Tribute Quotes

“That’s the greatest tribute you could pay Ella.”

— Kathleen Morgan

A song that pays tribute to mothers was always on my bucket list.

— Jubin Nautiyal

Nature always levies her tribute.

— Gene Stratton-Porter

The greatest tribute to the dead is not grief but gratitude.

— Thornton Wilder

I do everything I do to pay tribute to my great-grandfather.

— Nik Wallenda

Hypocrisy is the tribute that vice pays to virtue.

— Grover Norquist

Envy is the biggest tribute that the shadows give to the man.

— Anonymous

No tribute is laid on castles in the air.

— Charles Churchill

CBS is planning a tribute to Dan Rather... the memo went out a month ago but everyone assumed it was a fake.

— Ann Coulter

It's not about battling the original artists when I record these songs, it's about paying tribute to them.

— Etta James

Every newspaper editor owes tribute to the devil. [Fr., Tout faiseur de journaux doit tribut au Malin.]

— Jean de La Fontaine

I'm never in my life going to do a record that's a tribute to myself. I don't need it.

— Quincy Jones

... Too often we fail to recognize and pay tribute to the creative spirit. It is that spirit that creates our jobs.

— Alfred P. Sloan

He is invariably in a hurry being in a hurry is one of the tributes he pays to life.

— Elizabeth Bibesco

Persecution is a tribute the great must always pay for preeminence.

— Oliver Goldsmith

There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards.

— Bible

“grief’s drink recipe is two parts tribute to the person you loved and four parts feeling sorry for yourself because you lost…

— Karen Marie Moning

It is my desire, by my presence and with my words, to pay tribute to your tireless work in defending and fostering…

— Raymond Leo Burke

I think What Dreams May Come is the most important (read effective) book I've written. It has caused a number of readers…

— Richard Matheson

What am I supposed to do if I go bald? Get a wig? Fat, goofy, gay, wig. I might as well get…

— Alan Carr

When Alexander had subdued the world, and wept that none were left to dispute his arms, his tears were an involuntary tribute…

— Jane Porter

Men decided that it was better to pay taxes than to fight among themselves; better to pay tribute to one magnificent robber…

— Will Durant

The best tribute we can pay Madiba is to ensure that our political debate focuses on issues of how best we can…

— Helen Zille

To win this league, the toughest league in the country, and to be outright champs is a tribute to their effort. It's…

— Thad Matta

My grandmother was determined that everyone feel a sense of optimism and opportunity. Marc and I want to make sure we're doing…

— Chelsea Clinton

Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man…

— George Washington

“We have no means of understanding a fraction of the thought and science and philosophy and law that have gone to make…

— V.S. Naipaul

To mark the 10-year anniversary of 9/11, I wanted to launch an FDNY shirt that pays tribute to the brave first responders…

— Mark Sanchez

Reality is a magic lady, sometimes very mysterious. To me she is very passionate. She is real not only when she is…

— Eduardo Galeano

French Kiss - A Love Letter to Paris, is a tribute to many of the wonderful moments of romance, beauty, hope, and…

— Peter Turnley

Not exactly. You see, Portia and I think that the coal miner thing's very overdone. No one will remember you in that.…

— Suzanne Collins

I consider part of lower Manhattan to be hallowed ground. Nearly 3,000 people lost their lives in the World Trade Center towers...…

— David Shuster

“Brad, I first saw you about twenty-five years ago at a Frontrunner's run around Silver Lake reservoir. I thought you were drop-dead…

— George Takei

“Edie Sedgwick (1943-1971) I don't know how she did it. Fire She was shaking all over. It took her hours to put…

— Patti Smith

“(This is from a tribute poem to Ronnie James Dio: Former lead vocalist of the band Rainbow, Black Sabbath. This is written…

— Munia Khan

The tribute that is due to the talents, the rectitude, and the patriotism which adorn the characters selected to devise and adopt…

— George Washington

“Of all public figures and benefactors of mankind, no one is loved by history more than the literary patron. Napoleon was just…

— Roman Payne

“He was a strong and noble lord with piercing eyes of grey. He sat upon his noble throne shining like the dawn.…

— Laurel A. Rockefeller

The vestiges of pagan religion in Christian symbology are undeniable. Egyptian sun disks became the halos ... The pre-Christian God Mithras ...…

— Dan Brown

I pay tribute to John Major's achievement in persuading the other 11 Community Heads of Government that they could move ahead to…

— Margaret Thatcher