Preservation of History Quotes

Look at the walls of Pompeii. That's what got the internet started.

Sometimes, I feel that Manhattan in particular has gotten really tame and gentrified or something.

I hope that memory is valued - that we do not lose memory.

I hear what people have said about what they want to see the Opera House used for and what they don't want to see it used for.

I guess that anything we manage to save from history is a miracle.

Our duty is to preserve what the past has had to say for itself, and to say for ourselves what shall be true for the future.

The reverence for the Scriptures is an element of civilization, for thus has the history of the world been preserved, and is preserved.

My father was an Austrian, and he brought some Torahs over to this country, ancient Torahs that were slipped out of Germany.

For me, to put together my museum and all my remembrances was a big effort mentally, physically and monetarily.

True small-c conservatives should fight at every turn to preserve basic standards of conduct and institutions that have served our nation well.

Anyone who wants bookstores to survive is portrayed as a Luddite who goes around smashing up Kindles.

Thank God for novelists. Thank God there are people willing to write everything down. Otherwise, so much would be forgotten.

I'm not super-conservative, but a bit of tradition is nice.

We can't let the past be forgotten.

The statues are no big issue. They are only objects made of mud or stone.

I have collected all the writings of the Empire and burnt those which were of no use.

The true picture of the past flits by. The past can be seized only as an image which flashes up at the instant when it can be recognized and is never seen again.

And little he knew of the things that ink may do, how it can mark a dead man's thought for the wonder of later years, and tell of happening that are gone clean away, and be a voice for us out of the dark of time, and save many a fragile thing from the pounding of heavy ages; or carry to us, over the rolling centuries, even a song from lips long dead on forgotten hills.

History will die if not irritated. The only service I can do to my profession is to serve as a flea.

Like Venice, Italy, New Orleans is a cultural treasure. And everyone who lived in the city should be allowed to come back. But that doesn't mean that they all should live in exactly the same spot that they lived before.

Argumentative exhibitions bring issues to life in a way that very much irritates traditional curators who want to see their pictures valued for themselves.

History can't be left to fend for itself. For when it comes to history and beliefs and values, we turn our future on the lathe of the past.

Visiting a museum is a matter of going from void to void.

Isn't it astonishing that all these secrets have been preserved for so many years just so we could discover them!

Federal support for Morristown National Historic Park and the inclusion of additional lands present a unique opportunity for our government to express its commitment to preserving our past. Failing to do so may allow these historically important lands to go unprotected.