Eduardo Souto de Moura famous quotes

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  • Good morning, Eeyore," said Pooh. "Good morning, Pooh Bear," said Eeyore gloomily. "If it is a good morning, which I doubt," said he. "Why, what's the matter?" "Nothing, Pooh Bear, nothing. We can't all, and some of us don't. That's all there is to it." "Can't all what?" said Pooh, rubbing his nose. "Gaiety. Song-and-dance. Here we go round the mulberry bush.

  • Pray and doubt; you’ll do without. Pray and believe; you will receive.

  • I like those crisis moments - if you're on top of it and don't get pulled under by panic and fear, it's a very bonding thing.

  • I am gripped by an existential panic.

  • As in all moral panics, an accusation is enough to destroy a person's life. Hysteria trumps evidence.

  • Bad sales managers push two buttons: 'more' and 'panic.' Great sales managers have one more button to push: the 'how'.

  • I wanted my life to start - but in those rare moments when it seemed like something might actually change, panic shot through me.

  • It is often wonderful how putting down on paper a clear statement of a case helps one to see, not perhaps the way out, but the way in.

  • Just as modern motorways have no room for ox-carts or wandering pedestrians, so modern society has little place for lives and ways that are too eccentric.

  • How can we say nobody's perfect if there is no perfect to compare to? Perfection implies that there really is a right and wrong way to be. And what type of perfection is the best type? Moral perfection? Aesthetic? Physiological? Mental?