Stone Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old stone quotes, stone sayings, and stone proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

Like stone, human flesh mingles dry earth with binding water: an unsettled union of wet and dry, cold an warm, fire and tears. Jeffrey Jerome Cohen
Stone is primal matter, inhuman in its duration. Yet despite its incalculable temporality, the lithic is not some vast and alien outside. A limit-breaching intimacy persistently unfolds. Jeffrey Jerome Cohen
A meshwork of connection, the mountain entangles every struggling life and imbues even stone with vitality. Jeffrey Jerome Cohen
Throughout the archaeological record, in all areas of the world, the most frequent evidence of past human activity that we have is stone tools. Brian Patrick Kooyman
Stone, the primary building material taken from the crust of the Earth, has been used since the earliest times for convenience, endurance and visual impact. F G Dimes
Much of the history of the world's civilizations is recorded in stone. F G Dimes
Stone was considered to be so important that at one time all the quarries were in royal ownership. F G Dimes
When man built, and indeed builds, for permanence and for impact, stone is the material chosen. F G Dimes
The stone represented yang characteristics: hard, solid, unyielding, dry, hot, bright, strong, forceful, rough, and penetrating. Vincent T. Covello
The majority of precious stones are destined, after being cut, to be devoted to purposes of jewelry. Max Bauer
The less valuable stones are occasionally bored with holes and strung together as beads for personal ornaments. Max Bauer
The setting of precious stones and the manner in which different kinds of stones are associated affords scope for the exercise of much taste and judgement. Max Bauer
A single stone is sometimes set by itself in an article of jewelry. Max Bauer
Gold and silver are the only metals ised as the material fot the setting of valuable stones. Max Bauer
Most gem stones in jewelry must be cut to reveal their full brilliance. Dorothy McKenney Schlegel
In ancient times a gem stone was treasured for its surface coloration rather than it's brilliance. Dorothy McKenney Schlegel
Rocks that are buried deeper. nearer the heat of the Earth's center, can melt to form a hot liquid, called magma. Devin Dennie
The movement of the crust squeezes rocks and pushes up mountains. Devin Dennie
Minerals are the basic building blocks or rocks. Devin Dennie
To identify a rock you have to look at all the minerals inside it and how they are combined. Devin Dennie
Gemstones can be polished to make them shine using a rock tumbler. Devin Dennie
Mining for rocks can pollute the air, soil and water. Catherine Ipcizade
People use rocks and stones to make things. People dig them from the ground. Catherine Ipcizade
Rocks have their own smells. Some kids can tell by sniffing whether a rock came from the middle of the earth or from an ocean or from a mountain where wind and sun touched it every day for a million years. Byrd Baylor
Some rocks that look brown are really other colors, but you only see them when you squint and when the sun is right. Byrd Baylor
If your rock is going to be special it should look good by itself in the bathtub. Byrd Baylor
Any rock looks good with a hundred other rocks around it on a hill. Byrd Baylor
Content is the philosopher's stone, that turns all it touches into gold. Franklin
Some days a diamond, some days a stone. R.A. Wise
Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set. Francis Bacon