesh, rather than breaking. Although what happens is violent, it is a violence that is in stone. A tear is more unnerving than a break.

The hardened mass of liquid stones had much stronger qualities than those which had simply torn. The skin remained a recognisable part of the molten stone.

I did tests on small stones before collecting and committing myself to the larger ones.

The reason why the stone is red is its iron content, which is also why our blood is red.

The Rolling Stones set the bar to where I look to as a band. But I don't envision myself touring in the way they do. My knees won't hold out.

I am a child of the '70s, so I love classic rock - Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Van Morrison, and I also love Coldplay.

Three or four stones in one firing will all react differently. I try to achieve a balance between those that haven't progressed enough and those about to go too far.

Fire is the origin of stone.By working the stone with heat, I am returning it to its source.

I have a low opinion of books: they are piles of stones set up to show coming travelers where other minds have been, or at best signal smokes to call attention.

I've done the Rolling Stones eating each other.

Self-respect,--the corner-stone of all virtue.

It was a challenge, to work with Oliver Stone.

Perhaps creativity is fumbling that dance step, or driving the chisel the wrong way into the stone.

We infer the spirit of the nation in great measure from the language, which is a sort of monument, to which each forcible individual in a course of many hundred years has contributed a stone.

That's why 60,000 people go ape when the Stones play 'Satisfaction.' The songs are part of their legacy, and you fall back in love with them over the years.

A poet wants only one small stone on which to carve his life.

Gyms are always packed. The only machine available is the one that simulates the gynecological exam. You know, the Sharon Stone machine.

I've always loved War's Low Rider and Sly Stone's Thank You, and I just wanted to put my take on them.

The smooth stones you pick up and examine under the moon's light have been made blue from the sea. Next morning when you pull them from your trouser pocket, they are still blue.

The mind is a mill which can incessant turn, 'til its mere operation focus the stress inward and the stones grind themselves to dust.

Kids are meant to believe that their stepping stone to massive money is 'The X Factor.'