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House Quotes by Gaston Bachelard
- If I were asked to name the chief benefit of the house, I should say: the house shelters day-dreaming, the house protects the dreamer, the…
- Our house is our corner of the world.
- A house that has been experienced is not an inert box. Inhabited space transcends geometrical space.
- One must live to build one's house, and not build one's house to live in.
- Every corner in a house, every angle in a room, every inch of secluded space in which we like to hide, or withdraw into ourselves,…
- Sometimes the house of the future is better built, lighter and larger than all the houses of the past, so that the image of the…
- Of course, thanks to the house, a great many of our memories are housed, and if the house is a bit elaborate, if it has…
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- If you have children, you don't want to have drugs and drinks in the house. It's just not good. — Billie Joe Armstrong
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- I'm substantially concerned about the policy directions of the space agency. We have a situation in the U.S. where the White House… — Neil Armstrong
- The soul, which is spirit, can not dwell in dust; it is carried along to dwell in the blood. — Saint Augustine
- Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery. — Jane Austen
- Because we can't escape our ancient hunger to live close to nature, we encircle the house with lawns and gardens, install picture… — Diane Ackerman
- Do you think it is only a little thing to possess a house from which lovely things can be seen? — Teresa of Avila
- My father was a man of great charity towards the poor, and compassion for the sick, and also for servants; so much… — Teresa of Avila
- We try to exile ourselves more and more from nature - not always consciously: We build houses; we dismiss nature; nature has… — Diane Ackerman
- A house must be built on solid foundations if it is to last. The same principle applies to man, otherwise he too… — Sai Baba
- If I were asked to name the chief benefit of the house, I should say: the house shelters day-dreaming, the house protects… — Gaston Bachelard