“Destroying Kabaa stone by stone, is less evil than killing a single Muslim…”

“If you know how to spend less than you get, you have the philosopher's stone. ”

Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790) American author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, inventor, civic activist, …

“A stone is not self any more than a self is a stone.”

Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888–1975) Indian philosopher and statesman who was the first Vice President and the second President of India

“5192. To kill two Birds with one Stone.”

Thomas Fuller (writer) (1654–1734) British physician, preacher, and intellectual

“Anybody who destroys anything made of stone should be prosecuted. It is not all beautiful, but it took a man all day to make one stone.”

Fred Dibnah (1938–2004) English steeplejack and television personality, with a keen interest in mechanical engineering

“Yet the stones remain less real to those who cannot
name them, or read the mute syllables graven in silica.
To see a red stone is less than seeing it as jasper —
metamorphic quartz, cousin to the flint the Kiowa
carved as arrowheads. To name is to know and remember.”

Dana Gioia (1950) American writer

“I heard Allah's Apostle saying, "The Jews will fight with you, and you will be given victory over them so that a stone will say, 'O Muslim! There is a Jew behind me; kill him!"”

Muhammad (570–632) Arabian religious leader and the founder of Islam

“Allah's Apostle said, "The Hour will not be established until you fight with the Jews, and the stone behind which a Jew will be hiding will say. "O Muslim! There is a Jew hiding behind me, so kill him."”

Muhammad (570–632) Arabian religious leader and the founder of Islam

“Sticks and stones will break your bones, but failure will get you killed.”

Laurell K. Hamilton book Narcissus in Chains

“Only a persuasive tone can kill two birds with one stone.”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author