Unswept Stone Quotes & Sayings

Not marble, nor the gilded monuments / Of princes, shall outlive this powerful rhyme; / But you shall shine more bright in these contents / Than unswept stone, besmear'd with sluttish time. — John Green

Out of my way, Private," Justineau says quietly. "Or your brains go public." Parks — M.R. Carey

How you dress on the outside, it represents your soul. — Gucci Mane

You journalists bulldoze life's mysteries, ignorant of what you're so ruthlessly turning up. — Marisha Pessl

As a driver you enjoy winning races, and if you win in the easiest way possible, fine, but in reality we all remember the fights to the end, the nip and tuck stuff. — Allan McNish

I just loved being in the theatre with all those crazy, creative people. — Kristin Davis

Growing up, the most important thing, after taking care of your family and getting a decent job of work, was having a laugh. That was the point to life. — Ricky Gervais

Eat where the people eat, not the hotels and touristy restaurants. If a local teacher makes $50 a month and they're living decently, see what they do. — Rita Gelman

Life is not perfect. It never will be. You just have to make the very best of it, and you have to open your heart to what the world can show you; and sometimes it's terrifying, and sometimes it's incredibly beautiful, and I'll take both. Thanks. — Graham Nash

Selflessness is like waiting in a hospital
In a badly-fitting suit on a cold wet morning.
Selfishness is like listening to good jazz
With drinks for further orders and a huge fire. — Philip Larkin

Than unswept stone, besmear'd with sluttish time. (Off topic, but: What a slut time is. — John Green

I've been held responsible for taxes I know nothing about. — James Brown

And our dreams,
with what frivolity we have pared them
like toenails, clipped them like ends of
split hair. — Denise Levertov

The sea-shore is a sort of neutral ground, a most advantageous point from which to contemplate the world ... There is naked Nature, inhumanly sincere, wasting no thought on man, nibbling at the cliffy shore where gulls wheel amid the spray. — Henry David Thoreau

But anonymity is very important to me, and I don't want to be recognized in public more than I already am. — Todd Solondz

The only trouble is that in the spiritual life there are no tricks and no shortcuts. Those who imagine that they can discover spiritual gimmicks and put them to work for themselves usually ignore God's will and his grace. — Thomas Merton