Some of the shells brought my heart into my mouth; lying there waiting for them was intolerable. I was sure I was… — Hervey Allen Copy Share Image
Alas, how can we help but mourn When hero bosoms yield their breath! A century itself may bear But once the flower… — Silas Weir Mitchell Copy Share Image
We send cruise missiles and then we think everything's all right or we try to bring them to trial. My friends, this… — John McCain Copy Share Image
I dedicate my love and whole heart this Memorial Day to my Dad, a soldier, who like many others, suffers in silence… — Pink Copy Share Image
It is to be regretted that few persons who have arrived at any degree of eminence or fame, have written Memorials of… — Adam Clarke Copy Share Image
I play an 89-year-old man whose wife has Alzheimer's in a movie called 'Still.' I play a World War II veteran, I… — James Cromwell Copy Share Image
When you awaken in the morning's hush I am the swift uplifting rush Of quiet birds in circled flight. I am the… — Mary Elizabeth Frye Copy Share Image
CBGB represents a lot to New York City and to underground rock and to new wave and post-punk and whatever. But, you… — Dave Grohl Copy Share Image
This Memorial Day should remind us of the greatness that past generations of Americans achieved from Valley Forge to Vietnam, and it… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
Memorial Day orators will say that a G.I.'s life is priceless. Don't believe it. I know what value the U.S. government assigns… — Andrew Bacevich Copy Share Image
[Pitchblende] consists of a peculiar, distinct, metallic substance. Therefore its former denominations, Pechblende, pitch-iron-ore, &c. are no longer applicable, and must be… — Martin Heinrich Klaproth Copy Share Image
In the church is a memorial to Mrs. Sarah Hill, who bequeathed 1 pound annually, to be divided at Easter, between two… — Jerome K. Jerome Copy Share Image
It should be pointed out that some of the things done after the arrest of the Gang of Four were inconsistent with… — Deng Xiaoping Copy Share Image
I understand, probably more than anyone, what a threat Iraq was and the people that threatened Iraq was. I was beneath the… — Bernard Kerik Copy Share Image
From Memorial Day to Labor Day, you may wear white shoes. Not before and not after. As a command, the White Shoe… — Judith Martin Copy Share Image
Memorial Day is all about celebrating the lives of the men and women who paid the ultimate sacrifice in service to our… — Jan Schakowsky Copy Share Image
When you build a memorial, you build it not because the person wanted it, but for the future -- for generations who… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Without oblivion, there is no remembrance possible. When both oblivion and memory are wise, when the general soul of man is clear,… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
Decoration Day is the most beautiful of our national holidays… The grim cannon have turned into palm branches, and the shell and… — Thomas Bailey Aldrich Copy Share Image
Chance has never yet satisfied the hope of a suffering people. Action, self-reliance, the vision of self and the future have been… — Marcus Garvey Copy Share Image
Something that is supposed to typify or stand for something else. Many symbols are mere "survivals" - as funereal urns carved on… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Ceremonies are important. But our gratitude has to be more than visits to the troops, and once-a-year Memorial Day ceremonies. We honor… — Jennifer Granholm Copy Share Image
Happy Memorial Day! Honor our countries veterans and thank men you know that are in service. They've kept us safe, let them… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It is time to extend planning to a wider field, in this instance comprehending in one great project many states directly concerned… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
“The high courage and the supreme sacrifice of Americans who gave their lives in battle have made it possible for our land… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
When age chills the blood, when our pleasures are past - For years fleet away with the wings of the dove -… — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
Memorial Day this year is especially important as we are reminded almost daily of the great sacrifices that the men and women… — Robin Hayes Copy Share Image
“It is always easier, particularly in what was once a deeply religious country, to erect memorials and deliver sermons than to look… — Ian Buruma Copy Share Image
If you go to the Lincoln Memorial, the Second Inaugural is probably the most religious speech ever given by an American President.… — Newt Gingrich Copy Share Image
Veterans day is the day we honor the men and women who fought this nation's wars. It is a remembrance of the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We cherish too, the Poppy red That grows on fields where valor led, It seems to signal to the skies That blood… — Moina Michael Copy Share Image
It is an axiom in my mind that our liberty can never be safe but in the hands of the people themselves,… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Unless the peace that follows recognizes that the whole world is one neighborhood and does justice to the whole human race, the… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
However horrible the incidents of war may be, the soldier who is called upon to offer and to give his life for… — Douglas MacArthur Copy Share Image
I had two family members involved in World War I: two great-uncles. One of them is on a memorial in France. And… — Ben Barnes Copy Share Image
It is Memorial Day. Please take a moment to remember those service members who gave the ultimate sacrifice to protect the rights… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We should not take a Memorial Day recess until we pass a proper memorial for the slain students in Littleton, Colorado, and… — John Conyers Copy Share Image
Our cheer goes back to them, the valiant dead! Laurels and roses on their graves to-day, lilies and laurels over them we… — Richard Hovey Copy Share Image
God bless every soul that we lost. God bless the families who have to endure that loss, and God guide us to… — Rudy Giuliani Copy Share Image
“I don't want to be memorized for everyone. I want to stay real,endless and inchangeable for my parents, kids and their descendants.” — Alexander Zalan Copy Share Image