Cut Stone

Famous quotes containing the words cut stone, cut and/or stone:

“Duccio came not by usura
nor Pier della Francesca; Zuan Bellin’ not by usura
nor was ‘La Calunnia’ painted.
Came not by usura Angelico; came not Ambrogio Praedis,
Came no church of cut stone signed: Adamo me fecit.”
—Ezra Pound (1885–1972)

“If you want to know something he won’t tell you, cut off one of his fingers—the little one. Then tell him his thumb’s next. After that he’ll tell you if he wears ladies’ underwear.”
—Quentin Tarantino, U.S. screenwriter and director. Mr. White (Harvey Keitel)

“You sang far better than you knew; the songs
That for your listeners’ hungry hearts sufficed
Still live,—but more than this to you belongs:
You sang a race from wood and stone to Christ.”
—James Weldon Johnson (1871–1938)