Tomb Quotes

200 Tomb quotes by 151 unique authors

The street curves in and out, up and down in great waves of asphalt; at night the granite tomb is noisy with starlings like the… — Charles Reznikoff
(The pig) hath a fair sepulchre in the grateful stomach of the judicious epicure - and for such a tomb might be content to die. — Charles Lamb
Abstract work, if one wishes to do it well, must be allowed to destroy one's humanity; one raises a monument which is at the same… — Bertrand Russell
It's more eerie to be alone in a city that's lit up and functioning than one that's a tomb. If everything were silent, one could… — Isaac Marion
I think at the moment we did not even want to break the seal [on the inner chamber of the tomb of Tutankhamen], for a… — Howard Carter
For a long time now my heart has had its shutters closed, its steps deserted, formerly a tumultuous hotel, but now empty and echoing like… — Gustave Flaubert
With education symmetrical and true we will take the dead mass buried by slavery's hand and touch them to life. This beauteous angel, which has… — William Tecumseh Vernon
I think there's really only been one successful video game adaptation, and that was probably 'Tomb Raider.' Whether or not you thought it was a… — David S. Goyer
Fate stalks us with depressing monotony from womb to tomb, and, when we are least expecting it, deals us a series of crushing blows from… — Hesketh Pearson
It is normal for me to wake and find myself writing in the dark... or to be out of my tomb, caught in an unearthly… — Elizabeth Kim
Our years Glide silently away. No tears, No loving orisons repair The wrinkled cheek, the whitening hair That drop forgotten to the tomb. — Horace
My day's work will begin again the next morning. The tomb is not a blind alley. — Victor Hugo
The reason the stone was rolled away on Jesus's tomb was not so that Jesus could get out, but so that we could get in. — Timothy Keller
Martin Luther King (Jr.) during the civil rights movement used to exclaim that he looked forward to heaven where he would be "Free at last."… — Billy Graham
Architecture is either the prophecy of an unformed society or the tomb of a finished one. — Lewis Mumford
Marriage is the tomb of love. — Giacomo Casanova
There are no stories without meaning. And I am one of those men who can find it even when others fail to see it. Afterwards… — Umberto Eco
The tomb was empty-the greatest security breach of all time.Yet that event gives lasting security to all God's people. — David Jeremiah
Once you touch the trappings of monarchy, like opening an Egyptian tomb, the inside is liable to crumble. — Anthony Sampson
Let there be no inscription upon my tomb; let no man write my epitaph: no man can write my epitaph. — Robert Emmet
Both Jewish and Roman sources and traditions admit an empty tomb. — Josh McDowell
The reason I know about 'Tomb Raider' is from when I was researching 'Elephant.' It was 1999, and I was trying to research the Columbine-massacre… — Gus Van Sant
Marriage is the grave or tomb of wit. — Margaret Cavendish
I found in one of the tombs an inscription saying, 'If you touch my tomb, you will be eaten by a crocodile and hippopotamus.' It… — Zahi Hawass
I absolutely fell in love with Moscow. It's one of those places where you can't help but trip over history at every turn. It's a… — Daniel Silva

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