Statuary Marble Quotes & Sayings

I have never been much of a groomer. I take baths a lot, but I don't wear deodorant. I don't have to. I have a miraculous body scent. I've had women smell me and say that should be bottled. I would advise guys to lay off the Drakkar, because the cavemen weren't wearing it. They might have been putting mint leaves on their balls, but [your scent] is grown naturally. I have really good dating advice. — Zach Galifianakis

So we praise God for the glorious grace he has poured out on us who belong to his dear Son.[*] 7 He is so rich in kindness and grace that he purchased our freedom with the blood of his Son and forgave our sins. 8 He has showered his kindness on us, along with all wisdom and understanding. — Anonymous

The gods do not need sacrifices, so what might one do to please them? Acquire wisdom, it seems to me, and do all the good in one's power to those humans who deserve it. — Apollonius Of Tyana

You know how most illnesses have symptoms you can recognize? Like fever, upset stomach, chills, whatever.
Well, with manic depression, it's sexual promiscuity, excessive spending, and substance abuse - and that just sounds like a fantastic weekend in Vegas to me! — Carrie Fisher

Ida Belle took a pair and popped them in her ears. "She's right," she yelled. "That siren is horribly loud. Sounds like a dinosaur-sized cat wailing." I stuck one earplug in and nodded. I already needed them if Ida Belle was going to keep yelling. — Jana Deleon

For courage, there must be something at stake. I come here with nothing to lose. — Khaled Hosseini

A fellow will hack half a year at a block of marble to make something in stone that hardly resembles a man. The value of statuary is owing to its difficulty. You would not value the finest head cut upon a carrot. — Samuel Johnson

The spoken word is nothing. It hardly lives longer than an insect! Only the written word is eternal. - Balbulus — Cornelia Funke

We're all idealistic when young. — Pat Oliphant

Early on everyone should do, every time they do a big film, they should do a little film. It really does keep you grounded. — Sylvester Stallone

A statue lies hid in a block of marble, and the art of the statuary only clears away the superfluous matter and removes the rubbish. The figure is in the stone; the sculptor only finds it. What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to a human soul. The philosopher, the saint, or the hero,
the wise, the good, or the great man,
very often lies hid and concealed in a plebeian, which a proper education might have disinterred, and have brought to light. — Joseph Addison

On whom am I dependent? What are my main fears? Who was I meant to be at birth? What were my goals and how did they change? What were the forks of the road where I took the wrong direction and went the wrong way? What efforts did I make to correct the error and return to the right way? Who am I now, and who would I be if I had always made the right decisions and avoided crucial errors? Whom did I want to be long ago, now, and in the future? What is my image of myself? What is the image I wish others to have of me? Where are the discrepancies between the two images, both between themselves and with what I sense in my real self? Who will I be if I continue to live as I am living now? What are the conditions responsible for the development as it happened? What are the alternatives for further development open to me now? What must I do to realize the possibility I choose? — Erich Fromm

Tom McCarthy said to me, 'Buddy, you got an Oscar nomination through that haircut! That's the real feat, man.' — Mark Ruffalo

Adversity breeds toughness, and the tough succeed. And survive. — Dean Koontz

Perhaps British TV companies don't want women my age on screen. I don't know. — Trinny Woodall

The statue lies hid in a block of marble; and the art of the statuary only clears away the superfluous matter, and removes the rubbish. — Joseph Addison

If you write for yourself, you'll reach all the people you want to write for. — William Zinsser

I live here, I have chosen to live here, because life seems real to me here. — Nickolas Butler