Statue Quotes

Heroes and scholars represent the opposite extremes... The scholar struggles for the benefit of all humanity, sometimes to reduce physical effort, sometimes to reduce pain, and sometimes to postpone death, or at least render it more bearable. In contrast, the patriot sacrifices a rather substantial part of humanity for the sake of his own prestige. His statue is always erected on a pedestal of ruins and corpses... In contrast, all humanity crowns a scholar, love forms the pedestal of his statues, and his triumphs defy the desecration of time and the judgment of history.

~ Santiago Ramón Y Cajal

Does one love a statue? she demanded. Shall I caress a picture? Shall I rain tears or kisses over the mere semblance of a life that does not live, shall I fondle hands that never return my clasp? Love! Love is in my heart -yes! like a shut-up fire in a tomb,but you hold the key, and the flame dies for want of air.

~ Marie Corelli

The statue was of a young man with a tall, gaunt body and an angular face. He held his head as if he faced a challenge and found joy in his capacity to meet it.

~ Ayn Rand

As a sculptor sculpts a statue, an educator educates our future generation. Beauty depends on the creator.

~ Debasish Mridha

True leaders are like statues, whether it rains or it shines, they never bend their necks to look backwards! They never run away from challenges!

~ Israelmore Ayivor

Sweetie,” Dino said, coming over to put his arm around her shoulder. He tipped her head up and looked into her eyes with great empathy. “You can’t fuck a statue. At least not at that angle. You’d at least have to tip it onto its back first, and as a conservator, I can’t recommend it.

~ Rosanna Leo

We even commissioned a smaller pair of these statues for the baggage claim area in the regular lobby. Gives all those Normal conspiracy nuts something to talk about besides the Blue Mustang. They think our statues are the work of Masons or reptilian beings. Ha.

~ Daven Anderson

Doing a little at once can fix something, eventually, but i feel like when you believe something is truly a problem, you throw everything you have at it, because you just can't help yourself.

~ Veronica Roth

The apathy of the people is enough to make every statue leap from its pedestal and hasten the resurrection of the dead.

~ William Lloyd Garrison

The sculptor produces the beautiful statue by chipping away such parts of the marble block as are not needed - it is a process of elimination.

~ Elbert Hubbard

The relationship between critic and writer is similar to the one between the pigeon and the statue.

~ Ashwin Sanghi

Society is one vast conspiracy for carving one into the kind of statue likes, and then placing it in the most convenient niche it has.

~ Randolph Bourne