Famous quotes containing the words theodore roethke, theodore, roethke and/or memorial:
“Nothing would give up life;
Even the dirt kept breathing a small breath.”
—Theodore Roethke (1908–1963)
“Where there is no vision, the people perish.”
—Bible: Hebrew Proverbs, 29:18.
President John F. Kennedy quoted this passage on the eve of his assassination in Dallas, Texas; recorded in Theodore C. Sorenson’s biography, Kennedy, Epilogue (1965)
“An old man with his feet before the fire,
In robes of green, in garments of adieu.”
—Theodore Roethke (1908–1963)
“When I received this [coronation] ring I solemnly bound myself in marriage to the realm; and it will be quite sufficient for the memorial of my name and for my glory, if, when I die, an inscription be engraved on a marble tomb, saying, “Here lieth Elizabeth, which reigned a virgin, and died a virgin.””
—Elizabeth I (1533–1603)