Michael Graves Quotes

It was always my goal to 'up the ante' on good design, and I've devoted much of my career to this.

Michael Graves

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: architect
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 9, 1934 - March 12, 2015

Topics

GoodDesignCareerGoalAlwaysUp

My nerves before a gig got worse; I had terrible bad nerves all the time. Once we started... I was fine.

John Bonham

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When I walked out of the seminary, I was 31, but I was like a scared, frightened kid. I had no place to live, no license, no clothes. I was just a lost soul.

John Bradshaw

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It might be expensive to make music lessons available. But it's even more costly to deal with human beings who have half their intellect and spirit left undeveloped.

Andris Nelsons

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I used to like to see The Millionaires versus The Hulkamaniacs. That team versus team atmosphere where you have 10 guys or 8 guys, and it comes down to 3-on-1 - that got exciting for me.

John Cena

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I think it's true we look forward to enormous amounts of information, but I think we would be better off if we thought about the kinds of wisdom and thoughtfulness that we need in order to handle the amount of information ahead.

Maya Soetoro-Ng

WisdomForwardThinkThoughtBetter

Negative feelings are typical of learning, and you shouldn't feel like you're stupid when you're frustrated doing something. You might say to yourself, 'I can't do this,' but you should say, 'That's great.' That means you really have the potential to learn something there.

Angela Duckworth

LearningGreatYourselfStupidLearn

The cliche is that life is a mountain. You go up, reach the top and then go down.

Jeanne Moreau

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I started dancing at the age of three in my hometown of Toledo, Ohio, and it really was my sister's dream to pursue dance professionally.

Alyson Stoner

All judges have cases that touch our passions deeply, but we all struggle constantly with remaining impartial.

Sonia Sotomayor

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We have terrorists coming into the country both through our Northern and Southern borders.

Tom Tancredo

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I was busy welcoming a new experience. I had never done a movie before.

Chita Rivera

ExperienceBusyNewDoneNeverHad

If governments did not mislead their citizens so often, there would be less need for secrecy, and if leaders knew they could not rely on keeping the public in the dark about what they are doing, they would have a powerful incentive to behave better.

Peter Singer

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