Quotes with set-in-stone

Quotes 141 till 160 of 530.

  • Michelangelo I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.
    Michelangelo
    Italian sculptor, painter and poet (1475 - 1564)
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  • Richard Buckminster Fuller I set about fifty-five years ago (1927) to see what a penniless, unknown human individual with a dependent wife and newborn child might be able to do effectively on behalf of all humanity...
    Grunch of Giants (1983)
    Richard Buckminster Fuller
    American architect, systems theorist, author, designer, and inventor (1895 - 1983)
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  • Arthur Hailey I set myself 600 words a day as a minimum output, regardless of the weather, my state of mind or if I'm sick or well. There must be 600 finished words-not almost right words.
    Arthur Hailey
    British-Canadian novelist (1920 - 2004)
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  • John Wesley I set myself on fire and people come to watch me burn.
    John Wesley
    British preacher (1703 - 1791)
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  • William Butler Yeats I think it better that in times like these a poet's mouth be silent, for in truth we have no gift to set a statesman right.
    William Butler Yeats
    Irish poet (1865 - 1939)
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  • Martina Navratilova I think the key is for women not to set any limits.
    Martina Navratilova
    American Tennis player (1956 - )
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  • Bruce Springsteen I think you can get to a point where nihilism, if that's the right word, is overwhelming, and the basic laws that society has set up - either religious or social laws - become meaningless.
    Bruce Springsteen
    American singer-songwriter (1949 - )
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  • Brock Lesnar I wasn't happy at the career I was at and wanted to try something else, and so I tried fighting, and it's working out pretty well. I set my own schedule; I have my own training facilities. I'm not traveling as much, and I'm at home every night.
    Brock Lesnar
    American professional wrestler (1977 - )
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  • Bunker Roy I went to a very elitist, snobbish, expensive education in India, and it almost killed me. I was all set to be a diplomat, teacher, doctor - all laid out.
    Bunker Roy
    Indian social activist and educator (1945 - )
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  • Alighieri Dante I wept not, so to stone within I grew.
    Alighieri Dante
    Durante (Dante) degli Alighieri, Italian philosopher and poet (1265 - 1321)
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  • Anish Kapoor I'm not an artist who has an agenda that's set by the work.
    Anish Kapoor
    British Indian sculptor (1954 - )
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  • Busta Rhymes I'm trying to set up opportunities for myself so that I don't only have one outlet to go through and rely upon as far as a support system financially, emotionally and mentally.
    Busta Rhymes
    American rapper, musician, record producer and actor (1972 - )
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  • Barry White I've always loved War's Low Rider and Sly Stone's Thank You, and I just wanted to put my take on them.
    Barry White
    American singer-songwriter, record producer and composer (1944 - 2003)
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  • Bert Lance I've always tried to set some kind of goal. I want to be better than anybody in the banking business, and when I ran the Highway Department in Georgia, I wanted it to be the best in the country. And of course, I have a high sense of public service.
    Bert Lance
    American businessman (1931 - 2013)
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  • Antoine Fuqua I've become friends with Michael Mann and Oliver Stone; I've seen those guys work and that was great to see.
    Antoine Fuqua
    American film director and producer (1966 - )
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  • John Barrymore I've read some of your modern free verse and wonder who set it free.
    John Barrymore
    American actor (1882 - 1942)
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  • John F. Kennedy If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his vision wherever it takes him.
    John F. Kennedy
    American politician (1917 - 1963)
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  • John Lennon If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace.
    John Lennon
    British musician (1940 - 1980)
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  • Barbara Corcoran If I could set a world record, it would be that I have 150 business partners, all with thriving businesses of their own that started with nothing and I made the difference to make them all billionaires.
    Barbara Corcoran
    American businesswoman, investor, speaker and consultant (1949 - )
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  • Bill Gates If I'd had some set idea of a finish line, don't you think I would have crossed it years ago?
    Bill Gates
    American business magnate, investor, author and philanthropist (1955 - )
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