Lewis Mumford Quotes

...in general, the traditionalists are backward-looking, conservative; pessimists about the future and optimists about the past.

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• Most of my stuff, I never really watch.

  

  Ted McGinley
  • Never
  • Watch
  • Most

• Wong Kar-wai and Ang Lee are two Asian directors I'm really fond of.

  

  Bai Ling
  • Two
  • Directors
  • Asian

• Man was created to praise, reverence, and serve God our Lord and in this way to save his soul. The other things on Earth were created for man's use, to help him reach the end for which he was created.

  

  Saint Ignatius
  • God
  • Help
  • Soul

• I was a big fan of Indiana Jones; then I realized he was kind of a fake hero. The real heroes are the people who work hard and do their stuff right, like firefighters and policemen.

  

  Nathan Gamble
  • People
  • Work
  • Real

• When I went into the Montreal Games, nobody expected much out of me.

  

  Nadia Comaneci
  • Me
  • Games
  • Nobody

• It's not enough to just mildly want what you want. You must wildly want what you want. Nobody ever got their greatest wishes by being wishy-washy. You need to put extreme energy into your power of intention to win what you wanna win.

  

  Karen Salmansohn
  • Power
  • Energy
  • Win

• Whenever I've been well-known or hitting the press, I've always had to get my credit card out to prove I'm Damien Hirst.

  

  Damien Hirst
  • Always
  • Credit
  • Credit Card

• As an actress, vanity is your enemy. If you're thinking about how you look, you're not going to give a good performance. Once I realized, 'Hmm, I guess I'm not that vain,' it's like something I wanted to protect. I can't imagine anyone could give the full dynamic performance they're capable of and still be vain.

  

  Gaby Hoffmann
  • Good
  • Thinking
  • Enemy

• Fall into your sentences; enjoy writing them. Love the world you are creating.

  

  Karen Bender
  • World
  • Writing
  • Enjoy

• It seems that for all of the artists signed to a major, there exists the same amount of artists that are struggling to break through to the surface within the label. I think, ideally, we'd end up with a very well connected competent indie team that will be along with us for the ride, however long that ride may be.

  

  Madi Diaz
  • Up
  • Long
  • May

• Being a recognised face has its problems. I miss the freedom to go anywhere I want to.

  

  Nawazuddin Siddiqui
  • Want
  • Freedom
  • Problems

• I had self-esteem issues into my early 20s.

  

  Adam Lambert
  • Issues
  • Early
  • Self-Esteem

• I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.

  

  Nathan Hale
  • Life
  • Country
  • Regret

• I love Japan; it's very special.

  

  Irina Shayk
  • Special
  • Very
  • Japan

• People's dreams are made out of what they do all day. The same way a dog that runs after rabbits will dream of rabbits. It's what you do that makes your soul, not the other way around.

  

  Barbara Kingsolver
  • People
  • Soul
  • Dream

• I just miss - I miss being anonymous.

  

  Barack Obama
  • Being
  • Just
  • Anonymous

• Honestly I'm not a huge TV person. The only show that I've seen every episode of is 'Pretty Little Liars.' It's my favorite show. I wish I could get into other shows, but I just don't have time!

  

  Sabrina Carpenter
  • Time
  • Pretty
  • Wish

• I'm addicted to the hotel life. It's humbling and fly at the same time.

  

  Omari Hardwick
  • Life
  • Time
  • Fly

• Happiness doesn't depend on any external conditions, it is governed by our mental attitude.

  

  Dale Carnegie
  • Happiness
  • Attitude
  • Depend

• It sucks to be the runner-up because I've been the runner-up for a long time in my career. I would get so close and then lose a huge movie and sometimes it's one kid who beats you out for three different movies. It's so frustrating at the time, but what's so great is the lesson you take from that, which is, 'I've got to get better.'

  

  Jason Dohring
  • Up
  • Time
  • Great

• Medicine heals doubts as well as diseases.

  

  Karl Marx
  • Medicine
  • Diseases
  • Doubts

• If someone asked me if I would be interested in doing a Hindi film, I would not say no. There were offers in the past, but something about 'Karwaan' just called out to me. The storyline of three unique characters in a van with a coffin seemed fresh, and I got a good vibe from the team.

  

  Dulquer Salmaan
  • Good
  • Past
  • Team

• I think the place to start is to recognize the individual's quality of incompleteness, of being an unfinished product. The vestiges of the past are brought into the present in one's consciousness, and a continual labor is necessary to eradicate them.

  

  Che Guevara
  • Past
  • Quality
  • Present

• ...in general, the traditionalists are backward-looking, conservative; pessimists about the future and optimists about the past.

  

  Lewis Mumford
  • Future
  • Past