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In civilized societies, if you are offended by a cartoon, you do not burn flags, take up guns and raid buildings, chant death to your… — Michelle Malkin
If you want to know what a given society believes in, look at what its largest buildings are devoted to. — Joseph Campbell
The strength that comes from human collaboration is the central truth behind civilisation's success and the primary reason why cities existwe must free ourselves from… — Edward Glaeser
The building is absolutely stunning. It is a magnificent and important piece of architecture that contributes greatly to the cultural landscape of Washington. It is… — Zelda Fichandler
The Aga Khan Awards for Architecture seeks to make a better place in physical terms. This means trying to bring values into environments, buildings, and… — Aga Khan IV
As a child I drew objects that caught my eye outside the window of my room - the dry twigs, leaves and lizard-like creatures crawling… — R. K. Laxman
We expect too much of new #‎ buildings , and too little of ourselves. — Jane Jacobs
At night... the streets become rhythmical perspectives of glowing dotted lines, reflections hung upon them in the streets as the wistaria hangs its violet racemes… — Frank Lloyd Wright
It seems to me that the dedication of a library is an act of faith. To bring together the resources of the past and to… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
St. Paul's arose like some huge mountain above the enormous mass of smaller buildings. — Karl Philipp Moritz
The Bar Room has a corner table placed strategically at a point diagonally across from the entrance. the table of tables in the setting of… — Raymond Sokolov
I want to do very useful buildings and I would like to find a method of producing these buildings through our technology because I think… — Minoru Yamasaki
I have been criticized rather strenuously by painters and sculptors for not incorporating their work in our buildings. — Minoru Yamasaki
When we came within sight of the sea, the waves on the horizon, caught at intervals above the rolling abyss, were like glimpses of another… — Charles Dickens
We need to send hundreds of millions of dollars down to our public high schools, vocational colleges, and community colleges to begin training people in… — Van Jones
I get bored with establishing shots of people getting out of cars and walking into buildings, getting into elevators and then 45 seconds later they… — Dick Wolf
It's so easy for me to get caught up in the feeling of a city like Venice, where everything is just beautiful color and gorgeous… — Nanette Lepore
There is a horrifying loneliness at work in this time. No, listen to me. We lived six and seven to a room in those days,… — Anne Rice
When the sun is covered by clouds, objects are less conspicuous, because there is little difference between the light and shade of the trees and… — Leonardo da Vinci
And I go out of Father's house and I walk down the street, and it is very quiet even thought it is the middle of… — Mark Haddon
Whenever vanity and gaiety, a love of pomp and dress, furniture, equipage, buildings, great company, expensive diversions, and elegant entertainments get the better of the… — John Quincy Adams
What did I think of Princeton? Well, the answer to that question requires a story. When I first arrived, I looked around me at the… — Mohsin Hamid
New ideas often need old buildings. — Jane Jacobs
The bottom line may be that my inventing buildings is, indeed, a very private kind of activity. But it's done to be shared. It is… — Peter Zumthor
My buildings should have an emotional core –a space which, in itself, has an emotional nice feeling. — Peter Zumthor

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