As the chief speaker at the dedication of the national cemetery at the Gettysburg Battlefield, statesman Edward Everett wrote to Lincoln: I… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Surrealism will usher you into death, which is a secret society. It will glove your hand, burying therein the profound M with… — Andre Breton Copy Share Image
The Russian dramatist is one who, walking through a cemetery, does not see the flowers on the graves. The American dramatist .… — George Jean Nathan Copy Share Image
Cemeteries have always had a lure for me. They are well kept, free from ambiguity, logical, virile, and alive. In cemeteries you… — Gunter Grass Copy Share Image
The Emperor himself amassed his great riches. The older he grew, the greater became his greed, his pitiable cupidity... he and his… — Haile Selassie Copy Share Image
“My ghost is the only soul who ever comes to cry on my grave... Only the skies cried sincerely on my funeral.” — Simona Panova Copy Share Image
Many of the cemeteries are beautiful, and are kept in perfect order. When one goes from the levee or the business streets… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
I always remember an epitaph which is in the cemetery at Tombstone, Arizona. It says: 'Here lies Jack Williams. He done his… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
I sit at my desk each night with no place to go, opening the wrinkled maps of Milwaukee and Buffalo, the whole… — Anne Sexton Copy Share Image
I had A Lover's Quarrel With The World Robert Lee Frost (Old Bennington Cemetery, Bennington, Vermont) Our Darling Eva We Love You. — Eva Gabor Copy Share Image
“Boy, when you're dead, they really fix you up. I hope to hell when I do die somebody has sense enough to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The Cemetery of Forgotten Books is a metaphor, not just for books but for ideas, for language, for knowledge, for beauty, for… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon Copy Share Image
I have two brothers buried in the military cemetery in Texas. I don't want to see any more of that. — F. Murray Abraham Copy Share Image
I'm single. I don't have a family. I certainly don't have to work. I don't want to be the richest man in… — Benny Hill Copy Share Image
Stealing ideas from contemporaries is rude and tasteless. Stealing from the long dead is considered literary and admirable. The same is true… — N.D. Wilson Copy Share Image
I wrote for magazines. I wrote adventure stuff, I wrote for the 'National Enquirer,' I wrote advertising copy for cemeteries. — Walter Dean Myers Copy Share Image
“Cemeteries are full of unfulfilled dreams... countless echoes of 'could have' and 'should have'… countless books unwritten… countless songs unsung... I want… — Steve Maraboli Copy Share Image
Nowadays, many Americans have forgotten the meaning and traditions of Memorial Day. At cemeteries across the country, the graves of the fallen… — Allen West Copy Share Image
On the other hand, now that I'm not dependent on fiction for my income, I've been writing more short stories despite the… — George Stephen Copy Share Image
If they don't let me coach, they might as well take me to the Lexington cemetery. — Adolph Rupp Copy Share Image
