Calm Quote by Clemantine Wamariya

“I'm not a big fan of memorials." "Oh yeah?" "A memorial implies that the only victims are the ones in the ground. I think…

— Mariko Tamaki

It is to be regretted that few persons who have arrived at any degree of eminence or fame, have written Memorials of themselves, at…

— Adam Clarke

Memorials become relics if they do not stir our modern conscience.

— Henry Waxman

Go to a nearby military cemetery and look at the American flags stuck on each grave and think of the person buried there who…

— Cindy Sheehan

There is great incongruity in this idea of monuments, since those to whom they are usually dedicated need no such recognition to embalm their…

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

If I have done any deed worthy of remembrance, that deed will be my monument. If not, no monument can preserve my memory.

— Agesilaus II

Memorial Day will be celebrated ... by the usual betrayal of the dead, by the hypocritical patriotism of the politicians and contractors preparing for…

— Howard Zinn

I don't want any memorials or a grave which my children would have to look after or feel guilty about. I don't want to…

— Naseeruddin Shah

A remembrance can mean nothing to the one remembered; it can only remind the ones left behind how little they did while you were…

— Sandra Bernhard

“I also remember being struck by de Sade's will, in which he asked that his ashes be scattered to the four corners of the…

— Luis Buñuel

Why do we not care to acknowledge them? The cattle, the body count. We still don't like to admit the war was even partly…

— Alan Bennett

Nowadays, many Americans have forgotten the meaning and traditions of Memorial Day. At cemeteries across the country, the graves of the fallen are sadly…

— Allen West