I'm hugely fond of Scotland. My daughter, Jemma, was born in the Simpson Memorial Maternity Hospital in Edinburgh, and it always tickled… — Rick Wakeman Copy Share Image
Those who first oppose a good work, seize it and make it their own, when the cornerstone is laid and memorial tablets… — Edgar Lee Masters Copy Share Image
As a memorial, I'd like a statue. Not of me, but a little modern statue, in marble or bronze, maybe of a… — Maeve Binchy Copy Share Image
The United States' poetry emerged when there was a high literacy rate in the United States, even in the 19th century. People… — Eavan Boland Copy Share Image
If you threw a barbecue yesterday for the Memorial weekend, it was 29 percent more expensive than last year because Barack Obama's… — Michele Bachmann Copy Share Image
“Growing up, I always had a soldier mentality. As a kid I wanted to be a soldier, a fighter pilot, a covert… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
For a few ticks of the clock I am here, uncomprehending, attempting to make some record or memorial of this eternal passage,… — Louis J. Halle Copy Share Image
Peace is the real and right memorial for those who have died in war. — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
“I watched as people went to the memorial reading the names. I started at the first entry from 1954. I read each… — Janelle Gray Copy Share Image
But we cannot rely on memorials and museums alone. We can tell ourselves we will never forget and we likely won't. But… — Dan Rather Copy Share Image
I can't think of a more wonderful thanksgiving for the life I have had than that everyone should be jolly at my… — Lord Mountbatten Copy Share Image
After the Great Depression and after public urging, a nationwide public competition was held to determine a design for a memorial that… — Russ Carnahan Copy Share Image
I was hesitant to approach people. I'm socially awkward. But I was working on a number of memorials, and finally it dawned… — Jenny Holzer Copy Share Image
But fame is theirs - and future days On pillar'd brass shall tell their praise; Shall tell - when cold neglect is… — Philip Freneau Copy Share Image
Nothing is more certainly written in the book of fate than that these people are to be free. Nor is it less… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“Not everyone who died had left a "memory" and not everyone who had left a memory had left a "blessed" one. Therefore,… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
Our legacy is really the lives we touch, the inspiration we give, altering someone's plan - if even for a moment -… — Carrie Hamilton Copy Share Image
A considerable percentage of the people we meet on the street are people who are empty inside, that is, they are actually… — G. I. Gurdjieff Copy Share Image
“Marshall wished he knew what to call her, wished he could memorialize her somehow. There was dignity in eulogies, in little ribbons… — Aaron Dries Copy Share Image
I am weary seeing our laboring classes so wretchedly housed, fed, and clothed, while thousands of dollars are wasted every year over… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton Copy Share Image
“His face looked almost as gray as his suit, and the pouches beneath his eyes looked like little bags for holding all… — Phyllis Reynolds Naylor Copy Share Image
