Bill Moggridge Quotes
Few people think about this or are aware of it. But there is nothing made by human beings that does not involve a design decision somewhere.
Quotes to Explore
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My son's a West Point cadet.
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When people say to me 'what do you think of rap music?' my answer is there's no such thing. There's rap and there's music.
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A lasting architecture has to have roots.
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Those who promise us paradise on earth never produced anything but a hell.
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The hijab is a symbol that we wear on our heads, but I want people to know that it is my choice. I'm doing it because I want to do it. I wanted people to see that you could still be really cute and modest at the same time.
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A theory is no more like a fact than a photograph is like a person.
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Modern politics today requires a mastery of television. I've never really warmed up to television and, in fairness to television, it's never warmed up to me.
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If there was a time when 'The Ecologist' appeared not to be making a difference at all, not doing something useful, I wouldn't do 'The Ecologist,' but I think it is useful.
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Governments enjoying surpluses have a very strong temptation to splash money around, and while tax cuts are always appealing, cutting taxes at the top of a boom runs the real risk of creating a structural deficit when the boom subsides.
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I was not a fan of the Bush administration, as I think many of us were not.
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Same-sex marriage is not the future.
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I was angry but not at God. I feel that you are closer to God when you are messed up. Definitely. That's when you most need God, and God cannot control what man does.
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I never intended to box forever, and always planned to move on to do other things.
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It may be that the books that were best liked in your lifetime are not the ones that are best liked 100 years later.
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I fell in love with social work, and that was my undoing as a poet.
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We had already planned my wedding when my brother passed away in 2012. When you're grieving, you don't necessarily want to think about something like that, but my brother told me that he wanted me to, so we went ahead and did it.
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Will I support our president, whoever that might be? Absolutely. Did I vote for Donald Trump? Absolutely.
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Everything inspires me, but when it comes to chemistry, and when it comes to the ups and downs of relationships, that's what's real for people.
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I'm a romantic, and we romantics are more sensitive to the way people feel. We love more, and we hurt more. When we're hurt, we hurt for a long time.
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People get a kick out of my stupidity.
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We don't need bigger cars or fancier clothes. We need self-respect, identity, community, love, variety, beauty, challenge and a purpose in living that is greater than material accumulation.
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Few people think about this or are aware of it. But there is nothing made by human beings that does not involve a design decision somewhere.
