Abbey Quote by Karl Philipp Moritz

Monuments! what are they? the very pyramids have forgotten their builders, or to whom they were dedicated. Deeds, not stones, are the true monuments…

— John Lothrop Motley

Most monuments are not something you're going to keep me out of. And I go to a lot of monuments.

— Rob Huebel

In every block of marble I see a statue as plain as though it stood before me, shaped and perfect in attitude and action.…

— Anonymous

Monuments may be builded to express the affection or pride of friends, or to display their wealth, but they are only valuable for the…

— James A. Garfield

If so men's memories not a monument be, None shalt thou have. Warm hearts, and not cold stone, Must mark thy grave, or thou…

— John Vance Cheney

To look at and properly appreciate the British Museum is the work of a lifetime.

— M. E. W. Sherwood

Who could look on these monuments without reflecting on the vanity of mortals in thus offering up testimonials of their respect for persons of…

— Marguerite Gardiner

“I mean seeing the Elgin marbles this morning gave me the same feeling and I didn’t know, don’t know whether I’m in Rome or…

— H.D

I don't mind being a symbol but I don't want to become a monument. There are monuments all over the Parliament Buildings and I've…

— Tommy Douglas

Yeah! I went to the set of Monuments Men.

— Don Cheadle

The marble keeps merely a cold and sad memory of a man who would else be forgotten. No man who needs a monument ever…

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

I especially remember that on All Souls Day, when so many people wanted new monuments for the graves, our whole family pitched in. I…

— Ludwig Mies van der Rohe