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“I expect we are all jealous of the women in their past, but how much less exciting if the women had not kept the bed warm.”
Source : Patrick White (1979). “The Twyborn Affair: A Novel”, Vintage
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“The architect's role is to fight for a better world, where he can produce an architecture that serves everyone and not just a group of privileged people.”
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“I feel like, in many ways, Billie Holiday's still very under-appreciated as an artist. People focus on her voice, and all of the very recognizable vocal things that she does, which are great. But I wanted to, with this project, start the conversation again about her as a radical feminist, as a civil rights activist - taking a stance. And also just [her] being a non-conformist.”
Source : Source: revive-music.com
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“I spend about eight months researching and outlining my book.”
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“If thou desire the love of God and man, be humble, for the proud heart, as it loves none but itself, is beloved of none but itself. Humility enforces where neither virtue, nor strength, nor reason can prevail.”
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“To think is to destroy.”
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“If water stands motionless in a pool it grows stale and muddy, but when it moves and flows it becomes clear: so, too, man in his wanderings.”
Source : Muhammad Asad (1954). “The Road To Mecca”, p.57, The Book Foundation
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“In making certain things easier for people, technology has actually demotivated people from using their brains. We have all these devices that keep us connected, and yet we're more disconnected than ever before. Why is that?”
Source : "Emilio Estevez On ‘The Way’: Actor Discusses New Movie, Life, Love, Faith And Micro-Farms". Interview with Lauren Rosenblum, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 14, 2011.