#statue

The French never allow a distinguished son of France to lack a statue. ↗

— Edward V. Lucas

#distinguished #france #french #lack #never

Every human being has within him an ideal man, just as every piece of marble contains in a rough state a statue as beautiful as the one that Praxiteles the Greek made of the god Apollo. ↗

— Jose Marti

#beautiful #being #contains #every #god

There are even more statues of Robert Burns than of any other figure in world literature. Indeed if we discount figures of religion, then only Christopher Columbus has more statues than he worldwide. ↗

— Len G. Murray

#burns #christopher #columbus #discount #even

I have absolutely no regret about my vote against this war. The same questions remain. The cost in human lives, the cost to our budget, probably 100 billion. We could have probably brought down that statue for a lot less. ↗

— Nancy Pelosi

#absolutely #against #billion #brought #budget

If you're writing a book that takes place in New York in the moment, you can't not write about 9-11; you can't not integrate it. My main character's view is the Statue of Liberty and the Trade Center. It doesn't have to take over, but it has to be acknowledged. ↗

— Richard Price

#acknowledged #book #center #character #integrate

The painter leaves his mark. And I just put in two statues in Rhode Island that I'm working on. And I think that's going to make me last longer than me. ↗

— Anthony Quinn

#his #i #i think #island #just

I would much rather have men ask why I have no statue than why I have one. ↗

— Marcus Porcius Cato

#i #men #much #rather #statue

Every block of stone has a statue inside it and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it. ↗

— Michelangelo

#discover #every #inside #over it #sculptor

I know it is a somewhat delicate matter to refuse a gift, but in this case the statue is so atrocious that every endeavour should be made to keep it out of the church. ↗

— Giles Gilbert Scott

#case #church #delicate #endeavour #every

We build statues out of snow, and weep to see them melt. ↗

— Walter Scott

#melt #out #see #snow #statues