Badass Quotes · Page 8

I like ruins because what remains is not the total design, but the clarity of thought, the naked structure, the spirit of…

— Tadao Ando

I am simply submerged in work from five in the morning to eleven at night; almost need a few days off to…

— Richard Neutra

People are always like, Why did you and husband Carey Hart get back together? Well, we weren't done. And now we have…

— Pink

« Are you hungry, baby?” Curran asked. “Starving.” “I think we should go to dinner.” “Great idea.” “What are you going to…

— Ilona Andrews

I'm convinced that without bad design, the world would be a far less stimulating place; we would have nothing to marvel over…

— Carrie Fulton Phillips

I believe there's 31 flavors to be tasted. . . I'm just living my life. I don't want to be your kind of good.

— Pink

I could fall in love with a supernatural creature because I think it's hot having super powers and being a little bit…

— Crystal Reed

I wanted to be an independent woman, a woman who could pay for her bills, a woman who could run her own…

— Diane von Furstenberg

I'm Nancy Pelosi, but my grandchildren call me Mimi. For me, politics is an extension of my role as a mother and…

— Nancy Pelosi

Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force! You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have…

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

Ah, to build, to build! That is the noblest art of all the arts. Painting and sculpture are but images, Are merely…

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Women hate each other in science. You know why? Because the few that are around were trained by men. They survived by…

— Allegra Goodman

Playing Amanda [in Defiance] was a wonderful opportunity for me. She was strong, dynamic, a complete badass, not defined her relationship with…

— Julie Benz

The longer I live the more beautiful life becomes. If you foolishly ignore beauty, you will soon find yourself without it. Your…

— Frank Lloyd Wright

People were like, 'Oh, there are going to be people running up to you taking pictures' and I thought it was going…

— Mo'ne Davis

I look at Willow and she's so naughty and fiery, and I'm not going to take any of her fierceness personally -…

— Pink

The greatest architectural illusion is not Baroque fancy or Victorian flamboyant, but minimalism.

— Kevin McCloud

Listen to you sounding all badass. I bet you're just listening to a CD called 'The Sounds of Crime' while you cruise…

— Maggie Stiefvater

when you stumble, keep faith. And when you're knocked down, get right back up and never listen to anyone who says you…

— Anonymous

You fail, and then what? Life goes on. It's only when you risk failure that you discover things.

— Lupita Nyong'o

People always ask me if I wish I were bigger. I tell them no. I always wanted to be a miniature badass.

— Dustin Pedroia

I have no agenda except to be funny. Neither I nor the writers profess to offer any worldly wisdom.

— Julia Louis-Dreyfus

There is only one god and his name is Death. And there is only one thing we say to Death: “Not today.

— Anonymous

Sometimes people try to destroy you, precisely because they recognize your power - not because they don't see it, but because they…

— Bell Hooks

Believe it or not, when we were first married, our combined monthly student loan bills were actually higher than our mortgage.

— Michelle Obama

Who's Myrnin?" Claire controlled an urge to roll her eyes. "Badass crazy vampire scientist who's my boss." "You realize no part of…

— Rachel Caine

The same Constitution that allows her the right, if she wants to, to sit there and say nothing, allows these groups the…

— Trey Gowdy

It is therefore indisputable that the limbs of architecture are derived from the limbs of man.

— Michelangelo

I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it.

— Voltaire

I shall ask you to be as quiet as possible. I don’t know whether you fully understand that I have just been…

— Theodore Roosevelt

Architecture is not based on concrete and steel, and the elements of the soil. It's based on wonder.

— Daniel Libeskind

“I'm only an old gleeeman,' he said from the door. 'Who could I possibly be dangerous to?”

— Robert Jordan

“We don’t have to choose between Buddha or badass. The idea is to be both. Indeed, sometimes the only way to be…

— Vishen Lakhiani

Don't you think I would be a worthy replacement for you, Madam Prime Minister? You have a long nose. So have I.…

— Sam Manekshaw

Becoming yourself is really hard and confusing, and it's a process. It's often not cool to be the person who puts themselves…

— Emma Watson

“If the witches wanted a beast, she’d give them teeth and claws. She just hoped that they were ready to bleed for…

— Nenia Campbell

I understand that, today, some developers are asking architects to design eye-catching, iconic buildings. Fortunately, I've not had that kind of client…

— Fumihiko Maki

Maybe I don't take myself so seriously any more. And I don't care how I'm judged. I'm past all that.

— Emma Thompson

We can't do this without you," I managed at last. "Everyone talks about my powers, but you're the badass here.

— Richelle Mead

The president already has a Nobel Prize for peace. I think he's shooting for one in fiction.

— Trey Gowdy