Quotes About Historical Museums

#1. Sometimes I try to sell shows with a female lead to networks, and that isn't something that's been a proven formula for them, so they reject it. I do feel like men get the funniest roles in movies.

Kristen Schaal

#2. Some of our greatest historical and artistic treasures we place with curators in museums; others we take for walks.

Roger A. Caras

#3. It's hard to field the ball when you have both hands around your throat.

Gary Gaetti

#4. This empty shell holds nothing but the echoes of what was.

Jenim Dibie

#5. Remember your dream is your only scheme, so keep on pushing.

Curtis Mayfield

#6. A boy admiring a pretty girl. A rare thing to be certain. But love-true love-is something else.

Alex Flinn

#7. That's what we do in this country. That's the American Dream. That's freedom, and I'll take it any day over the supervision and sanctimony of the central planners.

Paul Ryan

#8. When I was young, watching historical movies made me feel absolutely sublime. But the first few times I visited costume museums, I was really disappointed because it was not at the level I saw in movies. It was not the level of the image I'd imagined.

Olivier Theyskens

#9. We don't need more museums that try to construct the historical narratives of a society, community, team, nation, state, tribe, company, or species. We all know that the ordinary, everyday stories of individuals are riches, more humane, and much more joyful.

Orhan Pamuk

#10. The historical museum has to be very conservative and careful in its choices. The modern museum, on the other hand, has to be audacious, to take chances. It has to consider the probability that it would be wrong in a good many cases and take the consequences later.

Alfred H. Barr Jr.

#11. I have no intention of selling any more of the historical Apollo 11 items in my possession for the remainder of my life. I intend to pass a portion of these items on to my children and to loan the most important items for permanent display in suitable museums around the country.

Buzz Aldrin

#12. I'm very interested in the idea of unusual museums, ones that are not necessarily contemporary art museums - more like historical collections or house museums.

Hans Ulrich Obrist

#13. In the 21st Century, the anti-traditional marriage community is in league with the anti-life community, and together with the NAACP and other sympathizers, they are seeking a world where homosexual marriage and abortion will supposedly set the captives free.

Alveda King