Sentences with phrase «epitaph of»

Garth Paltridge is a distinguished Australian climate scientist, who, in The Facts, pens a wise paragraph that I fear will be the epitaph of climate science:

And it was a day or two after I wrote lightly about the epitaph of Lester Moore.

Toyko, SCAI The Bathhouse, Shiraishi Contemporary Art Inc., James Lee Byars, November 5 - December 18, 1993Hannover, Kestner Gesellschaft, James Lee Byars, The Epitaph of Con.

Important posthumous exhibitions include The Epitaph of Con.

A 17th Century country house or pazo, the Parador de Cambados Hotel is bathed in sun and washed by the sea, to paraphrase the epitaph of a local poet, and features a charming courtyard with a palm tree in its centre as well as a swimming pool and a tennis court.

We must do it now; Today - not tomorrow because we do not want the historical epitaph of charter schools to be «too little too late.»

But confusion is the epitaph Of a world split in two Because words are used in lieu of true Each side sticks to its own view.

Jensen quotes a marvellous fourth - century inscription from southern France, the Epitaph of Pectorius:

Epitaphs of the Great War The Somme (Unicorn) is a small, beautiful and very moving tribute to the families of dead soldiers.

Not exact matches

Yet, those with the lack of vision failed to realize that power and now I think we have gone to a level of overconfidence in writing the epitaph on global oil demand.

Likewise, the positive public and private reception of imperial moral discourse is also confirmed by, for example, the distinctive changes in group portraiture and the style of epitaphs that are a distinguishing feature of the early empire.

Kurt vonnegut, the renowned writer and self - avowed humanist, once said that his epitaph should read, «The only proof he ever needed of the existence of God was music.»

Somewhere in England a tombstone bears this epitaph: «Here lies Estella, who transported a large fortune to Heaven in acts of charity, and has gone hither to enjoy it.»

Even some of the brightest students see suicide as a fitting epitaph for a hopeless life.

Does the epitaph about «Barabbas» come to mind when considering the arms of Muslim theological philosophies in this days» eras?

King Lear's words provide the appropriate epitaph for modernism: «Nothing will come of nothing.»

In «Candid Headstone,» a poem intended to serve as his grim epitaph, he does offer a clue — but so delicately that only those who already knew of the connection between Juster and Astrue could get the pun:

No need to resort to racist stupidity... There seems to be quite enough of that in this country at the moment.What sort of epitaph would you be using if Hillary was chosen in 2009?

But if he's laid to rest, he rests in the company of some of the world's finest human beings, whose epitaph reads, unselfish love.

He gets closest to tying down the «richness» of vision to which he frequently appeals by using Lewis» famous epitaph: «I believe in Christianity as I believe the sun has risen, not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else» (p. 65).

When he died, the epitaph on his tombstone read, «Here lies the brother of David Livingstone.»

The masculine name Junias does not occur in a single inscription, letterhead, work of literature, or epitaph in the Greco - Roman world, while the feminine name Junia is everywhere.

I know many people of faith who support gay rights and consider using the word «sodomite» to be on par with using racial epitaphs.

In a village near Gersik, northwest of Surabaya on the island of Java, a loose headstone from a grave has been found which bears an Arabic epitaph in Kufic script saying that the grave held the remains of a woman who died in 475 or 495 (A.D. 1082 or 1102)-- the uncertainty is due to the difficulty in deciphering one word which may be either seventy or ninety.

The epitaph says that the man buried in the mausoleum, who died in 810 (A.D. 1407), was the great - grandson of one of the princes who managed to escape the slaughter when the Mongols under Hulagu destroyed Baghdad in 656 (A.D. 1258).

Other than the epitaphs mentioned above, and the brief report by Ma Huan, there is no existing information about earlier Islamic settlements on the island of Java.

There is, however, in Gersik the grave of one Malik Ibrahim who probably hailed from Iran — the epitaph does not make this clear — and who died in 822 (A.D. 1419).

