"We have to respond to budget concerns, we have to respond to functional and programmatic concerns of the building, and we have to respond to public engagement. That's what you sign up for when you decide to become an architect."

“There's more to logic than identifying logical fallacies.”

“I'm the perfect candidate to be affected by SARS. I'm highly susceptible to infections.”

“You can lead a man to Congress, but you can't make him think.”

“It's something I never dreamed I'd be doing, making movies.”

“I think children learn from example. I don't believe in raising them in an authoritative atmosphere.”

“Still, there are times I am bewildered by each mile I have traveled, each meal I have eaten, each person I have known, each room in which I have slept. As ordinary as it all appears, there are times when it is beyond my imagination.”

Source : FaceBook post by Jhumpa Lahiri from Nov 18, 2010

“No military timetable should compel war when a successful outcome, namely a disarmed Iraq may be feasible without war, for example by allowing more time to the UN inspectors.”

“No man understands a deep book until he has seen and lived at least part of its contents.”