Leon Krier Quotes

The Eisenhower Memorial competition and project have stirred a remarkable polemic, the center of which is not President Eisenhower or Washington, D.C. but Mr. Gehry and the values he promulgates.

Leon Krier

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: architect
  • Nationality:
  • Birth: April 7, 1946

Topics

CompetitionValuesWashingtonProject

Even the small amount of infamy I have makes me uncomfortable - on a personal level and on a professional level.

John Hawkes

MeSmallUncomfortableProfessional

If we didn't need eight hours of sleep and could survive on six, Mother Nature would have done away with 25 percent of our sleep time millions of years ago. Because when you think about it, sleep is an idiotic thing to do.

Matthew Walker

NatureMotherTimeSleepSurvive

Objects can be classified scientifically into three major categories: those that don't work, those that break down and those that get lost.

Russell Baker

WorkDownLostThreeBreakGet

Poetry is a matter of life, not just a matter of language.

Lucille Clifton

LifePoetryLanguageMatterJust

Before, I didn't do celebrity stuff, 'cause Kathy Griffin did that, but now, if you're going to make jokes on Twitter, you have to stay current.

Lisa Lampanelli

YouNowCelebrityJokesStayGoing

One of the good things about the public Human Genome Project is that the U.S. Department of Energy and the National Institutes of Health spent a part of their budget on the ethical, legal, and social implications of their research.

Juan Enriquez

GoodHealthResearchGood Things

Some people feel pressure; some people don't.

Jon Gruden

PeoplePressureFeelSome People

The biggest thing in my life - the biggest - is raising dollars to help kids battle cancer.

Dick Vitale

LifeBattleMy LifeHelpCancer

I believe the switch from 'lady' to 'woman' was part of the women's movement. 'Lady' was a euphemism for 'woman,' and that was one reason that we wanted to move away from it.

Deborah Tannen

WomenWomanBelieveLadyMovement

In this country you can say aloud or publish just about anything you like.

William Greider

YouCountrySayAnythingJustLike

I know that my voice and my vote matter and that I can help shape the outcome of events that I care deeply about.

Susan Collins

VoiceCareHelpI CanKnowVote

A man may do worse than make what the world calls a not wholly happy marriage.

Thomas Bailey Aldrich

MarriageManHappyWorldMayWorse

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