Quotes and Sayings About Ceilings
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Ceilings must always be considered. They are the most neglected surface in a room.
-- Albert Hadley -
Every ceiling, when reached, becomes a floor, upon which one walks as a matter of course and prescriptive right
-- Aldous Huxley -
There are one hundred glow-stars on my bedroom ceiling. (...) Glow-stars are strange. They make the ceiling disappear.
-- Alex Garland -
Oui, oui, he snapped with an obvious lack of awe. "Ding dong the demon's dead, now can we admire our delightful handiwork someplace where the ceiling is not about to cave in and your oh-so-handsome vampire is not about to become a dust bunny? (Levet)
-- Alexandra Ivy -
The low ceiling that was water stained and boasting spiders so large she half expected Frodo and Sam to appear and fight them off.
-- Alexandra Ivy -
I believe women still face a glass ceiling that must be shattered.
-- Andrew Cuomo -
You love her," Teddy observed quietly. Henry replied with an uncharacteristic lack of irony: "Yes." Teddy's eyes shifted to the plaster interlacing that decorated the ceiling in curlicues. "Lord, you never make it easy, do you." "No.
-- Anna Godbersen -
Women have broken through the glass ceiling, and they're now more and more in the power seats.
-- Aretha Franklin -
Talent sets the floor, character sets the ceiling
-- Bill Belichick -
If it took multiple debt ceiling hikes, I'd rather achieve the savings.
-- Bob Corker -
We just want to make the walls cave in and the ceiling collapse. Music is meant to be played as loudly as possible, really raw and punchy, and I'll punch out anyone who doesn't like it the way I do.
-- Bon Scott -
Jane leaned back against the counter and stared at the ceiling. At the traditional location of God, no matter what the planet.
-- C. J. Cherryh -
The ceiling on taxation of capital gains reflects the national belief that speculation is a more worthwhile way to make a living than work.
-- Calvin Trillin -
Most of the major increases in the debt ceiling have been accompanied by structural changes in the way we raise and spend money.
-- Charles Bass -
The bottom line is very simple. You negotiate on this, they will up the ante for the debt ceiling.
-- Charles Schumer -
There's no ceiling... just a continuation of improvement.
-- Chris Weidman -
Tyler lies back and asks, "If Marilyn Monroe were alive right now, what would she be doing?" I say, goodnight. The headliner hangs down in shreds from the ceiling and Tyler says, "Clawing at the lid of her coffin.
-- Chuck Palahniuk -
Fear sees a ceiling. Hope sees the stars....
-- Colton Dixon -
One person's ceiling is another person's floor.
-- Denis Waitley -
If I never sang on a record again I can still look at my walls. They are covered floor to ceiling with gold and platinum records from all over the world.
-- Don Dokken -
The Republican argument that raising the debt ceiling encourages additional future spending is logically irresponsible. The debt ceiling has to be raised to authorize spending already approved by Congress. Despite that fallacy, the GOP has been able to score political points with its argument.
-- Eliot Spitzer -
Fearless--the cobweb swings from the ceiling-- Indolent Housewife--in Daisies--lain!
-- Emily Dickinson -
The next minute or so was spent howling on the ceiling . Imp No.1 joined in, but he wasn't really feeling it. It shouldn't be "Who do we hate?", he thought, it really should be "whom", but this probably wasn't a good time to bring that up.
-- Eoin Colfer -
Higher ceilings allow the use indirect lighting, which is much healthier and reduces glare.
-- Helmut Jahn -
When the Iron doesn't want to come off the mat, it's the kindest thing it can do for you. If it flew up and went through the ceiling, it wouldn't teach you anything.
-- Henry Rollins -
I used to look at these pictures of trumpeters pointing their instrument to the ceiling. Stunning pictures, but if you play the trumpet and point it upwards, all the spit comes back into your mouth!
-- Humphrey Lyttelton -
In my mind I am eloquent; I can climb intricate scaffolds of words to reach the highest cathedral ceilings and paint my thoughts. But when I open my mouth, everything collapses.
-- Isaac Marion -
It's bad to wake up and see a large cat in mid-leap from the rough vicinity of the ceiling.
-- James Nicoll -
Whenever I got a new studio I made the largest possible painting, and since the ceiling was low, the painting became horizontal. As I changed studios and got larger spaces, I made bigger paintings.
-- James Rosenquist
