Monument Quotes

273 Monument quotes by 228 unique authors

Many women have described their experiences of childbirth as being associated with a spiritual uplifting, the power of which they have never previously been aware.… — Grantly Dick-Read
You'll never forget October 9, 2005, ... Every time you see the National Mall, every time you see that [Capitol] building back there, every time… — Luis Palau
God was on the move; God is on the move; and God will always be on the move. Those who walk with God and listen… — Scot McKnight
People in suburbia see trees differently than foresters do. They cherish every one. It is useless to speak of the probability that a certain tree… — Roger Swain
For more than half a century, during which kingdoms and empires have fallen, this Union has stood unshaken. The patriots who formed it have long… — Zachary Taylor
When I spoke at the St. Lawrence Seaway ceremonies in 1969, I borrowed some words from the monument there which I had joined Queen Elizabeth… — Richard M. Nixon
Ultimately, the roast turkey must be regarded as a monument to Boomer's love. — Tom Robbins
The poets scrolls will outlive the monuments of stone. Genius survives; all else is claimed by death. — Edmund Spenser
The main duty of the historian of mathematics, as well as his fondest privilege, is to explain the humanity of mathematics, to illustrate its greatness,… — George Sarton
I turned down the OBE because its not a club you want to join when you look at the villains whove got it. Its all… — Ken Loach
Even as water carves monuments of stone, so do our thoughts shape our character. — Hugh B. Brown
I should be proud to have my memory graced, but only if the monument be placed... here, where I endured three hundred hours in line… — Anna Akhmatova
Monuments! what are they? the very pyramids have forgotten their builders, or to whom they were dedicated. Deeds, not stones, are the true monuments of… — John Lothrop Motley
Richard Nixon has never been one of my favorite people anyway. For years I've regarded his existence as a monument to all the rancid genes… — Hunter S. Thompson
George McGovern, for all his mistakes... understands what a fantastic monument to all the best instincts of the human race this country might have been,… — Hunter S. Thompson
What excites and interests the looker-on at life, what the romances and the statues celebrate, and the grim civic monuments remind us of, is the… — William James
London, black as crows and noisy as ducks, prudish with all the vices in evidence, everlastingly drunk, in spite of ridiculous laws about drunkenness, immense,… — Paul Verlaine
The sanctity of our battlefields, monuments, and veterans institutions is of utmost importance to preserve military history and pay respect to those who fought. — Henry Waxman
When you hear of a notorious sinner, instead of thinking you do well to be angry, beg of Jesus Christ to convert, and make him… — George Whitefield
The career of a great man remains an enduring monument of human energy. The man dies and disappears, but his thoughts and acts survive and… — Samuel Smiles
Monuments are for the living, not the dead. — Frank Wedekind
I beseech those whose piety will permit them reverently to petition, that they will pray for this union, and ask that He who buildeth up… — Sam Houston
Against my protests a mausoleum was built on the Red Square, a monument unbecoming and offensive to the revolutionary consciousness. — Leon Trotsky
I was also reminded of one of the unique charms of NYC in the summer: vast piles of rotting garbage piled on the sidewalks, with… — Andrew Sullivan
Moreover, the sciences are monuments devoted to the public good; each citizen owes to them a tribute proportional to his talents. While the great men,… — Charles-Augustin de Coulomb

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