Frank Lloyd Wright Quotes

New York City is a great monument to the power of money and greed... a race for rent.

Frank Lloyd Wright

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• The symbolic power of Barack Obama's presidency - that whiteness was no longer strong enough to prevent peons taking up residence in the castle - assaulted the most deeply rooted notions of white supremacy and instilled fear in its adherents and beneficiaries.

  

  Ta-Nehisi Coates
  • Up
  • Power
  • Strong

• My coaches were great. My mom and dad. My dad never missed a wrestling meet.

  

  Dan Gable
  • Great
  • Dad
  • Mom

• Free love sounds great.

  

  Laura Prepon
  • Great
  • Love
  • Free

• It's all about connectivity - not just technical connectivity but geographic connectivity. That's what makes a city go.

  

  Dan Gilbert
  • City
  • Just
  • Technical

• Money was never the motivation. It never should be in sports.

  

  Katarina Witt
  • Money
  • Sports
  • motivation

• I have never received a Farthing of Prize Money either for Artillery Ammunition or Vessels.

  

  Abraham Whipple
  • Money
  • Never
  • Prize

• Gentrification always makes me laugh. People complain about traffic. Live in Atlanta! You can't have it both ways; you can't live in an incredible city and not expect it to get congested.

  

  T. J. Miller
  • People
  • Live
  • City

• I'm pretty much a dinosaur in the studio. I like things hand-drawn, even today. The story artists use Cintiqs, but I'm the only person who hasn't completely converted to computers. I like the Cintiq, but there's something about the raw emotional power of using paper and pencil.

  

  Walt Dohrn
  • Power
  • Today
  • Pretty

• A man is usually more careful of his money than he is of his principles.

  

  Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Money
  • Man
  • Principles

• We need to be clear when we venerate entrepreneurs what we are venerating. They are not moral leaders. If they were moral leaders, they wouldn't be great businessmen.

  

  Malcolm Gladwell
  • Great
  • Moral
  • Need

• New York as an industry is the best city for real estate. You're in a very transparent market. If you need to liquidate, you make three phone calls and you could sell something, even in the worst market. It is also less forgiving; if you make a mistake you can lose money.

  

  Aby Rosen
  • Real
  • Money
  • City

• I'm not a great writer.

  

  E. L. James
  • Great
  • Writer
  • Great Writer

• I was doing these performance art pop music pieces in the city. And they were a bit on the eccentric side I suppose. So people started to call me Gaga after the Queen song 'Radio Gaga.'

  

  Lady Gaga
  • People
  • Music
  • Art

• Once the Afghan people vote and they choose their President with direct, secret ballot from all over the country, there will be a lot of difference in this country and a lot of legitimate power to flow with implementation.

  

  Hamid Karzai
  • People
  • Country
  • Power

• Do not waste time dreaming of great faraway opportunities; do the best you can where you are. Open your petals of power and beauty and fling out the fragrance of your life in the place that has been assigned to you.

  

  Orison Swett Marden
  • Life
  • Time
  • Great

• I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service and the service of our great imperial family to which we all belong.

  

  Queen Elizabeth II
  • Life
  • Great
  • Long

• I teach at the Stanford Business School, and about half of my students are foreign, many of whom, I hope, will stay and build businesses in U.S. But I must tell you that they also have opportunities to come back to India and start great companies and operations.

  

  Safra A. Catz
  • Great
  • School
  • Business

• I come from a line of self-motivated, determined folk - not grand, not high society, but no-nonsense, family-minded go-getters.

  

  Bear Grylls
  • Family
  • High
  • Society

• I'd love to do a big hair campaign for L'Oreal, and Prada would be great, too, obviously.

  

  Ymre Stiekema
  • Great
  • Campaign
  • Obviously

• We are the greatest computers in this world, but now we've created the smart phone which is smarter than us now, but we're still making dumb decisions. We have given our creations more power than we have, and that to me is dumb.

  

  Bootsy Collins
  • World
  • Power
  • Smart

• I have so much to thank reality TV for.

  

  Sia LSD
  • Reality

• You can be predisposed genetically, but it's not a sentence. I'm genetically predisposed, but I manage my weight. The root of obesity, though, is usually emotional. The poor habits are a symptom of a deeper emotional issue.

  

  Jillian Michaels
  • Emotional

• I guess you get pigeon-holed in Hollywood, but I'm ok with that because I've been able to do a lot. I started in the theater, then I went to stand-up comedy, and then when I went into the movies to do comedy and drama and big movies and small movies.

  

  Denis Leary
  • Up
  • Small
  • Comedy

• New York City is a great monument to the power of money and greed... a race for rent.

  

  Frank Lloyd Wright
  • Great
  • Money
  • Power