Erected Quotes

I've never seen a monument erected to a pessimist.

The barriers are not erected which can say to aspiring talents and industry, "Thus far and no farther."

When one puts up a building one makes an elaborate scaffold to get everything into its proper place. But when one takes the scaffold down, the building must stand by itself with no trace of the means by which it was erected. That is how a musician should work.

Artists like Bach and Beethoven erected churches and temples on the heights. I only wanted... to build dwellings for men in which they might feel happy and at home.

Those who first oppose a good work, seize it and make it their own, when the cornerstone is laid and memorial tablets are erected.

Today Americans are overcome not by the sense of endless possibility but by the banality of the social order they have erected against it.

The splendid empire of Charles the Fifth was erected upon the grave of liberty.

I fully expect to be able to complete one more campaign goal - and that is to proudly report that signs have been erected as you enter our great state that say 'Welcome to Wild, Wonderful West Virginia: Open for Business!'

Our erected wit maketh us to know what perfection is.

I've never seen a monument erected to a pessimist.

Anyone determined to find another person or group inferior can always find whole lists of grounds that demonstrate inferiority because we are all inferior to the ideals of humanness we have erected.

These matters having been arranged, I had a temporary awning erected near the river, and was for three or four days busily employed writing an account of our journey for the Governor's information.