“Milton, Madam, was a genius that could cut a Colossus from a rock; but could not carve heads upon cherry-stones.”

“I could carve a better man out of a banana. ”

Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, 26th president of the United States

“The sword wherewith they judge their brethren will fall upon their own heads. Instead of cutting themselves off from the brother as the just from the unjust, they find themselves cut off from Jesus.”

Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906–1945) German Lutheran pastor, theologian, dissident anti-Nazi

“The importance of writing in the breakdown of the bicameral voices is tremendously important. What had to be spoken is now silent and carved upon a stone to be taken in visually.”

Julian Jaynes book The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind

“They laid bets as to who, with one stroke of the sword, could split a man in two or could cut off his head or spill out his entrails with a single stroke of the pike.”

Bartolomé de las Casas (1474–1566) Spanish Dominican friar, historian, and social reformer

“If you want data to survive, carve it in rock.”

Jack McDevitt (1935) American novelist, Short story writer

“I felt that my views and philosophies had been changed overnight. The philosophies that i had gladly carved in stone, recited and danced upon.”

Cecelia Ahern book If You Could See Me Now

“I could probably have made the head shot from the railing, but with an unfamiliar gun, it was too risky. I didn't want to accidentally shoot the woman in the head. Killing the hostage is always frowned upon.”

Laurell K. Hamilton book The Killing Dance

“The Church was the anchor, the rock of the independence movement in the days of Wallace and Bruce, it was the only institutional force that could be relied upon – it certainly wasn’t the nobles.”

Alex Salmond (1954) Scottish National Party politician and former First Minister of Scotland

“I rock a beat harder than you could beat it with rocks”

Eminem (1972) American rapper and actor