Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
I believed I was invincible.
-
I'm not running for state Senate because I wanted to become a politician. I'm running because I wanted to serve.
-
As the years go by, I've added a few pounds on, and I like it. I like it that I look a little softer.
-
I'm from New York, so I'm not a big driver.
-
The theory seems to be that as long as a man is a failure he is one of God's children, but that as soon as he succeeds he is taken over by the Devil.
-
Infinite striving to be the best is man's duty; it is its own reward. Everything else is in God's hands.
-
When people refer to 'Back in the Day,' it was a Wednesday. Just a little fun fact for you.
-
In the world of language, or in other words in the world of art and liberal education, religion necessarily appears as mythology or as Bible.
-
My primary influences were the best jazz players from the 50's and 60's and later some of the pop people from the same time period along with the better of the well known blues musicians.
-
I'm in so many videos. There was a period of about two years where I danced for everyone: Kylie Minogue, Ed Sheeran, Jessie J, Taio Cruz. It got to the point where my fees were double the other girls', and I wouldn't even have to audition. They'd call my agent directly and say, 'We want twigs to come in.'
-
Adulthood is not a goal. It's not seen as a gift.
-
People in their handlings of affairs often fail when they are about to succeed. If one remains as careful at the end as he was at the beginning, there will be no failure.
-
People used to think of me as a comedy actor.
-
I think there's a couple of things going on. One is that Trump's relationship with his base is not the traditional relationship of a politician and the people who elected him, and the constituency, which is a relationship of some accountability, right? The idea is that the politicians are working for the people. They're public servants.
-
You just have to be yourself and make music you feel from your gut, and hopefully, your audience will respond.
-
Why is it we never get our bad medicine in small doses?
-
I get more upset at losing at other things than chess. I always get upset when I lose at Monopoly.
-
Because I think in order to get famous you have to be known for something. Like 'You're the romantic comedy girl' or 'You're the Oscar-winning whatever girl.'
-
One is actually the democracy here, you know, people are, people assume that this election means that there is democracy in Pakistan. There is no democracy.
-
Although I eat healthily, I do enjoy a greasy fry-up, but usually only once a year. I've also got a big Kit-Kat addiction and buy them in bulk.
-
I honestly never wanted to direct. It was only when I started to work on 'Alexander the Great' that I realized I had to direct. I saw something so specifically in my mind, I could not leave it to someone else.
-
Growing Greener doesn't produce money for farmland preservation or open space preservation.
-
Bottom line: government shouldn't be a bottleneck for entrepreneurs looking to design a better mousetrap.
-
Architecture is the will of an epoch translated into space.
