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Leon Battista Alberti Quotes

We must always take from nature what we paint and always choose the most beautiful things.

Leon Battista Alberti

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: architect
Nationality: italian
Birth: February 14, 1404 - April 25, 1472

Topics

Nature Beautiful Choose Always Paint

Where I came from, sports were the only way to get out front.

Sports Way Out Where Get Only

The fully developed bureaucratic apparatus compares with other organisations exactly as does the machine with the non-mechanical modes of production.

Production Machine Other Compares

In 1987, I had my first opportunity to provide 'advice and consent' on a Supreme Court nominee. At that time, I stated that the qualifications essential for evaluating a nominee for the bench included 'integrity, character, legal competence and ability, experience, and philosophy and judicial temperament.' On that test, Elena Kagan fails.

Integrity Character Opportunity Time

I never ran for student council or class president or any of that stuff. I didn't hang out with those people. It was just a different universe from the one I inhabited.

John Hickenlooper

People Universe Student Class Never

When Bill Clinton chose Al Gore in 1992 - from the same generational, ideological, and geographical background as his - it underscored his campaign's central argument that this was a clash between the past and the future, that 'Don't Stop Thinking About Tomorrow' was indeed the campaign's anthem.

Jeff Greenfield

Future Past Tomorrow Thinking Stop

On the microphone, I'm not scared to step up and say, 'This is my ability, this is how good I am.' In other areas of life, I'm not so confident; I'm still adjusting to the photo shoots, all that stuff. But behind the mic, I'm fully confident.

Life Good I Am Step Confident Say

Sometimes the challenge of beating the jet lag and getting a decent sleep can be as hard to solve as finding the right setup for the car!

Romain Grosjean

Car Challenge Sleep Finding Right

I ask all Americans with a conscience to shun anything and everything to do with the murderous state of Georgia.

Ask Everything Conscience Anything

The first commercial judge in Medina was a woman!

Mohammad bin Salman

Woman Judge First Commercial

My favorite memories growing up in North Carolina were hunting and fishing with my father and brothers. There, I developed a deep appreciation for protecting land and waterways. There, I learned outdoorsmanship.

Father Memories Fishing Appreciation

I'm surprised how many commercials and sitcoms and movies have a need for, 'We just need something to come by the camera that's really weird.' They call Doug Jones.

Weird Camera Movies Need Something

You don't work with spiders very long before you start noticing how important silk is to their life and just how special that is for spiders.

Life Work Start Long You Important

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