Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Quotes

In lapidary inscriptions a man is not upon oath.

Being Jewish has always been important to me. I now have 6M tattooed on the inside of my left arm. It's only a half-inch, but every time anyone sees it, they're reminded of the six million who perished, and so am I.

I started out as Keith Mitchell. I had done probably about ten years of television work under that name. Then my grandfather passed away in 1984. I wanted to honor him and his name.

We all wore a 21 patch that one season as a silent tribute to our deceased teammate Roberto.

Mourn for me rather as living than as dead.

Eulogy. Praise of a person who has either the advantages of wealth and power, or the consideration to be dead.

In my seaside town, there is a plethora of benches, each one bearing a little brass plate commemorating a deceased occupant. You sit with ghosts.

The term 'epitaph' itself means 'something to be spoken at a burial or engraved upon a tomb.' When an epitaph is a poem written for a tomb, and appears in a book, we are aware that we are not reading it in its proper form: we are reading a reproduction. The original of the epitaph is the tomb itself, with its words cut into the stone.

I've seen the video played over and over, and it replays in my head constantly. To be able to walk in his exact footsteps is an extremely huge honor, and I did this for him as much as I did it for my family to get some closure too.

By a museum, I assume you mean an institution dedicated to the events of Sept. 11 and the aftermath. If that is done with sensitivity, I think it would be most appropriate.

One morning every spring, for exactly two minutes, Israel comes to a stop. Pedestrians stand in place, drivers pull over to the side of the road, and nobody speaks, sings, eats, or drinks as the nation pays respect to the victims of the Nazi genocide. From the Mediterranean to the Dead Sea, the only sounds one hears are sirens.

A radio show recently did a beautiful eulogy of me.

The Vietnam memorial is a masterpiece. The names of the dead are listed there, chronologically. Just the names.

Pass this bill as the memorial to our late beloved President.

Permit me also to express my great admiration of the thoughts expressed by you, with such eloquent simplicity & appropriateness, at the consecration of the cemetery. I should be glad, if I could flatter myself that I came as near to the central idea of the occasion, in two hours, as you did in two minutes.

I love Remembrance Sunday.

I'm really excited to be a part of the 'Fallen Heroes' EP.

Marble statues, engraved with public inscriptions, by which the life and soul return after death to noble leaders.

I wanted to completely honor The REV and pay tribute to him and carry on the legacy that he intended with this record.

To us who remain behind is left this day of memories. Every year--in the full tide of spring, at the height of the symphony of flowers and love and life--there comes a pause, and through the silence we hear the lonely pipe of death.

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.

One last toast, to our friend, Owen Hart. We'll never forget you, buddy.

With the tears a Land hath shed. Their graves should ever be green.

A word is elegy to what it signifies.

This is what a memorial is: standing still, staring at something that isn’t ther