Designed Quotes

1141 quotes by 943 authors

Recycling is more expensive for communities than it needs to be, partly because traditional recycling tries to force materials into more lifetimes than they are… — William McDonough
Medications are palliatives. They are not designed to cure the degenerative diseases of the body. — Fereydoon Batmanghelidj
New information and communications technologies can improve the quality of life for people with disabilities, but only if such technologies are designed from the beginning… — William J. Clinton
Buildings designed exclusively on scientific principles will depress their occupants and constrain their creativity. — Robert Evans
There is little in the architecture of a city that is more beautifully designed than a tree. — Jaime Lerner
The reason why most people face the future with apprehension instead of anticipation is because they don't have it well designed! — Jim Rohn
The Rising was mainly a piece of streat theatre designed by poets for dramatic effect. For better or worse, it became part of the founding… — Maurice Hayes
SAT tests are designed by huge panels of experts in education and psychology who work for years to design tests in which not one single… — Dave Barry
All the public systems â€“ administration, justice, education and political are designed to keep people with knowledge out. Such a system promotes mediocrity. — Rahul Gandhi
Were designed for persistence hunting, which is a mix of running and walking. Whats built into that kind of running is a sense of pleasure.… — Christopher McDougall
God designed that the living machinery should be in daily activity. For in this activity or motion is its preserving power.... The more we exercise,… — Ellen G. White
The most tragic moment of my life was the first show I ever designed for. I had been asked to make shoes for Ossie Clark's… — Manolo Blahnik
I have learned not to take too much notice of those who disapprove of my lifestyle choices, because I know that I was not designed… — Clare Balding
Look, it's a mainstream animated movie, and how often are those considered thought provoking? It's meant to be a great time at the theater, but… — Brad Bird
The real world just doesnâ€™t offer up as easily the carefully designed pleasures, the thrilling challenges, and the powerful social bonding afforded by virtual environments.… — Jane McGonigal
I see a future in which games once again are explicitly designed to improve quality of life, to prevent suffering, and to create real, widespread… — Jane McGonigal
But Shakespeare never drank coffee. Nor did Julius Caesar, or Socrates. Alexander the Great conquered half the world without even a cafÃ© latte to perk… — Mark Forsyth
Putting on a beautifully designed suit elevates my spirit, extols my sense of self, and helps define me as a man to whom details matter. — Gay Talese
The creativity and adaptability of life expresses itself through the spontaneous emergence of novelty at critical points of instability. Every human organization contains both designed… — Fritjof Capra
Painting isn't an aesthetic operation; it's a form of magic designed as mediator between this strange hostile world and us. — Pablo Picasso

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