Stone

Famous quotes containing the word stone:

    Wouldst thou hear what man can say
    In a little? Reader, stay.
    Underneath this stone doth lie
    As much beauty as could die;
    Ben Jonson (1572–1637)

    Dylan used to sound like a lung cancer victim singing Woody Guthrie. Now he sounds like a Rolling Stone singing Immanuel Kant.
    —Also quoted in Robert Shelton, No Direction Home, ch. 2, “Prophet Without Honor” (1986)

    ... we have every reason to rejoice when there are so many gains and when favorable conditions abound on every hand. The end is not yet in sight, but it can not be far away. The road before us is shorter than the road behind.
    —Lucy Stone (1818–1893)