David L. Wolper

Somebody said something funny to me the other day. They said, 'Wolper, until two weeks ago, your tombstone was going to say, 'David Wolper, the man who produced 'Roots.' I think the tombstone now has a new inscription. It's going to be 'David Wolper, the man who produced the opening ceremony of the 1984 Olympics.

American Producer

Ferdinand de Saussure

In general, the philological movement opened up countless sources relevant to linguistic issues, treating them in quite a different spirit from traditional grammar; for instance, the study of inscriptions and their language. But not yet in the spirit of linguistics.

Swiss Educator

Ben Fogle

When I reached the summit of Everest, I scooped some ice into my drinking bottle as I'd run out of water and hoped it would melt. After I got back to base camp, I decided to keep it, so I had a special bottle made with an inscription - it's my lucky water.

English Writer

Zahi Hawass

I found in one of the tombs an inscription saying, 'If you touch my tomb, you will be eaten by a crocodile and hippopotamus.' It doesn't mean the hippo will eat you, it means the person really wanted his tomb to be protected.

Egyptian Scientist

Ryan Reynolds

Making a mix CD - albeit slightly old school - is generally a pretty cool gift and something I like to receive, or giving someone a book that moved you. Writing an inscription inside makes it even better.

Canadian Actor

Ian Hamilton Finlay

I came to these mediums through having the garden, and of course, people who have designed gardens have always worked in collaboration, and never made their own inscriptions.

Scottish Poet

Lew Wallace

The monuments of the nations are all protests against nothingness after death; so are statues and inscriptions; so is history.

American General

Samuel Butler

They say the test of literary power is whether a man can write an inscription. I say, 'Can he name a kitten?

British Poet

Robert Emmet

Let there be no inscription upon my tomb; let no man write my epitaph: no man can write my epitaph.

Irish Activist

Mason Cooley

I love you is the inscription on Pandora's box.

American Writer

Inscriptions are often found on hard surfaces like stone, metal, or wood.

Physical Objects

Outdoor inscriptions can erode over time, making them hard to read.

Weather Impact

Inscriptions can be valuable sources of historical information.

Historical Value

A book inscription can turn a simple gift into a meaningful keepsake.

Personal Connection

An inscription in a book is a warm way to dedicate it to someone special.

Gift Dedication

Inscriptions in gifted books often commemorate an occasion or achievement.

Occasion Reminder

Creating inscriptions is a skilled craft, often requiring specific tools.

Artisan Skill

Inscriptions are meant to be permanent markers, lasting many years.

Enduring Message

In medical terms, an inscription must be clear to avoid medication errors.

Medical Clarity

A medical inscription includes exact doses and usage instructions.

Precise Instructions

 Runes are short, straight, and diagonal lines that make up an alphabet called the “futhark.” All classes of people spoke and wrote this language, in many different dialects. There was no standard spelling, they wrote the individual runic letters by pronouncing the sounds of their regional accents. Some of these inscriptions also bore the influence of other cultures

The secret messages of...

 Working from the few available inscriptions, she recorded how often each symbol appeared. Then she recorded how frequently each symbol appeared next to another. She stored her findings on scrap paper in cigarette cartons because writing supplies were scarce during the Second World War. By analyzing these frequencies,

The race to decode a...

 They carry some hieroglyphic inscription very faintly visible here, which would indicate that they were carved and set up in some sort of building which dates to the reign of Tutankhamun. It's exciting, because that gives us a sort of a ballpark for the time when this site was busy and active and important

How Tutankhamun Got His...

 in its inscriptions they cover you know many millenniums of time with the master calendar descriptions of the mire so you know noted for so that in a sense with this system that literally tamed eternity they wove mythical and real

Palenque and the Ancient...

 the inscriptions detail the jobs they help we can see titles of people like the overseer of the craftsman the overseer of the draftsman the overseer of the harbour all of these are unique - this man for example this person was in

Builders of the Pyramids...

 because of the place that they were discovered, these inscriptions -- research is still going on, a few of them have been deciphered, but there is consensus among scholars that this is really humanity's first alphabet.

Saki Mafundikwa:...

 jeselsohn stone named for respected antiquities collector david jeselsohn has recently surfaced I don't have anything like it of such a long prophetic biblical inscription from that time on stone the jeselsohn stone

The Messiah Before...

 And Mayan inscriptions proclaim that he was deeply in love with his wife. So, he built a temple in her honor, facing his. And every spring and autumn, exactly at the equinox, the sun rises behind his temple,

The brain in love PIPE...

 because they could not explain anything anymore to their spouse? I've lost that count. There is a price for this type of life. In Russia, all war monuments have this beautiful inscription at the top.

Vincent Cochetel: I was...

 And if you look closely over there, there is an inscription saying, Meaning that he is the king who went to the highest world of Vishnu.