Minoru Yamasaki Quotes

In this tour around the world I was not interested in contemporary buildings because I had seen contemporary buildings actually until they came out of my ears in a sense.

Minoru Yamasaki

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: architect
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 1, 1912 - February 6, 1986

Topics

WorldBuildingsOutSeenSenseEars

My family were really poor.

Joe Gilgun

FamilyPoorReallyWere

In the ancient world, taxes were paid in kind: landowners paid in crops or livestock; the landless paid with their labor. Taxing trade made medieval monarchs rich and funded the early-modern state.

Jill Lepore

WorldRichLaborKindTaxesTrade

We will continue to do all we can to protect the public health against these dietary supplements that have been found to cause serious illness and injury.

Andrew von Eschenbach

HealthSeriousWillProtectAgainst

Miami is not optimal for raising a child.

Jeffrey Dean Morgan

ChildMiamiRaisingOptimal

On airplanes, strangers confide in me the most deepest, darkest secrets. And I think they think I'll understand. And I generally do understand.

John Waters

MeThinkStrangersSecretsDeepest

On my wedding day. I didn't want a natural, blushing-bride look - I had a full-on hairdo and red lips. I thought it would be disingenuous to do the whole virginal look, so even though I had the white dress, I had pink net underneath.

Sophie Ellis-Bextor

DayRedDressPinkThoughtLips

I have no idea who first coined the word 'Abenomics.' It was not my original term for the set of anti-deflation, growth-promotion policies I am now pursuing.

Shinzo Abe

I AmNowFirstOriginalIdeaSet

But the greatest thing about music is putting it out there for people to figure out. You want the listener to find the song on their own. If you give too much away, it takes away from the imagination.

Diana Krall

MusicImaginationPeopleSongYou

It was surprising to me to hear a member question whether another member of the House was an adult. We're all adults in the House of Commons, and I think it diminishes us all to suggest otherwise.

Chrystia Freeland

MeThinkHouseQuestionAdultUs

I was sitting around, moping and feeling badly for myself. I went to the hospital to visit a child, and it hit me: helping people is what I'm meant to do.

Brian Ortega

MyselfChildPeopleMeFeeling

I know I'm going to be the next big hip-hop artist. I just want to save hip-hop... that's my job.

Astro

JobArtistKnowWantHip-HopBig

Just go for it. Don't be afraid of trying new things. You have absolutely no idea what's going to present itself to you. Don't be frightened. Just buckle down and do whatever your heart desires.

Phyllis Smith

HeartNew ThingsPresentTryingYou

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