Elizabeth Prentiss Quotes

A plan of life? ...Yet you would smile at an architect who, having a noble structure to build, should begin to work on it in a haphazard way, putting in a brick here and a stone there, weaving in straws and sticks if they come to hand, and when asked on what work he was engaged and what manner of building he intended to erect, should reply he had no plan but thought something would come of it.

Elizabeth Prentiss

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• Women dress very much according to their moods, so when you see their shoes, it really shows you the character and what they want to show to the world, and what they are feeling at that time.

  

  Edgardo Osorio
  • Time
  • World
  • Women

• We love a tale of heroes and villains and conflicts requiring a neat resolution.

  

  Barry Ritholtz
  • Heroes
  • Conflicts
  • Tale

• I love watching action. I remember watching Angelina Jolie in 'Tomb Raider,' and I was like 'Wow, it's so cool when a girl can go around and kick butt.'

  

  Olga Fonda
  • Remember
  • Girl
  • Action

• The one snack I really love is YoCrunch yogurt. It's like an apple pie in a cup! You have your apples on the bottom, your yogurt in the middle, and piecrust crumbs on top.

  

  Gabby Douglas
  • Love
  • Love Is
  • Apple

• The truth is women use contraception not only as a way to prevent unintended pregnancies, but also to improve their health and the health of their families. Increased access to contraception is directly linked to declines in maternal and infant mortality.

  

  Felicity Huffman
  • Women
  • Truth
  • Health

• A lot of guys go in immediately for status, as opposed to comfort and allowing their home to tell a story about them.

  

  Nate Berkus
  • Home
  • Story
  • Comfort

• I actually got an initial sense of how big 'Outlander' was going to be on Twitter. We're all on there to help promote the show and also interact with the fans.

  

  Sam Heughan
  • Help
  • Fans
  • Twitter

• When I started in the mid-'90s, the goal was really to shoot for a film career and stay there.

  

  Gabriel Mann
  • Career
  • Film
  • Goal

• The Hungarians, by nature, are not extreme. They become more extreme only when they are forced to fight for their freedom, as was in the case in the uprising against the communists in 1956 or the revolution against the Austrian Empire. They will not turn extreme in the name of despotism.

  

  Viktor Orban
  • Nature
  • Freedom
  • Revolution

• Of course, a law that is selectively used is in one aspect even worse than a law that is generally used because it puts a lot of power in individuals' hands and makes government a rule, not of laws, but of people.

  

  Vikram Seth
  • People
  • Power
  • Law

• When I am with my family, then I can just sort of switch off. It's kind of weird, because I go back and I go into this bedroom that I have had since I was a teenager. It is like this parallel universe, because one minute I am on the red carpet and then the next I am hiding out in this room I have had since I was 15.

  

  Florence Welch Florence and the Machine
  • Family
  • Universe
  • Weird

• I am an inventor of music.

  

  Igor Stravinsky
  • Music
  • Inventor

• For a Tamil debut, I wanted to make sure the script is the right one. We are hopeful 'Bramhotsavam' will be that film.

  

  Mahesh Babu
  • Film
  • Right
  • Will

• I think it's really important to remember that it's a long life, and it's a long career. In a perfect world, your career will be long. It does not begin and end with any one job. The point is to continue to have longevity in your career.

  

  Laura Leighton
  • Life
  • World
  • Important

• The moment I moved to New York City to study fashion, I met and became friends with people not only involved in fashion but in all the arts. It's quite fluid with so many types of artists, designers, and musicians who know each other through collaborations or friends of friends.

  

  Narciso Rodriguez
  • People
  • Friends
  • City

• I'd horsewhip you if I had a horse.

  

  S. J. Perelman
  • You
  • Horse
  • Had

• I was brought up in Florence, a beautiful medieval town whose rhythm is completely in antiquity.

  

  Oleg Cassini
  • Up
  • Beautiful
  • Rhythm

• For a long time I limited myself to one colour - as a form of discipline.

  

  Pablo Picasso
  • Time
  • Long
  • Discipline

• I read 'Red Dragon' back in high school. I love Thomas Harris' approach to the crime thriller that crossed over into horror in a way that nobody really tapped into.

  

  Bryan Fuller
  • School
  • High
  • Red

• To stagnate in the sun, goldenly, like an obscure lake surrounded by flowers.

  

  Fernando Pessoa
  • Sun
  • Lake

• Yes, I'm a reasonably good self-taught historian of the 1930s and '40s. I've never wanted to write about another time or place. I wouldn't know what to say about contemporary society.

  

  Alan Furst
  • Time
  • Good
  • Society

• I would like to thank Reince Priebus for his service and dedication to his country. We accomplished a lot together and I am proud of him!

  

  Donald Trump
  • Country
  • Together
  • Proud

• The Lord never lays more on us, in the way of chastisement, than our state of heart makes needful; so that whilst He smites with the one hand, He supports with the other.

  

  George Muller
  • Heart
  • Hand

• A plan of life? ...Yet you would smile at an architect who, having a noble structure to build, should begin to work on it in a haphazard way, putting in a brick here and a stone there, weaving in straws and sticks if they come to hand, and when asked on what work he was engaged and what manner of building he intended to erect, should reply he had no plan but thought something would come of it.

  

  Elizabeth Prentiss
  • Hand
  • Architect
  • Engaged