“I choose a block of marble and chop off whatever I do not need.”

“The sculptor produces the beautiful statue by chipping away such parts of the marble block as are not needed - it is a process of elimination.”

Elbert Hubbard (1856–1915) American writer, publisher, artist, and philosopher fue el escritor del jarron azul

“I like flowers, I also like children, but I do not chop their heads off and keep them in bowls of water around the house.”

George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950) Irish playwright

“What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the human soul.”

Joseph Addison (1672–1719) politician, writer and playwright

“"So you'll be wanting all these hydrangeas chopped down, then?"
"Whatever for?" Charmain said.
"I like to chop things down," the kobold explained. "Chief pleasure of gardening."”

Diana Wynne Jones (1934–2011) English children's fantasy writer

“Well, I've got a colour telly, and a fridge. I've got some pork chops in the fridge, but the chops keep going off, so I have to keep buying more.”

Syd Barrett (1946–2006) English musician

“This I choose to do. If there is a price, this I choose to pay. If it is my death, then I choose to die. Where this takes me, there I choose to go. I choose. This I choose to do.”

Terry Pratchett book Wintersmith

“I do not choose to choose what I choose.”

Sam Harris (1967) American author, philosopher and neuroscientist

“I think you can do whatever you want. In the end, we all live the life we choose for ourselves.”

Nicholas Sparks book See Me

“Our riches, being in our brains, die with us… Unless of course someone chops off our head, in which case, we won't need them anyway.”

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791) Austrian Romantic composer