The fact that Harry does not understand the meaning of the epitaph, not to mention its provenance, is an entirely legitimate fictional device on the part of an author who understands the need of young people not to be spoon - fed the truth, but rather to puzzle it out for themselves.

A marble mausoleum found in a graveyard near Pasé is, according to the complete genealogy given in the epitaph, the resting place of a descendant of the Abbasid Caliph al - Mustansir, who was Caliph from 623 to 640 (A.D. 1226 - 42).

Let that Letter be a fitting epitaph for the apostle to the Gentiles, in whose tradition we stand and who has inspired Pope Benedict to declare this special Pauline Year for the upbuilding and good of all the faithful:

I know they are his ego because, well, that is what he named one of them, a put - upon German shepherd who, when he finally gave up his ghost, earned his master's most dismissive epitaph: «Poor Ego never learned to stand up for hisself.»

Long before stalled labor talks brought NHL commissioner Gary Bettman to the brink of canceling the 2004 — 05 season, NHL Players» Association senior director Ted Saskin had penciled in an epitaph for the Invisible League.

Still, if Soldado's Spurs career finds itself in need of an epitaph.

«I didn't kill him,» he explained afterward, «he committed suicide — came within 50 yards of me,» a fitting if unintended epitaph for the General's wartime opponents.

So let this ad stand as Peterson's political epitaph, his own personal statue of Ozymandias.

In three weeks» time he, and we, shall know whether his epitaph will be that of a two - term prime minister, or the man who snatched defeat from the jaws of victory.

Brown's incomparable ancient menagerie — along with a few boxes of notes and several cabinets of photos — also serves as his epitaph.

I wrote her epitaph and took care of my dad.

Epitaph Records owner (and co-founder of Bad Religion) Brett Gurewitz returns to the producer's seat for this one, wringing a thrashy but precise performance out of the well - seasoned quartet.

In the end, the individual stories matter little in the grand scheme of things, as the epitaph confirms that this was not an isolated situation.

Indeed, the grandiose last moments are outrageously risky, though Amiri Baraka leaves the audience with a haunting epitaph for the film's own form of freedom ride.

Still, enjoy it while it lasts: shot on video, as apparently the rest of the series will be henceforth to help shear the budget, episode 1.13, «Epitaph One,» is like returning to Kansas from Oz.

«A life spent at the movies gets the cinematic epitaph it richly deserves in Life Itself, documentarian Steve James» meticulous and intensely emotional portrait of the late Roger Ebert.»

It's a possibly interesting curio for someone in the future who'll be wandering the future desert of the budget shelves, only to find a strange package emblazoned with a curious epitaph.

What's striking about «Epitaph One,» apart from the general awesomeness of the conceit, is seeing how far Dollhouse has moved past The Eliza Dushku Show of the first five episodes and into much more of an ensemble piece.

Fast & Furious 6 (Universal, Blu - ray, DVD, VOD, On Demand) was never meant to be an epitaph for Paul Walker, the lean, blue - eyed lead who, after a couple of misfire sequels, reunited with co-star Vin Diesel and revived the fuel - injected franchise into an international hit machine.

It might be time for a rethink: «The Wild Bunch» is still very much with us, in every movie that gushes slo - mo rivers of blood in the name of brotherly principle, in every action film that lunges for timely political complexity amid the spent ammo casings and slung epitaphs.

Sarah Griffin sat down with Diane Negra to talk about Saturday's event at the IFI, «After the Chick Flick», and discuss the historical roots of the contemporary chick flick and what the post epitaph chick flick is.

In Milwaukee, an epitaph for the classroom blackboard (courtesy of the Journal Sentinel), laid to rest by the so - called «smart board»:

After all these doors where burdened with the epitaph «Suicide Doors», a reflection of the fact that doors inadvertently opened during driving could rarely be shut again; usually flung most dangerously fully open from wind - pressure.