“The stars shine in the sky like a carpet of precious stones on the dark velvet of the night. – Unknown
“Happiness is not a large diamond, it is a mosaic of small stones harmoniously arranged. – Alphonse Karr
“Radium. A heat-producing mineral which stimulates in the scientist the organ which makes him stupid.” – Ambrose Bierce
“A harmonious combination of bone, flesh and hair that unites the animal, mineral and vegetable kingdoms. – Boris Vian
“You’ve thrown the stones from your garden into other people’s gardens and, to add to them, you’ve demolished a bit of your own wall. – Jules Renard
“Rocks remember. – Neil Armstrong
“If you wish your child to lead an honourable life, you must not remove the stones from his path, but teach him to walk on them with confidence.” – Anne Brontë
“Like a gold digger, I can only pass on to posterity the precious ore I have extracted”. – Constantin Stanislavski
“These little memories are like stones in my pocket, weighing me down. – Kaouther Adimi
“Even a rock will eventually give way under the perseverance of water”. – Chinese proverb
“Reason does not illuminate all diamonds”. – William Congreve
“The soul of a diamond is light”. – Joseph Joubert
“The precious stone redoubles its brilliance when rubbed”. – Joost Van Den Vondel
“God created man as a marvellous precious stone in which all creation is reflected”. – Hildegard of Bingen
“Not only does the ruby belong to the top category of coloured gems, but even among precious stones it occupies first place.” – Edwin Streeter
“All art is autobiographical; the pearl is the autobiography of the oyster. – Federico Fellini
“Beauty, inalterability and rarity are the cardinal virtues of a perfect gemstone”. – Dr G.F. Herbert Smith
“The mind is eclipsed by the mind, like a Diamond by another Diamond.” – William Congreve
“My crown is in my heart, not on my head; not adorned with diamonds and Indian stones…”. – William Shakespeare
“There is nothing like the strength of man’s love for his land, his mountains, his rocks, his stones.” – Unknown
“Complain about being a man and not a tree or a rock”. – Proverb
“Sensitivity is a sign of evolution. He whose sensitivity diminishes returns to animals, plants, stones.” – Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov
“A civilisation is built by the successive contributions of generations, each building on the other like the stones of an edifice. – Unknown
“Sometimes you have to break the rock to find the diamond.” – Unknown
“Nothing protects like a wall of stones built by yourself”. – Proverb
“The ancient stones look at me, I see their sneer. – Arthur Koestler
“The wise stones of churches radiate a mantic force. – Sylvain Tesson
“Rock water has the flavour of clear styles”. – Alfred Capus
“Genius is like a diamond: it shines in the shadows”. – Xavier Forneret
“I start with four or five strong ideas… which I work on like a basic ore”. – Dan Franck
“This old Parisian land is a deposit of events… everything there is ore for the philosopher.” – Victor Hugo
“Like jade, it takes many lives to be polished”. – Asian proverb
“I never go on a diet. The only weight I’m interested in is diamonds. – Mae West
“The wild stones of the caves radiate a mysterious force”. – Sylvain Tesson
“You should never throw stones at a woman, only precious ones”. – Gabriel Domergue
“Rocks are silent witnesses to the passage of time. – Unknown
“Stones bear the marks of irresistible power. – Octavio Paz
“Make sure these stones never get to the building site. No stone, no construction. No building, no palace. No palace… no palace.” – Alain Chabat (Asterix and Obelix: Mission Cleopatra)
“Stones are part of the path”. – Romanian proverb
“We can throw stones, complain about them, trip over them, climb over them, or use them to build.” – William Arthur Ward
“The difference between the ordinary and the extraordinary is that little extra. The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones”. – Confucius
“When I find myself alone, in front of my pillars, my walls and my cornices, I let a look of love fall on these silent stones. – Marc Dugain
“Art is the language of sensations, whether in words, colours, sounds or stones”. – Robert Musil
“To write, you have to take yourself back. To be able to hear the stones laughing if you want to grasp your own voice”. – Christian Bobin
“Civilisation means knowing how to extract order from stone, as did the sculptor Gaudier-Brzeska, who saw lines and shapes come to life in anonymous pieces of marble left over by stonecutters. – Adriano Scianca
