Stones Of Florence Quotes & Sayings

Lay me down
Let the only sound
Be the overflow
Pockets full of stones — Florence Welch

The spirit of industrial society - a way of living organized around production and consumption.7 Our modern preoccupation with producing and consuming leads us to live on the surface level of reality and to seek our satisfaction in the finite. But the sacred is known in the depths of reality, not in the manipulation and consumption of the surface. — Marcus J. Borg

No one gets up after death-there is no applause-there is only silence and some second-hand clothes, and that's death. — Tom Stoppard

Men, I thought, were more trouble than they were worth. Really, one should stick to books where one sees the hero coming a mile off. — Eva Rice

Is there one specific source that determines correct morality and everybody should follow that? Or should individuals come up with following that source or not depending on their situation? — Asghar Farhadi

The people I love the best, jump into work head first without dallying in the shallows. — Marge Piercy

The day may come when, contemplating a world given back to the primeval forst, a human survivor will have no means of even guessing how much intelligence Man once imposed upon the forms of the earth, when he set up the stones of Florence in the billowing expanse of the Tuscan olive-groves. No trace will be left then of the palaces that saw Michelangelo pass by, nursing his grievances against Raphael; and nothing of the little Paris cafes where Renoir once sat beside Cezanne, Van Gogh beside Gauguin. Solitude, vicegerent of Eternity, vanquishes men's dreams no less than armies, and men have known this ever since they came into being and realized that they must die. — Andre Malraux

Historic Amsterdam, that old part you first see when you turn up at Centraal Station, may have its monuments, but it's also the most tawdry and overcrowded part of the city. — David Hewson

Comedy can be more difficult than drama. It requires more attention to timing. In the theater, you're always dependent on the audience for the energy, but in comedy the feedback you get is more important. You can judge by the quickness and the length of the laugh just where you stand with the audience. — David Alan Basche

So many things I long for have so often been denied — John Denver

Thank you," I said, holding my hands behind my head, hoping my hair hid the fact that my wrists were bound together with seat belt straps. — Priscilla West

You should never give up a happy middle in the hopes of a happy ending, because there is no such thing as happy ending. There is so much to lose. — John Green