And I hereby distinctly and emphatically declare that I…

And so, little by little, I gradually divested myself of pretty nearly all of the guest conducting I used to do, because I was…

— James Levine

The world, which the Greeks called Beauty, has been made such by being gradually divested of every ornament which was not fitted to endure.

— Henry David Thoreau

One might just as well trust in the "good luck" of a rabbit's foot as to hope for spiritual benefit from a Catholic scapular,…

— Dave Hunt

[My advice] will one day be found With other relics of 'a former world,' When this world shall be former, underground, Thrown topsy-turvy, twisted,…

— Lord Byron

One [idea] was that the Universe started its life a finite time ago in a single huge explosion, and that the present expansion is…

— Fred Hoyle

By this action, the Government has proved that so long as it exists, none of us are truly free. Government and freedom are mutually…

— Max Barry

I am intrigued with combining the remnant of memories, fragments of relics and ordinary objects, with the components of technology. It's a way of…

— Betye Saar

Although Damascus is considered the oldest city in the world, the date of its foundation going beyond tradition, there are very few relics of…

— Bayard Taylor

If education really educates, there will, in time, be more and more citizens who understand that relics of the old West add meaning and…

— Aldo Leopold

I consider myself extremely lucky to have been born and raised in London, and to have had on my doorstep this most fascinating of…

— Jean Plaidy

“One can trace the relics of this former happiness in the trim shapes of the buildings, the occasional graceful churches, and the evidences of…

— H.P. Lovecraft

New dramatic writing has banished conversational dialogue from the stage as a relic of dramaturgy based on conflict and exchange: any story, intrigue or…

— Patrice Pavis

The word revolution itself has become not only a dead relic of Leftism, but a key to the deadendedness of male politics: the revolution…

— Adrienne Rich

The Earth was small, light blue, and so touchingly alone, our home that must be defended like a holy relic. The Earth was absolutely…

— Alexey Leonov

It is by far the most elegant worship, hardly excepting the Greek mythology. What with incense, pictures, statues, altars, shrines, relics, and the real…

— Lord Byron