Alex Honnold

Yosemite has the most impressive and accessible granite big walls in the world. The rock is amazing. And because of that, it's been the mecca for climbing in the U.S. - and the world to a large degree - for all of climbing history. It's the place to test yourself against the historic routes of the past.

American Athlete

Philippe Petit

If I am practicing on the wire, and you pushed me, I would not move, and if you take a piece of wood and beat me up on the shoulder and the head, I would not move. You would not put me out of balance. You would not be able to. I am solid as granite when I am on the tight rope, and I should be.

French Celebrity

Jason Reitman

Filmmaking is finding a piece of granite and you start to chip away and then you have the shape of a head, the shape of the arm, you can see the shape of the face and the face starts to gather character. You have to find it.

Canadian Director

Maggie Hassan

When you literally build a state of granite, it takes a certain toughness and perseverance as well as a unique blend of community and independence: a culture that also helps spur economic growth.

American Politician

Katie Piper

Once my sister was older, she and I would do lots of hobbies together. We took dance lessons and put on shows at home; tap dancing on the granite fireplace, which must have mortified my dad.

English Writer

Mary Higgins Clark

The first four months of writing the book, my mental image is scratching with my hands through granite. My other image is pushing a train up the mountain, and it's icy, and I'm in bare feet.

American Author

Zahi Hawass

Many parts of the granite statues were found, the most important of which had features close to Ramses II. The statue needs some restoration and weighs between four and five tons.

Egyptian Scientist

Nadia Giosia

Just because one likes to cook up a great meal or decorate their home doesn't mean they have to do it with granite counter tops and duck a l'orange.

Canadian Chef

Thomas Carlyle

The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak, became a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong.

Scottish Philosopher

Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

American Boxer

Granite symbolizes durability and strength, often mentioned when discussing long-lasting materials.

Durability Symbol

Granite is considered high-end and can suggest luxury or quality in descriptions.

High Value

Granite has a distinct, speckled appearance that can be important in visual descriptions.

Visual Texture

 ingredients starting with rust as my homemade lipstick colorant and I'm going to use mica for some glitter and shine now mica comes from granite and other rocks and this stuff is the best glitter bomb material I have ever seen it gets everywhere and never comes out so use that information wisely as for my waxes I've got beeswax which comes from bees

Lipstick PIPE Ingredients...

 They'd all hiked up the normal trail on the back, which I was planning on using for my descent. But between me and the summit lay a blank slab of granite. There were no cracks or edges to hold on to, just small ripples of texture up a slightly less than vertical wall. I had to trust my life to the friction between my climbing shoes

How I climbed a...

 like these are quartz crystals and feldspar so most say on the world on on the mainland is made of quartz crystal and feldspar it's the erosion of granite rock so mountains are built up and they erode away by water and rain and ice and so forth and the become grains of sand there's some stand that's really much

The beautiful nano...

 Here's what most of the sand in our world looks like. These are quartz crystals and feldspar, so most sand in the world on the mainland is made of quartz crystal and feldspar. It's the erosion of granite rock. So mountains are built up, and they erode away by water and rain and ice and so forth,

Gary Greenberg: The...

 That's where the body of a king is going to rest in eternity. So you've gone to all this trouble to create this incredible monument around the body of that person. It's pretty amazing. To house his mummy, huge chunks of granite were slid down a passage into the shaft

The Evolution of Ancient...

 Chile's Patagonia region here adventurers find bliss amongst the dramatic terrain that includes glaciers fjords and mountains the centrepiece of the park are the three granite towers that stand tall over the otherwise flat Patagonian play throughout the park the

Find Your Bliss in...

 towering above the trees around made of solid concrete and granite it will last thousands of years but given enough time the planet will wipe away even these last reminders of humanity but there is one place where our imprint will remain

Aftermath: Cities...

 granite does not care either the implements of writing have never cared about meaning pens and typewriters are not sentient think Thomas Jefferson's geese had no idea what their plumage was was writing technology influences form

The evolution of the...

 When we reject granite and limestone and sandstone and wood and copper and terra-cotta and brick and wattle and plaster, we simplify architecture and we impoverish cities. It's as if you reduced all of the world's cuisines

Why glass towers are bad...

 the trip but it is important to respect nature and like the caution signs warned don't climb this granite peak if a thunderstorm is anywhere in the horizon