Historical Landmark Quotes

When I visited Moscow for the first time in 1998, I wandered into the historic Metropol Hotel as a curious tourist simply to ogle the giant painted glass ceiling that hangs over the grand restaurant off the lobby. It was the memory of that short visit that prompted me, some years later, to set 'A Gentleman in Moscow' in the hotel.

Obama took a tour of the Great Wall of China and said, 'We need one of these things around the White House.'

Ten Downing Street is a house, not an office. That is its most important characteristic.

The cultural center of Asia Minor, Pergamon boasted a vast library of 200,000 scrolls, a spectacular 10,000-seat theater, and a monumental Great Altar decorated with sculptures of the Olympian gods defeating the Giants. People came from all around the Mediterranean seeking cures at the famous Temple of Asclepius, god of medicine.

When I first went to London to do a film in 1949, I naturally went to visit the site of the Globe. There was this small plaque on the side of a grimy brewery wall in a derelict alley near the riverfront. I was shocked.

In Positano, I like the San Pietro Hotel, which is run by a friend whose family has owned the hotel for more than 100 years.

I thought of 24 Sussex Drive as the crown jewel of the federal penitentiary system.

I've been to the Leaning Tower of Pisa. It's a tower, and it's leaning. You look at it, but nothing happens, so then you look for someplace to get a sandwich.

Behold now this vast city [London]; a city of refuge, the mansion-house of liberty, encompassed and surrounded with His protection.

It's no accident that of all the monuments left of the Greco- Roman culture the biggest is the ballpark, the Colosseum, the YankeeStadium of ancient times.

Being in Oxford can be a bit like being on holiday - there's plenty of time spent in the pub.

In the world over, the very name of our country is immediately associated with the Parthenon.

On a trip to Germany, Lange and his entourage were climbing the tower of an ancient castle when they stopped to catch their breath. "How old is this ruin?" someone asked a guide. "Forty-two years," said Lange.

I really love it in Belfast. I always stay in the most bombed hotel, the Europa!

In Rome, the emperor sat in a special part of the Colosseum called the Caesarian Section.

And there's the Victoria Memorial, built as a memorial to Victoria.

I've gotten to visit all the parks and put my name inside the Fenway wall.

I went to the Heidelburg Castle, a 1200-year-old castle, looked around. It was pretty awesome, but you know, they've got a coffee shop in there, and they have some sections closed off. I wanted to see the part where they tortured people, but it was cool, though.

London is the greatest city in the world.

What an amazing place Beacon Hills is.

Not far from our house, and opposite the old church with the golden cross, stood a large building, even larger than the church, and having many towers.

London is one of the most exciting cities in the world, with a melting pot of cultures and diversity.

Rome is a place almost worn out by being looked at, a city collapsing under the weight of reference.

I kind of wish I would have been able to see the old Yankee Stadium after seeing the new one.