Quotes by Towers There's something ever egotistical in mountain-tops and towers, and all other grand and lofty things. Herman Melville climbingmountaintowers A 60-story tower in New York evokes a 70-story tower in Chicago [and] a 60-story tower in New York evokes a 70-story tower directly across the street. Hugh Ferriss chicagotowersnew-york Great towers take time to construct. Herman Melville persistencetowerspatience Pale death, with impartial step, knocks at the hut of the poor and the towers of kings. Horace towerskingsdeath The lofty pine is most easily brought low by the force of the wind, and the higher the tower the greater the fall thereof. Horace towerswindfall The higher the tower, the greater the fall thereof. Horace highertowersfall War must be, while we defend our lives against a destroyer who would devour all; but I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend. J. R. R. Tolkien arrowstowerswar You must understand, young Hobbit, it takes a long time to say anything in Old Entish. And we never say anything unless it is worth taking a long time to say. J. R. R. Tolkien towerssay-anythinglong A red sun rises. Blood has been spilled this night. J. R. R. Tolkien towersnightblood There are some things that it is better to begin than to refuse, even though the end may be dark. J. R. R. Tolkien towersdarkmay A new day will come. And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer. J. R. R. Tolkien towersshiningnew-day And sometimes you didn't want to know the end… because how could the end be happy? J. R. R. Tolkien towerswantsometimes Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back, only they didn't. They kept going because they were holding on to something.... That there's some good in the world, Mr. Frodo, and it's worth fighting for. J. R. R. Tolkien fightingtowersstories Donald Trump used undocumented labor to build the Trump Tower. He underpaid undocumented workers, and when they complained, he basically said what a lot of employers do: "You complain, I'll get you deported." Hillary Clinton undocumented-workerstowerscomplaining Things always seem fairer when we look back at them, and it is out of that inaccessible tower of the past that Longing leans and beckons. James Russell Lowell towerslookspast My mother was the dearest, sweetest angel. She didn't talk; she sang. She was a tower of strength. Jayne Meadows angeltowersmother I learned that there is good in this world, if you look hard enough for it. I learned that not everyone is disappointing, including me, and that a 1,257 bump in the ground can feel higher than a bell tower if you're standing next to the right person. Jennifer Niven towersbumpslooks I only know one thing: Everything I learned about the banking business, I learned in the banking towers of the Societe. Jerome Kerviel bankingtowersknows Bulgaria is fascinating. Because it had been a Communist country until the mid-80s, so it had just recently transitioned. And there were still the police towers on the street corners, where they look down - they were still there, although no one was in them. Joan Cusack policetowerscountry I have a Vision of the Future, chum. The workers flats in fields of soya beans tower up like silver pencils, score on score. John Betjeman visions-of-the-futuretowersfields«12345678910»
