"And sometimes I'm criticized. But I think that if those who criticize us will look at the reason why the shape is this, well then, I think that they would not object so strenuously."

-- Minoru Yamasaki

#Thinking Quotes #Looks Quotes #Shapes Quotes

“Surfing's one of the few sports that you look ahead to see what's behind.”

Source : "Laird Hamilton: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. March 23, 2011.
“So what about that key?" I asked. "I knew you'd be asking me about it sooner or later." He pulled the cord out from underneath his shirt and dangled the key in front of me. "What do you want for it?" I sneered. "Five dollars?" "I don't want money," he said with a wicked grin. "What does it go to?" "A kiss will unlock more than this key will," he whispered in my ear.”
“A good education prepares a child to be a good employee and a good citizen-in that order, with the importance of the former never exceeding the importance of the latter.”
“From 1999 to 2003 was the peak of equipment in ski racing. Since then, it's all gone in the wrong direction.”
“A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad.”
“My brother and I both like sarcastic, insulting comedy, so that's a way we communicate. Somehow that's what we learned. My mom is not a really sarcastic person. She's a really sort of overly loving person, and my brother and I came out little cynical bastards.”

Source : Interview with Marah Eakin, www.avclub.com. June 6, 2012.
“Everything intelligent is so boring.”
“One can't be free without action.”

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