Relics Quotes

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Any relic of the dead is precious, if they were valued living. — Emily Bronte
The events of human life, whether public or private, are so intimately linked to architecture that most observers can reconstruct nations or individuals in all… — Honore de Balzac
One [idea] was that the Universe started its life a finite time ago in a single huge explosion, and that the present expansion is a… — Fred Hoyle
What needs my Shakespeare for his honour'd bones,- The labour of an age in piled stones? Or that his hallow'd relics should be hid Under… — John Milton
We discovered, like infants opening their eyes for the first time, that God's coming upon earth out of love for us had radically changed the… — Chiara Lubich
The belief that words have a meaning of their own account is a relic of primitive word magic, and it is still a part of… — Charles Kay Ogden
Gold is a relic from a time when government's were less trustworthy in these matters (currency debasement) than they are now. — John Maynard Keynes
Stories are relics, part of an undiscovered pre-existing world. — Stephen King
Nature in America has always been suspect, on the defensive, cannibalized by progress. In America, every specimen becomes a relic. — Susan Sontag
The word revolution itself has become not only a dead relic of Leftism, but a key to the deadendedness of male politics: the revolution of… — Adrienne Rich
I no longer knew whether it was raindrops or my own tears that were flowing down my cheeks, and I hated to have to drag… — Ingrid Betancourt
Surveillance induced morality: relics of cultural retardation. — Marc Maron
There are a lot of very brilliant people who believe that the nation-state is fast becoming a relic of the past, — William J. Clinton
I am intrigued with combining the remnant of memories, fragments of relics and ordinary objects, with the components of technology. It's a way of delving… — Betye Saar
Our knowledge of the historical worth of certain religious doctrines increases our respect for them, but does not invalidate our proposal that they should cease… — Sigmund Freud
Americans will be amazed to find ho many of the modern dance steps are relics of the African heritage. — Paul Robeson
Our mind has its history, just as our body has its history. You might be just as astonished that man has an appendix, for instance.… — Carl Jung
Memorials become relics if they do not stir our modern conscience. — Henry Waxman
In truth, the gold standard is already a barbarous relic. — John Maynard Keynes
What I think about when I frequent the Museum of Natural History, the Metropolitan [Museum of Art], and I look at these artifacts that are… — Nick Cave

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