Arthur Erickson Quotes

No wonder the film industry started in the desert in California where, like all desert dwellers, they dream their buildings, rather than design them.

Arthur Erickson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: architect
  • Nationality: canadian
  • Birth: June 14, 1924 - May 20, 2009

Topics

DesertDesignBuildingsDreamWonder

I am one of the few actresses who isn't recognized by the way she looks. I'm recognized by the way I talk.

Joey Lauren Adams

I AmLooksWayTalkSheWho

People, I guess, generally come to see me do stand-up with a working knowledge of my broad sense of humor on 'The Daily Show'... I don't think anyone would mistake me as an actual anchor.

John Oliver

DailyKnowledgeHumorMistakePeople

The miniskirt enables young ladies to run faster, and because of it, they may have to.

John Lindsay

YoungRunMayBecauseFasterLadies

I am a central European with an English education and a deplorable tendency to constant self-analysis. I am irritable and have weak nerves.

Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

EducationI AmWeakEnglishConstant

I was worried about my mom more than I was worried about the president. And then I was worried about the president, and then I was worried about myself.

Monica Lewinsky

MyselfMomPresidentMoreThanThen

If Nirvana had remained a small, underground punk rock band, Kurt Cobain would still be alive. And he'd probably be living in Seattle, getting kind of fat and balding, be relatively happy and producing records for other people.

Moby

HappyPeopleSmallFatAliveLiving

I always like to write myself into a corner. I think the best stuff comes from only having a few ways out.

Courtney A. Kemp

MyselfBestThinkWriteAlwaysOut

The progressives like to talk a lot about poverty - and you should. However, it's the guys in the middle who have really been hurt by the global economy . The people at the bottom have been holding on to their jobs quite well, actually.

Chrystia Freeland

PeopleHurtPovertyYouTalkMiddle

Mitch and I have known each other for such a long time, and we're both so pleased to be given this opportunity at this point in our lives to play characters that we've never really had a chance to play before. It's a great gift. Plus we're wise enough to appreciate it.

Susan Sullivan

OpportunityGreatTimeWiseGift

In 1862, Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act, a bill opening one half million square miles of territory in the western United States for settlement.

Peter Agre

OpeningActMilesSquareHalf

Typically, discussions of the safety net boil down to one side wanting to spend more in the name of compassion, and the other side wanting to spend less in the name of fiscal restraint. In both cases, money serves as a proxy for moral responsibility.

Todd Young

ResponsibilityMoneyCompassionName

I don't do celebrity.

Rhys Ifans

Celebrity

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