#stone

A rolling stone gathers no moss, but it gains a certain polish. ↗

— Oliver Herford

#gains #gathers #moss #polish #rolling

We have reached a milestone in our understanding of nature. The discovery of a particle consistent with the Higgs boson opens the way to more detailed studies, requiring larger statistics, which will pin down the new particle's properties, and is likely to shed light on other mysteries of our universe. ↗

— Rolf-Dieter Heuer

#detailed #discovery #down #larger #light

A stepping-stone can be a stumbling block if we can't see it until after we have tripped over it. ↗

— Cullen Hightower

#block #over #over it #see #stepping-stone

'Bombing Afghanistan back into the Stone Age' was quite a favourite headline for some wobbly liberals. The slogan does all the work. But an instant's thought shows that Afghanistan is being, if anything, bombed out of the Stone Age. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#age #anything #back #being #bombed

The expression of this idea is Queens of the Stone Age, but the idea is that you will never slack on the music and will always humble yourself at the alter of Rock. ↗

— Joshua Homme

#alter #always #expression #humble #idea

It was a challenge, to work with Oliver Stone. ↗

— Anthony Hopkins

#oliver #oliver stone #stone #work

The foolish are like ripples on water, For whatsoever they do is quickly effaced; But the righteous are like carvings upon stone, For their smallest act is durable. ↗

— Horace

#carvings #durable #foolish #like #quickly

I was so unhealthy. I used to go to 'Cold Stone Creamery,' get a tub of Butterfinger ice cream, and eat it all before bedtime. And my fingers were permanently stained orange from Cheetos. ↗

— Vanessa Hudgens

#before #cold #cream #eat #fingers

I heard the Beatles and the Stones, and Mom bought me an electric guitar. I played lead for four years and then switched to bass. One day someone suggested that I should sing, so I sheepishly stepped up to the microphone and the rest is rock history. ↗

— Glenn Hughes

#beatles #bought #day #electric #electric guitar

The last resort of kings, the cannonball. The last resort of the people, the paving stone. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#kings #last #paving #people #resort