Quotes About Statues

Niches set back in the walls contained polished marble statues of entwined bodies. Will looked away from them hastily, and then back. It wasn't as if Magnus seemed to be paying attention to what Will was doing, and he'd honestly never imagined two people could get themselves into a position like that, much less make it look artistic.

Maidens stand still, they are lovely statues and all admire them. Witches do not stand still. I was neither, but better that I err on the side of witchery, witchery that unlocks towers and empties ships.

Turkish opium-eaters, it seems, are absurd enough to sit, like so many equestrian statues, on logs of wood as stupid as themselves.

I couldn't help noticing certain parts of the statues have been polished to a high sheen by passing hands as the centuries passed. If it's a form of worship it is not much odder or more perverse than the saint's stone toe kissed to a stub by fervent lips.

Believers always break the statues of their former gods with every symptom of fury.

Sad! But So disrespectful to the people who made this great country what it is" "You may remove all the works of art you want and even those statues but the memory and the history will still survive even though you throw a baby tantrum...You are still a no count individual until you grow up...If the shoe fits, wear it proudly..

You may remove all the works of art you want and even those statues of which tax dollars paid for by your parents and grand parents. but the memory and the history will still survive even though you throw a baby tantrum...Your parents and grand parents are more important then your little mouse tantrum. You are still of a no count individual until you grow up...If the shoe fits, wear it proudly..??

Death is nature's way of saying "howdy." Statues

Statues of sports stars are all the rage - especially in baseball.

I'm not against pulling down our statues of Confederate generals and Confederate leaders.

It's not about composition. It's the way you feel about how your objects should relate to each other. I've got lots of African statues and things, and the cleaner arranges them like soldiers, which drives me mad. So I have to rearrange them, and I must drive her mad, because I'm doing anarchy and she's doing military manoeuvres.

In an imperfect world, full of imperfect leaders, there are countless statues that may not live up to our American values.

The great untruth around which everything pivots is the idea that the defenders of these statues are the defenders of history and truth; while those who want to see them toppled or contextualised are the Huns at the gate, who would destroy national histories and bring down great men.

The America that clings to Confederate statues and flags, and that jealously guards the social privileges white Americans have long enjoyed, form the stalwarts of Trump's base.

Confederate statues belong in a historical museum, not in a place of honor.

We have destroyed 80 percent of the statues. There is only small amount left and we will destroy that soon.

I grew up looking at the Grammys. It was a childhood infatuation with these people walking around with gold statues. I felt like they were the best, and that's why I started working so hard.

Delhi has statues and busts of so many politicians. But what about our artistes?

BJP and RSS leaders used to attack my government over the construction of Dalit memorials and statues, including of Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar, in Lucknow and Noida.

We've got to replace the statues of Jefferson Davis and JZ George in the U.S. Capitol, and the people of Mississippi ought to have a say in it.

The gentleman that succeeded Mr. Endicot was Mr. Richard Bellingham, one who was bred a lawyer, and one who lived beyond eighty, well esteemed for his laudable qualities, but as the Thebans made the statues of their magistrates without hands, importing that they must be no takers;

short-lived German-supported Ukrainian state, which the Donetsk–Krivoy Rog Republic had resisted. Now, she said, it was a ridiculous irony that Ukrainians were destroying statues of Lenin when they should be grateful to him.

If you have a strong informed opinion, don't keep it to yourself. Try to help people and make the world a better place. If you strive to do anything remotely interesting, just expect a small percentage of the population to always find a way to take it personally. F*ck 'em. There are no statues erected to critics.

Nunca ame sino sombras que transforme en estatuas y no sabia yo que no vivia Mi orgullo me iba transformando en piedra, hasta que tu, Rosia, despertando desnuda, despertaste mi sangre y mis deberes.