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“You feel a certain way in a glass or concrete or limestone building. It has an effect on your skin - the same with plywood or veneer, or solid timber. Wood doesn't steal energy from your body the way glass and concrete steal heat. When it's hot, a wood house feels cooler than a concrete one, and when it's cold, the other way around.”
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“The worst losses come at night.”
Source : Eva Hoffman (2011). “Lost In Translation: A Life in a New Language”, p.107, Random House
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“And yet in a funny way our lack of success led to our breakthrough; because, since we could not get a cell line off the shelf doing what we wanted, we were forced to construct it. And the original experiment ... developed into a method for the production of hybridomas ... [which] was of more importance than our original purpose.”
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“Imagination runs through the places where we live like water. We need both things-a living knowledge of the land and a live imagination of it and our place in it- if we are going to preserve it.”
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“I am the product of many whose lives have touched mine, from the famous, distinguished, and powerful to the little known and the poor.”
Source : Dorothy Height, Height (2009). “Ebk Open Wide the Freedom Gates: A Memo”, p.294, PublicAffairs
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“The United States will have the honour of proving experimentally, that true policy goes hand in hand with moderation and humanity.”
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“I don't think Russia will follow the United States's way. I don't think Russia will follow the French way. I'm sure Russia will find its own way.”
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“Rule with the heart of a servant. Serve with the heart of a king.”
Source : Bill Johnson (2015). “The Power That Changes the World: Creating Eternal Impact in the Here and Now”, p.54, Chosen Books