Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Quotes

You can use up all the slums for new development. In all the cities of the world, there are large areas of these. Also, you can avoid the spread of these silly suburban houses. Chicago has thousands of them all over the place.

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: architect
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 27, 1886 - August 17, 1969

Topics

WorldSillyYouPlaceNewChicago

When people love you for your cultural contributions, geographical boundaries become nonexistent.

Adnan Sami

LovePeopleYouBecomeBoundaries

I've certainly had to bite my tongue on occasion and live to fight another day, so to speak, on certain things. But when you're new and fresh, you come out and think, 'I don't want to screw my chance up, so I'll go along with what everybody else does.'

Joe Nichols

LiveDayFightChanceSpeakThink

Much of the U.S. Midwest is already running on bitumen. Do we want to extend this addiction? And at what cost? Or should we set other goals and say one to two million barrels of oil a day from the tar sands is all we really need to make the transition?

Andrew Nikiforuk

GoalsDayTransitionSayWantOil

I believe in the American dream. I don't want anyone to take advantage of it, and I don't want anyone to ruin it, especially people who are not grateful to be here, who seemingly hate us and call us racists.

Jeanine Pirro

HateGratefulAmerican DreamPeople

I guess it comes back to the old motto, you have you're fifteen minutes a fame.

Steve Brown

MottoYouBackFameOldMinutes

It starts with a single sound. If there's something in that sound, then it's worth continuing.

Steve Lacy

WorthSoundSingleSomethingStarts

I want my fights to be seen as plays that have a beginning, a middle and an end.

Sugar Ray Leonard

BeginningEndWantSeenMiddle

I wanted to be an astronaut and wanted to go to space camp, but then I found out that I was too short to become an astronaut. My mom really made me believe that if I worked hard enough and if I really wanted to do it, I could do it.

Soleil Moon Frye

SpaceMeMomBelieveShortEnough

I treat my writing like a day job, like my main job, even if for many years I was doing other jobs to pay the bills. I worked as a copy editor. I was a medical guinea pig. I was an eBay power seller of ladies' handbags. I was an assistant to a bookie at the horse races. I bartended. I did anything I could to make ends meet.

Miguel Syjuco

PowerDayJobMedicalWritingTreat

Whether it is tribalism, racism, xenophobia, or anti-Muslim backlash we're talking about, we spend so much time and energy fighting ways to divide ourselves from others.

Loretta Lynch

TimeRacismEnergyFightingTalking

I don't like balance. Balance is not a word you can use in Versace fashion.

Donatella Versace

BalanceFashionYouLikeVersace

This Halloween, the most popular mask is the Arnold Schwarzenegger mask. And the best part? With a mouth full of candy you will sound just like him.

Conan O'Brien

BestMaskYouMouthWillCandy

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