Embassy Quote by Steven Holl Download Open image “The whole notion of an embassy is like 'The Other.' That's what makes Washington interesting.” — Steven Holl ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.2 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Embassy Interesting Like Makes Notion Other Washington Whole
In my situation, frankly, I'm a bit institutionalised - this [the embassy] is the world .. it's visually the world [for me]. — Julian Assange Copy Share Image
I'm not a career politician, so the ways of Washington may be a little obscure to me. — Michael Bennet Copy Share Image
... Washington is, for one thing, the news capital of the world. And for another, it is a company town. Most of the interesting… — Sally Quinn Copy Share Image
There is a gentle absurdity about Washington, D.C., and it is easy to develop affection for the place, if you can forget that the… — Linda Ellerbee Copy Share Image
I officially designated every US ambassador on earth to be my personal human rights representative, and to have the embassy be a haven for… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
It's very interesting how Washington works. It's not about speeches. It's about relationships. — Lois Frankel Copy Share Image
For Philistines like me, the mysteries of Washington can be both perplexing and wondrous. — David Harsanyi Copy Share Image
I've just been very interested in the living side of Washington, rather than the federal side, since I was a kid. — George Pelecanos Copy Share Image
It's time for ordinary Americans to come out of the shadows and remind Washington every day in words and actions that we are a… — Michelle Malkin Copy Share Image
[T]he States can best govern our home concerns and the general government our foreign ones. I wish, therefore . . . never to see… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
There's two ways of working in Washington, ... One is to go along and get along. The other is to stand up for what… — John McCain Copy Share Image
Some architects, such as John Lautner, never really did anything other than houses. His entire portfolio is basically residential. There's nothing wrong with that. — Steven Holl Copy Share Image
Anyone who has become entranced by the sound of water drops in the darkness of a ruin can attest to the extraordinary capacity of… — Steven Holl Copy Share Image
I'm sorry to say, but 85% of so-called 'green' firms make some of the ugliest buildings that were ever made. So for God's sake,… — Steven Holl Copy Share Image
Princeton University's campus environment presents unique challenges and opportunities for architecture to act as a social condenser. — Steven Holl Copy Share Image
I think architecture, to be really intense and fulfilling, doesn't have to be large. — Steven Holl Copy Share Image
Architecture is bound to situation. And I feel like the site is a metaphysical link, a poetic link, to what a building can be. — Steven Holl Copy Share Image
I grew up in a wood cabin on Puget Sound in Manchester, Wash. My family taught me to appreciate the arts and the outdoors,… — Steven Holl Copy Share Image
My studio cube is an experiment in solar heating and design. The south wall is covered with glass planks that collect and distribute heat… — Steven Holl Copy Share Image
I paint daily with watercolors on 5-by-7-inch pads that are small enough for me to take them everywhere. — Steven Holl Copy Share Image
I never look at the newspaper in the morning. That's the worst thing you can do with your brain. — Steven Holl Copy Share Image
I choose work that is hard to pull off. And it's scary how things can go wrong. But if there's no risk involved, it's… — Steven Holl Copy Share Image
You can say I'm not the easiest architect in the world, because I'm always trying to push the limits, — Steven Holl Copy Share Image
Everyone is skeptical. Only the media are not skeptical, but, then, they were also not skeptical when the administration put out the line that… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
This is the most terrible thing that can happen in a friendly country if Thai people have to escape from the backdoor of an… — Thaksin Shinawatra Copy Share Image
The question really is how do we get Embassy Officers into the minds of the American business community. That is a much more difficult… — Lawrence Eagleburger Copy Share Image
After the revolution of 1979, Iran embarked on a policy of sectarianism. Iran began a policy of expanding its revolution, of interfering with the… — Adel al-Jubeir Copy Share Image
Over the last few years they have done a superb job in their fight against al-Qaida. As you may recall, our embassy in Jedda… — David Petraeus Copy Share Image
Why would our president close the embassy to the Vatican? Hopefully, it is not retribution for Catholic organizations opposing Obamacare. — Jeb Bush Copy Share Image
Diplomacy in a sense is the opposite of writing. You have to disperse yourself so much: the lady who comes in crying because shes… — Carlos Fuentes Copy Share Image
I was born in the city's general hospital on November 15, 1930, and we lived at 31 Amherst Avenue in the western suburbs. It… — J. G. Ballard Copy Share Image
I believe that American engagement, through our embassy, our businesses, and most of all through our people, is the best way to advance our… — Chris Christie Copy Share Image
We have received unconfirmed reports out of our embassy in Amman in Jordan that two Indonesian nationals, or precisely two Indonesian reporters ... have… — Marty Natalegawa Copy Share Image
Travelling childhoods are a common theme among actors. Army kids, embassy kids, travelling salesmen, clergy. Thing is, you learn about behaviour, that different places… — Julianne Moore Copy Share Image
In my situation, frankly, I'm a bit institutionalised - this [the embassy] is the world .. it's visually the world [for me]. — Julian Assange Copy Share Image