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Dome Quotes

From cathedral ceilings to the sky overhead.

The dome in these quotes is sometimes a literal building feature, sometimes a stand-in for something larger. One line compares old cathedrals to the Great blue dome overhead, while another treats a fictional dome as a metaphor for nuclear fallout or terrorism.

Aside from ROH, just getting a taste of Wrestle Kingdom at the Tokyo Dome with NJPW has me really excited at the prospect of furthering and developing my career in Japan.

Quotes by Adam Cole

The old cathedrals are good, but the great blue dome that hangs over everything is better.

Quotes by Thomas Carlyle

When I was in architecture school, I became curious about the exact mathematics, physics, and construction of the great structures I had been studying. I wanted to know how these amazing things would work: the Pantheon, the dome of Michelangelo,...

Quotes by Santiago Calatrava

There was a lot of work that people don't know about that I did to establish my villain persona. There were a lot of miles on the road that went into it, thousands upon thousands of hours of writing on...

Quotes by Roddy Piper

Able Quotes

For years and hundreds of thousands of miles, I drove with one knee, with the eight-track and the light dome on in the car, and a yellow pad, just writing down random ideas. I had notebooks and notebooks. The next...

Quotes by Roddy Piper

Let architects sing of aesthetics that bring Rich clients in hordes to their knees; Just give me a home, in a great circle dome Where stresses and strains are at ease.

Quotes by R. Buckminster Fuller

The sound of laughter is like the vaulted dome of a temple of happiness.

Quotes by Milan Kundera

The Dome is a metaphor that could mean anything - it could be nuclear fallout, terrorists - I've always been fascinated with stories where people's roles are flipped on their heads, be it the Wall Street guy, the techno guy,...

Quotes by Mike Vogel

Opening up the Capitol dome and giving the public a look at the inner workings of Congress - however messy they may be - certainly won't be pretty. But trust isn't earned by showing off only your Sunday best. The...

Quotes by Mike Quigley

Architecture Quotes

Be cocky. Walk into the Georgia Dome like you own it.

Quotes by Mary Lou Retton

When I'm building my dome in my chapel, and I had a vision - I've worked on perpetual motion and I haven't never give it up yet. I still think it could be done, perpetual motion. I had a vision...

Quotes by Howard Finster

Teapot Dome involved the conservation of the oil resources of the United States, especially those situated upon the public lands.

Quotes by George William Norris

I also hope that with the assistance and expertise of Dome Records, that I will be able to further pierce the UK and European market. I really like playing there and I want to do more! I've found that the...

Quotes by George Duke

I didn't realize how much the paint was going to affect how I moved and how I walked. And it wasn't something that consciously happened. It was because the first time I'd done it was a Tokyo Dome show, I...

Quotes by Finn Balor

Car Quotes

You need to live in a dome initially, but over time you could terraform Mars to look like Earth and eventually walk around outside without anything on... So it's a fixer-upper of a planet.

Quotes by Elon Musk

The dome of the U.S. Capitol has fallen into severe disrepair... As the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, which oversees matters of the Capitol's physical plant, I have serious concerns about the consequences of omitting this...

Quotes by Chuck Schumer

I was in the Pritikin Center in Santa Monica once, trying to lose 30 or 40 pounds in a month. I'd work... on a treadmill and with the weights, but it was driving me nuts. So I escaped. Tom Arnold...

Quotes by Chris Farley

If you look at the architecture of Washington, D.C., it is not by mistake that the dome over the Capitol is the very center of the federal city. The White House and the Supreme Court are set about us, satellites...

Quotes by Cathy McMorris Rodgers

The Georgia Dome was my home field, brother. There's no question about it. I played my first football game there as an Atlanta Falcon.

Quotes by Bill Goldberg

Great Quotes

Hulk Hogan and I put 43,000 people in the Georgia Dome with three days' notice. I've got a fairly big following in Atlanta.

Quotes by Bill Goldberg

Frequently Asked Questions

What does this Dome page cover?
It gathers quotes that use dome in both a literal architectural sense and as a broader metaphor, from cathedral ceilings to the sky itself. A couple of quotes also connect the word to specific real buildings.
Why would someone look up dome quotes specifically?
Readers often search for dome quotes when they want language tied to grand, open architecture or figurative descriptions of the sky as a dome overhead. It is a word that carries both a physical and poetic sense.
Is the Capitol dome mentioned here a real building?
Yes, one quote refers to the Capitol dome directly, framing it as a way of exposing Congress to public view rather than keeping its inner workings hidden. The line treats the dome as a symbol of transparency, not just a piece of architecture.
What is the fictional dome referenced in one quote?
One quote describes a fictional dome used as an open-ended metaphor, suggesting it could represent anything from nuclear fallout to terrorism, and notes a general interest in stories where people's roles get flipped.
Does any quote compare a dome to something emotional?
One line compares the sound of laughter to the vaulted dome of a temple of happiness, using the architectural image to describe an emotional state rather than a building.

A few quotes also touch on the Capitol dome as a symbol of a messier, more transparent Congress. If domed buildings interest you as a subject, the Architecture quotes page covers structures more broadly.