- Door
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- Nov 07, 2020
Chariot Quotes
An old image that still moves the imagination.
These chariot quotes cover surprising ground, from a childhood memory of a showgirl-pulled chariot entrance to the mechanics of an ancient direction-finding device. The range shows how versatile the image remains. See Battle quotes for the more combative side of the theme.
- Last Updated on Aug 03, 2026
- Battle
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- Nov 07, 2020
I turned 7 in 1973 and remember Bobby Riggs arriving at the Astrodome on a chariot pulled by showgirls before his 'battle of the sexes' tennis match against Billie Jean King.
- Heavens
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- Nov 07, 2020
In awe, I watched the waxing moon ride across the zenith of the heavens like an ambered chariot towards the ebony void of infinite space wherein the tethered belts of Jupiter and Mars hang, for ever festooned in their orbital majesty. And as I looked at all this I thought... I must put a roof on this toilet.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
The chariot was purchased by a private collector who took it home to New York. I take pleasure in knowing that it was built to last for at least a thousand years.
- Carved
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- Nov 07, 2020
The rabbit is significant in that the handle on the original South Pointing Chariot was carved in the form of a rabbit. Because the handle extended out front it meant that wherever the rabbit went the chariot had to follow.
- Made
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- Nov 07, 2020
In practical terms the South Pointing Chariot was a simple direction finder. It could have been made to point in any direction - north, south, east or west.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
No great idea in its beginning can ever be within the law. How can it be within the law? The law is stationary. The law is fixed. The law is a chariot wheel which binds us all regardless of conditions or place or time.
- Peace
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- Nov 07, 2020
You are not going to get peace with millions of armed men. The chariot of peace cannot advance over a road littered with cannon.
- Galileo
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- Nov 07, 2020