--- title: "9 Mummified Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 9 Mummified quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Mummified sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b1/vineet-raj-kapoor-11895_idea_poems-are-mummified-ideas-2451770_2451770.jpg" --- > [“Poems are mummified ideas”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vineet-raj-kapoor/poems-are-mummified-ideas/) [Vineet Raj Kapoor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vineet-raj-kapoor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b1/vineet-raj-kapoor-11895_idea_poems-are-mummified-ideas-2451770_2451770.jpg) > [A prettiness mummified by years of chalk dust.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-eder/a-prettiness-mummified-by-years-of-chalk-dust/) [Richard Eder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-eder/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/489/richard-eder-57253_chalk_a-prettiness-mummified-by-years-of-chalk_1755701.jpg) > [Being polite does not mean being mummified.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-martin/being-polite-does-not-mean-being-mummified/) [Judith Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-martin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ec/judith-martin-1927_being_being-polite-does-not-mean-being-mummifi_1258193.png) > [When the poet died his cat was put to death and mummified.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/petrarch/when-the-poet-died-his-cat-was-put-to-death-and-mummified/) [Petrarch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/petrarch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/00c/petrarch-6716_cat_when-the-poet-died-his-cat-was-put-to-de_3103446.png) > [“Never touch a mummified body part if you don’t know where it’s been. That’s my motto.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-stroud/never-touch-a-mummified-body-part-if-you-don-t-know-where-it-s-been/) [Jonathan Stroud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-stroud/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a5d/jonathan-stroud-3021_motto_never-touch-a-mummified-body-part-if-you_2843437.png) > [“Even gods decay. Like, in 1890 somebody sold off thousands of mummified Ancient Egyptian sacred cats - \_for fertilizer\_. Get the point?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-gash/even-gods-decay-like-in-1890-somebody-sold-off-thousands-of-mummified/) [Jonathan Gash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-gash/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96c/jonathan-gash-30071_ancient-egypt_even-gods-decay-like-in-1890-somebody-so_75088.jpg) > [The fact is that the British Museum had a complete specimen of a dodo in their collection up until the 18th century…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-savage/the-fact-is-that-the-british-museum-had-a-complete-specimen-of-a-dodo/) [Adam Savage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-savage/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea5/adam-savage-4716_18th-century_the-fact-is-that-the-british-museum-had_920781.jpg) > [No tabloid will ever print the startling news that the mummified body of Jesus of Nazareth has been discovered in old Jerusalem.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/no-tabloid-will-ever-print-the-startling-news-that-the-mummified-body/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f43/anonymous-1_body_no-tabloid-will-ever-print-the-startling_2748285.jpg) > [“In Bruges he had carried out a work which was anonymous and brought no glory, but was seen as admirable once it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georges-rodenbach/in-bruges-he-had-carried-out-a-work-which-was-anonymous-and-brought/) [Georges Rodenbach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/georges-rodenbach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40e/georges-rodenbach-9570_bruges_in-bruges-he-had-carried-out-a-work-whic_557928.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mummified/#itemlist", "name": "Mummified Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Poems are mummified ideas”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Vineet Raj Kapoor" }, 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