Philip Johnson Quotes

In my own work, I'd say I'm a classicist, but I look everywhere for my solutions. I don't study the toilet-living habits of my clients, although that's a popular approach. First, I think of every building in history that has been similar in purpose. Then I think of the functional program - that's a major part of the study.

Philip Johnson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: architect
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 8, 1906 - January 25, 2005

Topics

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Can they do both? That's a huge balance, I think, with kids- trying to find the right- it's everything, you know, it's social life, it's academics, it's sports.

Joan Cusack

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We started this mostly from an intellectual place.

Melinda Gates

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I like to speak on matters which matter to human beings, and almost everything matters to human beings.

Maya Angelou

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We misjudge risk if we feel we have some control over it, even if it's an illusory sense of control.

Robert Kiyosaki

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One of the reasons to come to the WWE was to wrestle at 'WrestleMania,' but to main-event 'WrestleMania?' Wow! I live for this.

Shinsuke Nakamura

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I never dreamed that I would be autographing Playbills.

Ron Chernow

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Compassion brings us to a stop, and for a moment we rise above ourselves.

Mason Cooley

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I need to reach a lot of people to sell records.

Jon Crosby

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I currently use Ubuntu Linux, on a standalone laptop - it has no Internet connection. I occasionally carry flash memory drives between this machine and the Macs that I use for network surfing and graphics; but I trust my family jewels only to Linux.

Donald Knuth

FamilyTrustMemoryInternetLinux

All preconceptions when you laugh go out the window. Laughter kills it.

Chevy Chase

LaughterWindowLaughYouGoOut

The distance between me and my readers is the Internet. I can communicate with them and respond to every email I get or every mention on Twitter.

Bob Mayer

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The beauty of 'spacing' children many years apart lies in the fact that parents have time to learn the mistakes that were made with the older ones - which permits them to make exactly the opposite mistakes with the younger ones.

Sydney J. Harris

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