"I was born in 1935, and as far……" — Norman Foster
"I was born in 1935, and as far back as I can remember, I was sketching designs. My first subject was an aircraft, which I imagined myself piloting."
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22 Quotes by Norman Foster
Norman Foster has 22 quotes on this site.
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As an architect you design for the present, with an awareness of the past, for a future which is essentially…
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Everything inspires me; sometimes I think I see things others don’t.
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The pencil and computer are, if left to their own devices, equally dumb and only as good as the person…
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Didn't think her vision was consistent with the ORC, especially the way the Council wishes to work with the ORC.…
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Control is the wrong word. The practice is very much about sharing, and, in any creative practice, some individuals, whether…
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I'm not a creature of habit. I like to find things from unexpected sources.
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Architecture is an expression of values.
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It takes a lot of effort to make a building look effortless.
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Our object in life should be to accumulate a great number of grand questions to be asked and resolved in…
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I think you never stop learning.
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The most amazing lesson in aerodynamics I ever had was the day I climbed a thermal in a glider at…
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Google has already tested robot cars in San Francisco. If they can navigate San Francisco, they can probably manage just…
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More Aircraft Quotes
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Washington is like a self-sealing tank on a military aircraft. When a bullet passes through, it closes up.
— Dean Acheson
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We were all flying around up and down the coast near Dunkirk looking for enemy aircraft which seemed also to…
— Douglas Bader
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I've spent my life as an airplane mechanic, pilot, aircraft manufacturer and airline CEO who never lost a life or…
— Gordon Bethune
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If you're in a confined aircraft; when one person sneezes, it goes all the way through the aircraft.
— Joe Biden
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In full accordance with the law - and in order to prevent terrorist attacks on the United States and to…
— John O. Brennan
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The United States is the first nation to regularly conduct strikes using remotely piloted aircraft in an armed conflict. Other…
— John O. Brennan
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The aircraft that blew up the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington conveyed several messages…
— James Buchan
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I think when you see an aircraft fire, these angry, black puffs of smoke, knowing that one of them could…
— George H. W. Bush
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Ironically, the Canadian naval vessels, aircraft and personnel in the Persian Gulf I mentioned earlier who are fighting terrorism will…
— Paul Cellucci
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But Canada remains a crucial partner in this global war on terrorism, and we are grateful for that. Canadian naval…
— Paul Cellucci
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The great defense against the air menace is to attack the enemy's aircraft as near as possible to their point…
— Winston Churchill
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We do hear perhaps too many accolades generally aimed at people like Steve Jobs. We have to remember that there…
— Ian Anderson
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