Make big plans; aim high in hope and work, remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will not die. ~Daniel Burnham
#quotes #daniel-burnham #architecture #work #hope

He often wondered whether it were possible to be more possessed by desire for any other woman. The fact was that they functioned well together, and they had a connection as addictive as heroin. ~Steig Larsson
#quotes #steig-larsson #desire #addiction

He who has nothing to die for has nothing to live for. ~Moroccan Proverb
#proverbs #moroccan-proverbs #life

There is one art, no more, no less; to do all things with artlessness. ~Piet Pieterszoon Hein
#quotes #piet-pieterszoon-hein #art

Well, you have to keep your faith in the fact that there are a lot of intelligent people who are actively looking for something interesting, people who have been disappointed so many times. ~Richard Linklater
#quotes #richard-linklater #faith #believe #intelligence

After all the evidence is in, after you've run all the facts by everything you know, and you're still lost, you have to do some things on faith. ~Christopher Moore
#quotes #christopher-moore #faith

A table is not blessed if it has fed no scholars. ~Yiddish Proverb
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But slaves that once conceive the glowing thought of freedom, in that hope itself possess. All that the contest calls for; spirit, strength. The scorn of danger, and united hearts. The surest presage of the good they seek. ~William Cowper
#quotes #william-cowper #liberty

A box without hinges, key, or lid, yet golden treasure inside is hid. ~J. R. R. Tolkien
#quotes #j-r-r-tolkien #treasure

I grew up in South Africa and I would look at maps and we were at the bottom of the world. There was this whole thing up there. I was always reading encyclopedias about the world. So travel was something I was always attracted to. ~Charlize Theron
#quotes #charlize-theron #travel #world #south-africa

Education needs to be rethought. Education does not just happen in college, but it also happens in developing skills which will enable people to contribute to our society as a whole. ~Peter Thiel
#quotes #peter-thiel #education #thinking

In wintertime I like to wear flannel button down pyjamas, and in summer I prefer to wear, well; nothing. ~Phoebe Tonkin
#quotes #phoebe-tonkin #clothing #summer

America gains most when individuals have great freedom to pursue personal goals without undue government interference. ~Sylvia Earle
#quotes #sylvia-earle #individual #freedom #government #united-states

It's never over. You don't want to be in the position to be down four runs in the ninth inning, but it's not over until the last out. ~Derek Jeter
#quotes #derek-jeter #inspiration #success

Drinking a daily cup of tea will surely starve the apothecary. ~Chinese Proverb
#proverbs #chinese-proverbs #tea #medicine

People have to be free to investigate computer security. People have to be free to look for the vulnerabilities and create proof of concept code to show that they are true vulnerabilities in order for us to secure our systems. ~Edward Snowden
#quotes #edward-snowden #computers #privacy

This world is run by people who know how to do things. They know how things work. They are equipped. Up there, there is a layer of people who run everything. But we, we are just peasants. We do not understand what is going on, and we cannot do anything. ~Doris Lessing
#quotes #doris-lessing #world

Nakata is empty inside. Do you know what it means to be completely empty? Being empty is like a vacant house. An unlocked, vacant house. Anybody can come in, anytime they want. That is what scares me the most. ~Haruki Murakami
#quotes #haruki-murakami #emptiness

I think we were colonized by aliens 250,000 years ago, and they genetically altered our DNA to be primates into homo erectus and humans. I'm very interested in how we evolved so suddenly, which obviously ties in with the alien thing. ~Al Jourgensen
#quotes #al-jourgensen #aliens #evolution

It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth. (Vino Veritas) ~Pliny the Elder
#quotes #pliny-the-elder #vino-veritas #alcohol #truth

All actors are looking for that role that is going to define who they are. When it happens, it is a good thing. ~Jeffrey Pierce
#quotes #jeffrey-pierce #movies

Children see things very well sometimes, and idealists even better. ~Lorraine Hansberry
#quotes #lorraine-hansberry #children #idealists

If you are strangers to prayer you are strangers to power. ~Billy Sunday
#quotes #billy-sunday #prayer

I'm a mad Gummi fan. I always have Gummis in my trailer. But you can't eat too many because then you get Gummi tummy, and that's no good. I can't believe I'm saying this. ~Jensen Ackles
#quotes #jensen-ackles #eating

Be brothers, and keep between you the accounts of merchants. ~Arabic Proverb
#proverbs #arabic-proverbs #siblings