Moshe Safdie Quotes

Beauty connotes humanity. We call a natural object beautiful because we see that its form expresses fitness, the perfect fulfillment of function.

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• Had I been injured on the freeway and not in combat, it is likely that I would be bankrupt even though I had medical insurance through my civilian employer.

  

  Tammy Duckworth
  • Insurance
  • Been
  • Medical

• A movie is about human beings, about humanity.

  

  Abbas Kiarostami
  • Movie
  • Humanity
  • Human

• I don't mean to sound like a touchy-feely California type here, but I knew that I could finally get over the death of my father only by having kids of my own.

  

  Kara Swisher
  • Kids
  • Father
  • Death

• Many African-American men are incarcerated. And so African-American women do carry an enormous burden. And traditionally have carried a greater burden than perhaps their white counterparts.

  

  Faye Wattleton
  • Men
  • Women
  • American

• I really do miss playing basketball. I don't play a lot of pick-up games. But I do like using basketball as a form of cross training.

  

  Jackie Joyner-Kersee
  • Up
  • Play
  • Training

• For some people, miracles serve as evidence of God's existence.

  

  Walter Isaacson
  • People
  • God
  • Miracles

• A great amount of good is always evened out by a great amount of bad. I find it's best to acknowledge that weird balance.

  

  Garrett Hedlund
  • Good
  • Great
  • Bad

• When I think about voting, I can skip it and still see myself as a good citizen. But when I think about being a voter, now the choice reflects on my character. It casts a shadow.

  

  Adam Grant
  • Good
  • Character
  • Myself

• No humorist is under any obligation to provide answers and probably if you were to delve into the literary history of humour it's probably all about not providing answers because the humorist essentially says: this is the way things are.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • History
  • You
  • Answers

• It seems that the right of freedom of speech that was enshrined in numerous constitutions is now under attack by religious institutions.

  

  Salman Rushdie
  • Freedom
  • Religious
  • Freedom Of Speech

• We can never say it often or loudly enough: Immigrants and refugees revitalize and renew America.

  

  Barack Obama
  • America

• So what does it matter where it was when it was hit? We could have sunk it if it'd been tied up on the quayside in a neutral port and everyone would still have been delighted.

  

  Alan Clark Dire Straits
  • Up

• In fact, I'd just like to own something. Everyone thinks I'm glamorous, rich and famous but all I've got is some recording equipment and a battered old BMW.

  

  Dido Armstrong
  • Famous

• People wouldn't hire me for comedies. They would say, 'Oh, he doesn't do comedy,' and now it's really all I do.

  

  Kevin Dillon
  • People
  • Comedy

• Fight choreography has far more in common with dance choreography than it does with actual martial arts. You learn martial arts techniques, but those are just the movements for the choreography. You're working with a partner in choreography. You're working on timing.

  

  David Leitch
  • Dance
  • Partner

• For every $1 billion we invest in public transportation, we create 30,000 jobs, save thousands of dollars a year for each commuter, and dramatically cut greenhouse gas emissions.

  

  Bernie Sanders

• My parents were not very happy. They were very worried about me pursuing a career that even if I had talent might not give me the happiness and the success that they - any parent hopes for their child.

  

  Emmylou Harris
  • Happy
  • Career
  • Success

• You can never find the right bowling ball. This one's too heavy. This one's good but its pink!

  

  Jim Gaffigan
  • Balls
  • Heavy
  • Bowling

• I believe Not more in God's word than in yours; and this Not for your station's sake, nor yet your fame's, How high soe'er the wind of war have blown The splendour of your standard: but, my lord, Your face and heart and speech, being one, require Of any not base-born and servile-souled Faith: and my faith I give you.

  

  Algernon Charles Swinburne
  • God
  • Believe
  • Heart

• He wasn't into one-night stands, he wasn't into scoring just to see if he could, he wasn't into acting just charming enough to get what he wanted before cutting loose in favor of someone new and attractive. He just wasn't like that. He would never be like that. When he met a girl, the first question he asked himself wasn't whether she was good for a few dates; it was whether she was the kind of girl he could imagine spending time with in the long haul.

  

  Nicholas Sparks
  • Long
  • Night
  • Girl

• Maybe one of the only things I do well: I cook like a maniac! I would be a chef if I weren't an actor.

  

  Ian Somerhalder
  • Things
  • Actor
  • Chef

• Beauty connotes humanity. We call a natural object beautiful because we see that its form expresses fitness, the perfect fulfillment of function.

  

  Moshe Safdie
  • Humanity
  • Natural
  • motivation