Who could look on these monuments without reflecting on the vanity of mortals in thus offering up testimonials of their respect for persons of whose very names posterity is ignorant?

The Temple of Diana is in the vicinity of the fountain, which has given rise to the conjecture that it originally constituted a portion of the ancient baths.

Here Fashion is a despot, and no one dreams of evading its dictates.

Tears may be dried up, but the heart - never.

The chief prerequisite for a escort is to have a flexible conscience and an inflexible politeness.

Happiness consists not in having much, but in being content with little.

Arles is certainly one of the most interesting towns I have ever seen, whether viewed as a place remarkable for the objects of antiquity it contains, or for the primitive manners of its inhabitants and its picturesque appearance.

Talent, like beauty, to be pardoned, must be obscure and unostentatious.

I see little alteration at Lyons since I formerly passed through it. Its manufactories are, nevertheless, flourishing, though less improvement than could be expected is visible in the external aspect of the place.

In France, a woman may forget that she is neither young nor handsome; for the absence of these claims to attention does not expose her to be neglected by the male sex.

We never respect those who amuse us, however we may smile at their comic powers.

Yes, the meeting of dear friends atones for the regret of separation; and like it so much enhances affection, that after absence one wonders how one has been able to stay away from them so long.

Who could look on these monuments without reflecting on the vanity of mortals in thus offering up testimonials of their respect for persons of whose very names posterity is ignorant?

When we bring back with us the objects most dear, and find those we left unchanged, we are tempted to doubt the lapse of time; but one link in the chain of affection broken, and every thing seems altered.

A mothers love O holy boundless thing Fountain whose waters never cease to spring

Conversation is the legs on which thought walks; and writing, the wings by which it flies.

Satire, like conscience, reminds us of what we often wish to forget.

The vices of the rich and great are mistaken for error; and those of the poor and lowly, for crimes.

We are more prone to murmur at the punishment of our faults than to lament them.

The sanctity of our battlefields, monuments, and veterans institutions is of utmost importance to preserve military history and pay respect to those who fought.

I'm thrilled of the acceptance I get abroad. The people are so hearty, warm and grateful and I feel privileged having seen so many countries and some of the greatest monuments.

As I passed along the side walls of Westminster Abbey, I hardly saw any thing but marble monuments of great admirals, but which were all too much loaded with finery and ornaments, to make on me at least, the intended impression.

People should have freedom in their pilgrimages and tours. They should come and visit historical monuments and sites - let's say the sites around Iran - where they can easily engage in wide- scale contacts with others.

Some time ago, we went to Asia and took a camera along, and I began to do what I'd done even years ago doing people. I couldn't get interested in it. And I did hundreds of photographs of details of the monuments as sculpture.

My hope lies with people who never go to Washington except to see the monuments.

Protecting all this land, working with the President to establish all these monuments, to, you know... I think the President has a land protection record that's second to no one in this century, maybe Teddy Roosevelt.

There are thousands of Ten Commandments plaques or monuments all over the country, and lawsuits to remove them have popped up in more than a dozen states.

Monuments are for the living, not the dead.

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 seen what the pigeons do to them.

Our democracy is not a product but a continual process. It is preserved not by monuments but deeds. Sometimes it needs refining; sometimes it needs amending; sometimes it needs defending. Always, it needs improving.

Mountains are earth's undecaying monuments.

The poets' scrolls will outlive the monuments of stone. Genius survives; all else is claimed by death.

When smashing monuments, save the pedestals - they always come in handy.

Monuments and archaeological pieces serve as testimonies of man's greatness and establish a dialogue between civilizations showing the extent to which human beings are linked.

Well, I think everybody's a little jealous of the Vietnam Wall, even people from wars that already have good monuments. You have a monument like the Wall and nobody ever forgets your war, you can bet on that.

Art is very tricky because it's what you do for yourself. It's much harder for me to make those works than the monuments or the architecture.

Peace has its victories no less than war, but it doesn't have as many monuments to unveil.

Memory is the treasure house of the mind wherein the monuments thereof are kept and preserved.

I think the people will- who advocate having a step back and read those public opinion polls on the front page of the newspapers all over this country saying public supports restoration in restoration of the Everglades, protection of the parks and the creation of monuments.

The monuments of the nations are all protests against nothingness after death; so are statues and inscriptions; so is history.

Instead of causing us to remember the past like the old monuments, the new monuments seem to cause us to forget the future.

What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.

Who could look on these monuments without reflecting on the vanity of mortals in thus offering up testimonials of their respect for persons of whose very names posterity is ignorant?

They can see the brave silhouette from almost anywhere in the District of Columbia and use it as a compass to locate other monuments and eventually to find their way out of the great, gray federal wilderness.

It is unacceptable that disabled veterans in Illinois rank at the bottom of the list when it comes to disability pay. We owe our disabled veterans more than speeches, parades and monuments.

'Monuments Men' is not a docudrama. It's not a documentary.

Are there any monuments built to demagogues? I just don't think so.

And so with all things: names were vital and important.

I am financing the recording myself. So I have no big names to drop.