Quotes About Memorial

A headstone is just a bookmark in our unfinished lives.

With several of them the game of life is ended and they have gone to bed under the willows. Their lips have taken the sacrament of the dust.

Firemen never die, they just burn forever in the hearts of the people whose lives they saved.

Funeral grief loathes words.

Victory doesn't matter to the dead, nor to the living who mourn them.

My uncle Sammy was an angry man. He had printed on his tombstone: What are you looking at?

The thought of losing Ted Stevens, a man who was known to business and community leaders, Native chiefs and everyday Alaskans as Uncle Ted, is too difficult to fathom. He truly was the greatest of the Greatest Generation.

Tiananmen Square is a sensitive topic because many things happened there. The idea of turning the plaza into a forest makes many people feel uncomfortable.

President George H.W. Bush was a friend to so many of us and his loss will undoubtedly be felt deeply across the Granite State.

Oklahoma City, Katrina... those happened to other unfortunate people. But 9/11, that happened to us all. And that was pretty much the genesis of 'Reign Over Me.'

Memorial Day this year is especially important as we are reminded almost daily of the great sacrifices that the men and women of the Armed Services make to defend our way of life.

Guru's family gave me a piece of his ashes. I saw the gold box of ashes that his father had when we had the memorial service. He had a nice giant gold box that had his name on it. It was really nice. I know all the family members had ashes that they all spread and took on their own. So I said lemme ask is it cool if I have some.

In Germany, of course, the Holocaust will always be in our history and a big stain on our lives.

I think, some countries, you have to be dead to have your picture on a stamp.

To me, the Holocaust stands alone as the most horrible human event in modern civilization.

There have been so many incredible moments since the start of this organization. One that stands out specifically is when an anonymous businessman triple-matched our donation to Memorial Sloan Kettering after our NYC event.

You must judge a man's greatness by how much he will be missed.

There is great incongruity in this idea of monuments, since those to whom they are usually dedicated need no such recognition to embalm their memory; and any man who does, is not worthy of one.

Famous men have the whole earth as their memorial.

There will be life after Mandela. On my last day I want to know that those who remain behind will say: 'The man who lies here has done his duty for his country and his people.'

As costly as it was in the lives of our men and women in uniform, in military assets, and in esteem and pride, Pearl Harbor was a watershed moment for America.

A man who would not love his father's grave is worse than a wild animal.

People ask me what makes a good funeral, and I tell them the most important thing is your man in the casket. If you have a man of substance in there, you have the makings of a first-class funeral.

The temple of fame stands upon the grave: the flame that burns upon its altars is kindled from the ashes of great men.