#palace

Millions of men have lived to fight, build palaces and boundaries, shape destinies and societies; but the compelling force of all times has been the force of originality and creation profoundly affecting the roots of human spirit. ↗

— Ansel Adams

#been #boundaries #build #compelling #creation

I basically left Texas with no money. I was making $3.50 working in some mall, so I didn't have a lot of cash. I took $1,000 and headed to California. Along the way I stopped in Vegas because I had always wanted to see Caesar's Palace. So I stopped there and won $2,500 on a slot machine! It was amazing. ↗

— Krista Allen

#always #amazing #basically #because #caesar

The Queen's intelligence network is a hell of a lot better than anyone's in this palace. Bar none. She knows everything. I don't know how she does it. And she sees everything. ↗

— Prince Andrew

#bar #better #does #everything #hell

Candor is never indiscreet. Truth, which is to say, the reflection of life, is beautiful. ↗

— Jack Vance

#the-palace-of-love #beauty

The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom. ↗

— William Blake

#excess #leads #palace #road

Soccer and cricket were my main sports growing up. I had trials as a soccer player with a few clubs interested, Crystal Palace being one, but it was cricket which became my chosen profession. ↗

— Ian Botham

#being #chosen #clubs #cricket #crystal

The palace is not safe when the cottage is not happy. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

#happy #palace #safe

Pale Death beats equally at the poor man's gate and at the palaces of kings. ↗

— Horace

#beats #equally #gate #kings #man

Washington is an endless series of mock palaces clearly built for clerks. ↗

— Ada Louise Huxtable

#clearly #clerks #endless #endless series #mock

While the hollow oak our palace is, Our heritage the sea. ↗

— Allan Cunningham

#hollow #oak #our #palace #sea