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Monument Quotes

The child as a monument to the passion of two people; the will to oneness in two Picture Quote #1

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 before the implacable iron bars Picture Quote #1

For what is history, but... huge libel on human nature, to which we industriously add page after page, volume after volume, as if we were holding up a monument to the honor, rather than the infamy of our species Picture Quote #1

The marble keeps merely a cold and sad memory of a man who would else be forgotten. No man who needs a monument ever ought to have one Picture Quote #1

I am too tired, I must try to rest and sleep, otherwise I am lost in every respect. What an effort to keep alive! Erecting a monument does not require an expenditure of so much strength Picture Quote #1

At last, in 1611, was made, under the auspices of King James, the famous King James version; and this is the great literary monument of the English language Picture Quote #1

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We infer the spirit of the nation in great measure from the language, which is a sort of monument, to which each forcible individual in a course of many hundred years has contributed a stone Picture Quote #1

Allow yourself a moment of grief when life’s misfortunes visit you. However, do not spend your days building a monument in honor of them Picture Quote #1

Those only deserve a monument who do not need one; that is, who have raised themselves a monument in the minds and memories of men Picture Quote #1

We see how flies, and spiders, and the like, get a sepulchre in amber, more durable than the monument and embalming of the body of any king Picture Quote #1

If I have done any honorable exploit, that is my monument; but if I have done none, all your statues will signify nothing Picture Quote #1

Tombs are the clothes of the dead. A grave is but a plain suit, and a rich monument is one embroidered Picture Quote #1

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His biography is written in blood and tears; uncounted millions arise and call him blessed! A redeemed and reunited republic is his monument Picture Quote #1

Honor is the most capricious in her rewards. She feeds us with air, and often pulls down our house, to build our monument Picture Quote #1

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 shalt lie, unknown. Marbles keep not themselves; how then, keep thee? Picture Quote #1

Tombs are the clothes of the dead and a grave is a plain suit; while an expensive monument is one with embroidery Picture Quote #1

And the wind shall say: Here were decent godless people: Their only monument the asphalt road and a thousand lost golf balls Picture Quote #1

A man working is a symbol of mankind at its best. It is a monument of concentration, of pooling knowledge and experience, of fitting facts and figures, towards the creation of usefulness Picture Quote #1

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Forming and breaking in the sky, I fancy all shapes are there; temple, mountain, monument, spire; ships rigged out with sails of fire, and blown by the evening air Picture Quote #1

At any moment, man must decide, for better or for worse, what will be the monument of his existence Picture Quote #1

I started studying what the nature of a monument is and what a monument should be. And for the World War III memorial I designed a futile, almost terrifying passage that ends nowhere Picture Quote #1

I think that’s become passe, but if you can surround yourself with a kind of monument to yourself and your family - a statement - and you can afford it, then that’s a noble project Picture Quote #1

If you seek Hamilton’s monument, look around. You are living in it. We honor Jefferson, but live in Hamilton’s country, a mighty industrial nation with a strong central government Picture Quote #1

It seems to me the Washington Monument is a symbol of America’s power. It has been the symbol of our great nation. We look at the symbol and we say ‘this is one nation under God.’ Picture Quote #1

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Of all the men that have run for president in the twentieth century, only George McGovern truly understood what a monument America could be to the human race Picture Quote #1

The bust of Colonel Sanders stands as a monument to cruelty and has no place in the Kentucky state Capitol Picture Quote #1

Let your baby’s birthday serve as a monument to the days when you and your spouse used to have sex Picture Quote #1

Boswell’s Johnson is the word made flesh... an extemporaneous man talking himself into the thick of every occasion (in a world ofoccasions if nothing else) and therefore no monument at all but all that can be saved of a man alive in the pages of a book Picture Quote #1

The monument of death will outlast the memory of the dead. The Pyramids do not tell the tale which was confided to them; the living fact commemorates itself Picture Quote #1

In all my shows, I’m not interested in the iconic shots of the Capitol and the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial. I’m always interested in trying to get the culture of the place - trying to get it right Picture Quote #1

