Quotes About Remembrance

Of the three legions' fifteen thousand men, few survived to tell the tale.

Nice day for a funeral.

Even though I was away from the public eye, I was in the public memory.

An army took on the Union; an army lost. That nation, the Confederate States, lost. And if - that flag - in terms of publicly or state-sponsored things, or local or county or city-sponsored things - should be forever wiped from the memory, because that side lost.

You know, when you've idolized something, you put it on a shelf, lift it up, and when King Day comes out, you pull it out and show it. Or when Black History Month comes out, you show it, or when April 4th or other times, you show it. But, you see, Dad wouldn't want us to idolize.

I forget stuff. Guess I took a few too many punches.

I love looking at the old Bond films. Maybe it's purely out of reminiscence, the nostalgic things you think about. But there were some very good films made, and I think that the public has enjoyed them, too.

The fact that my mother's life was cut short is something that pushes me to always move forward and live the best life I possibly can. In a way, I feel like I can take her along with me through every experience, and in that sense, her beautiful energy and spirit will live on.

George Floyd had a rich and loving life that was taken from him.

Sen. Akaka never forgot the cost of war on our country.

Forgotten is forgiven.

I think it is very important that films make people look at what they've forgotten.

To be forgotten, is to die a little.

After I die, I'll be forgotten.

Trayvon exposed a lot of things. I think something positive will come out of it. It's a blessing in disguise. And he will never be forgotten.

As Beckett said, it's not enough to die, one has to be forgotten as well.

Some very beautiful things get lost and forgotten. Just as I got lost.

It's a lot of people that died for me to have the opportunity that I have now, just the freedom. It shouldn't be forgotten as far as the past is concerned.

There was so little said about the Burmese war. The Forgotten 14th, they called them.

I want to be one of those guys that isn't forgotten once I'm done. That's my main thing.

That is amazing that a guy like St. Jerome who lived in the fourth century could bring people together. Sometimes you think people are dead and forgotten. But they can actually bring you together in the best way.

Do you know I keep a picture of Hattie McDaniel in my closet in an 8-by-10 frame?

I had this struggle of, what do I do to make sure my brother is still part of everything that I do? As I was driving up to his funeral, it hit me. I'm going to wear his number.

We don't do funerals in my family.