"In order to design buildings with a sensuous connection to life, one must think in a way that goes far beyond form and construction."

-- Peter Zumthor

#Thinking Quotes #Order Quotes #Design Quotes

“We were all ready to die for the country but what we did not discover was we have to live for the country.”
“I don't think business news is just for old white men with money.”
“Aunt Jane observed, the second time She tumbled off a bus, 'The step is short from the Sublime To the Ridiculous.”

Source : 'Ruthless Rhymes for Heartless Homes' (1899) 'Equanimity'.
“Stories are a different kind of true.”

Source : Emma Donoghue (2015). “Room: Picador Classic”, p.55, Pan Macmillan
“Love, unrequited, robs me of my rest: Love, hopeless love, my ardent soul encumbers: Love, nightmare-like, lies heavy on my chest, And weaves itself into my midnight slumbers!”
“The powered flight took a total of about eight and a half minutes. It seemed to me it had gone by in a lash. We had gone from sitting still on the launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center to traveling at 17,500 miles an hour in that eight and a half minutes. It is still mind-boggling to me. I recall making some statement on the air-to-ground radio for the benefit of my fellow astronauts, who had also been in the program a long time, that it was well worth the wait.”
“We need to respect choices that women make.”

Source : "Greta defends Hilary Rosen: She's not anti-stay-at-home moms". "On The Record" with Greta Van Susteren, www.foxnews.com. April 12, 2012.
“We are told that talent creates its own opportunities. But it sometimes seems that intense desire creates not only its own opportunities, but its own talents.”

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