Quotes About Tribute

Robert G. Ingersoll was a great man. a wonderful intellect, a great soul of matchless courage, one of the great men of the earth -- and yet we have no right to bow down to his memory simply because he was great. Great orators, great soldiers, great lawyers, often use their gifts for a most unholy cause. We meet to pay a tribute of love and respect to Robert G. Ingersoll because he used his matchless power for the good of man. {Darrow's eulogy for Ingersoll at his funeral}

For Jean Dennis and in memory of John Dennis Prologue

You are not content with the vast millions of tribute we pay you annually under the operation of our revenue law, our navigation laws, your fishing bounties, and by making your people our manufacturers, our merchants, our shippers.

Dia de Los Muertos is a holiday that pays tribute to the dead and also celebrates life. So I thought, what better of an idea to bring it in with PETA and let people know how we can respect the living and the dead. Going vegetarian could be an incredible option for people if they would just educate themselves.

I got an opportunity to be on a tribute to the Rolling Stones in the late '90s and did a rockin' version of 'Paint It Black' - that's probably the biggest stretch of anything that I've personally done. I listen to a lot of different kinds of music, but I understand where my parameters are.

The popularity of an individual in life often only manifests itself in death.

they've even named a building after him," said Dimitri.

You know who was wonderful to work with? Was Paul Gleason, may he rest in peace.

I actually never knew Peter Green but I do respect his early work very much.

He took my music, but he gave me my name.

Hypocrisy, it is said, is "the tribute that vice pays to virtue.

hypocrisy is the tribute that vice pays to virtue

September 25, 2007 Paris To honor the death of Marcel Marceau I observed a minute of silence.

My mother still thinks of things to do for him. Light church candles, name a star, send money to somewhere.

You never know, until it happens, what you will owe the dead.

I love and admire the late actor Farooq Shaikh and his style of speaking.

I have at last got busy about Mummy's grave. . . . . The inscription I should like is: EDITH MARY TOLKIEN 1889-1971 Lúthien :brief and jejune, except for Lúthien , which says for me more than a multitude of words: for she was (and knew she was) my Lúthien. … I never called Edith Lúthien – but she was the source of the story that in time became the chief part of the Silmarillion . Letter 340 From a letter to Christopher Tolkien

For two consecutive Broadway seasons, I had probably the best juvenile roles there were for an actor. Then I moved to California to recreate my role in the film version of 'Tribute.' I started working in film and television after that, and 38 years blew by!

I feel like, paying homage to an artist, it's better to do something that's inspired by them - a new work that's inspired by them - versus another person saying they redid your song.

There is nothing triumphant or boastful in the way we mourn the dead and pay our veterans the respect they deserve.

Logan was talking about the Civil War, which claimed the lives of more than 500,000 Americans. He wanted to provide Civil War veterans with a day to pay respects to their fellow soldiers who did not live to see the end of the war, without losing a day's pay.

We will always hear the vibrations of Ennio's music and feel it in our hearts.

Many old music hall fans were present at the funeral today of Fred 'Chuckles' Jenkins, Britain's oldest and unfunniest comedian. In tribute, the vicar read out one of Fred's jokes, and the congregation had two minutes silence.

And there's the Victoria Memorial, built as a memorial to Victoria.