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The child as a monument to the passion of two people; the will to oneness in two (Monument Quotes) 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 before the implacable iron bars (Monument Quotes) For what is history, but... huge libel on human nature, to which we industriously add page after page, volume after volume, as if we were holding up a monument to the honor, rather than the infamy of our species (Monument Quotes) The marble keeps merely a cold and sad memory of a man who would else be forgotten. No man who needs a monument ever ought to have one (Monument Quotes) I am too tired, I must try to rest and sleep, otherwise I am lost in every respect. What an effort to keep alive! Erecting a monument does not require an expenditure of so much strength (Monument Quotes) At last, in 1611, was made, under the auspices of King James, the famous King James version; and this is the great literary monument of the English language (Monument Quotes) We infer the spirit of the nation in great measure from the language, which is a sort of monument, to which each forcible individual in a course of many hundred years has contributed a stone (Monument Quotes) Allow yourself a moment of grief when life’s misfortunes visit you. However, do not spend your days building a monument in honor of them (Monument Quotes) Those only deserve a monument who do not need one; that is, who have raised themselves a monument in the minds and memories of men (Monument Quotes) We see how flies, and spiders, and the like, get a sepulchre in amber, more durable than the monument and embalming of the body of any king (Monument Quotes) If I have done any honorable exploit, that is my monument; but if I have done none, all your statues will signify nothing (Monument Quotes) Tombs are the clothes of the dead. A grave is but a plain suit, and a rich monument is one embroidered (Monument Quotes) His biography is written in blood and tears; uncounted millions arise and call him blessed! A redeemed and reunited republic is his monument (Monument Quotes) Honor is the most capricious in her rewards. She feeds us with air, and often pulls down our house, to build our monument (Monument Quotes) 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 shalt lie, unknown. Marbles keep not themselves; how then, keep thee? (Monument Quotes) Tombs are the clothes of the dead and a grave is a plain suit; while an expensive monument is one with embroidery (Monument Quotes) And the wind shall say: Here were decent godless people: Their only monument the asphalt road and a thousand lost golf balls (Monument Quotes) A man working is a symbol of mankind at its best. It is a monument of concentration, of pooling knowledge and experience, of fitting facts and figures, towards the creation of usefulness (Monument Quotes) Forming and breaking in the sky, I fancy all shapes are there; temple, mountain, monument, spire; ships rigged out with sails of fire, and blown by the evening air (Monument Quotes) At any moment, man must decide, for better or for worse, what will be the monument of his existence (Monument Quotes) I started studying what the nature of a monument is and what a monument should be. And for the World War III memorial I designed a futile, almost terrifying passage that ends nowhere (Monument Quotes) I think that’s become passe, but if you can surround yourself with a kind of monument to yourself and your family - a statement - and you can afford it, then that’s a noble project (Monument Quotes) If you seek Hamilton’s monument, look around. You are living in it. We honor Jefferson, but live in Hamilton’s country, a mighty industrial nation with a strong central government (Monument Quotes) It seems to me the Washington Monument is a symbol of America’s power. It has been the symbol of our great nation. We look at the symbol and we say ‘this is one nation under God.’ (Monument Quotes) Of all the men that have run for president in the twentieth century, only George McGovern truly understood what a monument America could be to the human race (Monument Quotes) The bust of Colonel Sanders stands as a monument to cruelty and has no place in the Kentucky state Capitol (Monument Quotes) Let your baby’s birthday serve as a monument to the days when you and your spouse used to have sex (Monument Quotes) Boswell’s Johnson is the word made flesh... an extemporaneous man talking himself into the thick of every occasion (in a world ofoccasions if nothing else) and therefore no monument at all but all that can be saved of a man alive in the pages of a book (Monument Quotes) The monument of death will outlast the memory of the dead. The Pyramids do not tell the tale which was confided to them; the living fact commemorates itself (Monument Quotes) In all my shows, I’m not interested in the iconic shots of the Capitol and the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial. I’m always interested in trying to get the culture of the place - trying to get it right (Monument Quotes)

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