I gathered all of the Jewish mukhtars, who have contact with Arabs in different villages and asked them to whisper in the… — Yigal Allon Copy Share Image
At night... the streets become rhythmical perspectives of glowing dotted lines, reflections hung upon them in the streets as the wistaria hangs… — Frank Lloyd Wright Copy Share Image
It is not possible to make great buildings, or great towns, beautiful places, places where you feel yourself, places where you feel… — Christopher Alexander Copy Share Image
I felt no shame in these activities, because I understood what almost no one else seemed to grasp: that there was only… — Jennifer Egan Copy Share Image
Education is not the amount of information that is put into your brain and runs riot there, undigested all your life. We… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
One of the magical things about photography is the transformation that takes place when you photograph something. Something that inherently has very… — Grant Mudford Copy Share Image
Christianity is not about building an absolutely secure little niche in the world where you can live with your perfect little wife… — Rich Mullins Copy Share Image
Treatment is not now available for almost half of those who would benefit from it. Yet we are willing to build more… — William F. Buckley, Jr Copy Share Image
If more of our so-called leaders would walk the same streets as the people who voted them in, live in the same… — Bruce Boxleitner Copy Share Image
Culture is a sham if it is only a sort of Gothic front put on an iron building -- like Tower Bridge… — Eric Gill Copy Share Image
Everyone knows that weeds eat out the life of the garden and of the productive fields. It's like that in the building… — George Matthew Adams Copy Share Image
Man is a gregarious animal. He's not supposed to live in isolation. He should actually live in a community, but a community… — Ralph Borsodi Copy Share Image
“The word “Building” makes a completed structure seem under construction. Once a building is finished, it should be called a “Built.” Similarly,… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
Most of the time I sit down with my guitar or at the piano, and I play for awhile until I get… — Jackie DeShannon Copy Share Image
In a world where concepts are so often deployed in an ad hoc fashion, half explored before being displaced by others, it… — Marilyn Strathern Copy Share Image
“There’s this thing called progress. But it doesn’t progress, it doesn’t go anywhere. Because as progress progresses the world can slip away.… — Graham Swift Copy Share Image
When I was growing up in Chicago, my family and I used to go to a local chain, Hackney's, for burgers and… — Jami Attenberg Copy Share Image
For decades engineers have stood accused that their buildings do not have any cultural value. We have attempted to liberate engineering of… — Fritz Todt Copy Share Image
Competing against each other leaves little space for reciprocity and the growth of social capital. Running against another in a race may… — Eva Cox Copy Share Image
Those old adages - you attract more with honey; do unto others - are true. You can get attention by being acerbic… — Shelley Moore Capito Copy Share Image
Whether they really believe in their brave new world, however, is ultimately beside the point. They're building it. And in the friction-free… — Mark Slouka Copy Share Image
“I don't like ordinary girls. But a girl who would kill a guy to make him hers and then kiss his still-warm… — Mizuki Nomura Copy Share Image
One cannot walk into an April day in a negative way. With spring, each man's plans and hopes result in new efforts,… — Malcolm Forbes Copy Share Image
Expeditions can greatly contribute towards building strength of character. Joseph Conrad in Lord Jim tells us that it is necessary for a… — Kurt Hahn Copy Share Image
When people with power see things happen of which they disapprove, they drop bombs and send in tanks. When people without power… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
On a very personal level, I have fond memories of spending a lot of time in the Library of Congress working on… — Natasha Trethewey Copy Share Image
I used to play a lot of electric guitar. I don't really consider myself a guitar player anymore. Then I got really… — Sturgill Simpson Copy Share Image
Just as blueprints don't necessarily specify blue buildings, selfish genes don't necessarily specify selfish organisms. As we shall see, sometimes the most… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
Every time I imagine a garden in an architectural setting, it turns into a magical place. I think of gardens I have… — Peter Zumthor Copy Share Image
I think one big improvement would be if we somehow made it cheaper and easier for developing countries to learn from the… — Thomas Pogge Copy Share Image
It took me some years to clear my head of what Paris wanted me to admire about it, and to notice what… — Julian Barnes Copy Share Image
For an economy built to last we must invest in what will fuel us for generations to come. This is our history… — Cory Booker Copy Share Image
One of the main points of the philosophy behind parkour is being able to help people... To teach them they way themselves,… — Chris Hayes Copy Share Image
There's a lot of good that's done for society in building businesses, but it's also great to be involved in those things… — Jeff Raikes Copy Share Image
Countries that work with Europe should feel safer than they would if they worked with non-democratic regimes. Why isn't Europe building infrastructure… — Sigmar Gabriel Copy Share Image
“The Hope factory was menacing in the distance, for it was one of the few buildings that somehow managed to present itself… — Dean F. Wilson Copy Share Image
Copy is not written. If anyone tells you ‘you write copy’, sneer at them. Copy is not written. Copy is assembled. You… — Eugene Schwartz Copy Share Image
Day-to-day acts of service, whether for good or evil, may not seem important, but they are building cords of love that become… — Marvin J. Ashton Copy Share Image
New York wasn't everything I thought it would be. It did not welcome me with open arms. The first year, I was… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
Any housing solution that involves paying for industrially produced building materials and commercial building contractors is doomed to certain failure. If houses… — Hassan Fathy Copy Share Image
