#cemeteries

Don't think of yourself as indispensable or infallible. As Charles De Gaulle said, the cemeteries of the world are full of indispensable men. ↗

— Donald Rumsfeld

#charles #full #indispensable #infallible #men

Once, I took a taxi. I hate those limousines. They stink and their drivers have been driving dead people to the cemeteries. ↗

— Klaus Kinski

#cemeteries #dead #dead people #drivers #driving

Meanwhile, we have carved out a place for ourselves among the dead; the glittering pinnacles of commerce rise along the skyline, their foundations sunk in a charnel house; and the lost lie forgotten below us as, overhead, we persaude ourselves that we are immortal and carry on the business of life. ↗

— Catharine Arnold

#dead #death #london #necropolis #business

I can't date women my own age any more - I hate going to cemeteries. ↗

— Cesar Romero

#any #cemeteries #date #going #hate

Enormous cemeteries existed among sedentary civilizations, where the weight of the past grew larger than any present time. ↗

— Vernor Vinge

#death #death

the cemetery is the home of those who are not here, come in. ↗

— Italo Calvino

#death #home #the-dead #death

Nowadays, many Americans have forgotten the meaning and traditions of Memorial Day. At cemeteries across the country, the graves of the fallen are sadly ignored, and worse, neglected. ↗

— Allen West

#cemeteries #country #day #fallen #forgotten

If you're so pro-life, do me a favour: don't lock arms and block medical clinics. If you're so pro-life, lock arms and block cemeteries. ↗

— Bill Hicks

#block #cemeteries #clinics #favour #lock

It is always dangerous to generalize, but the American people, while infinitely generous, are a hard and strong race and, but for the few cemeteries I have seen, I am inclined to think they never die. ↗

— Margot Asquith

#am #american #american people #cemeteries #dangerous