Leon Krier Quotes

Tiredness sets a natural limit to what a human being is prepared to walk daily, and this limit has taught man all through history the size of rural or urban communities.

Leon Krier

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

DailyHistoryWalkManSizeLimit

Today I start a diary; it is against my usual habbits, but out of a clearly felt need.

Robert Musil

TodayStartDiaryNeedOutClearly

We are a nation of borders and - I mean, that is one of the main things that the federal government is in charge with, and that is protecting the citizens of the United States and our whole nation.

Matt Rosendale

GovernmentMeanBordersNationWhole

To be unrecognizable in movies is the biggest compliment that anybody can give you.

Michael Angarano

YouMoviesComplimentGiveAnybody

Jimmy Baldwin was not only a writer, an international literary figure: he was a man, spirit, voice - old and black and terrible as that first ancestor.

Amiri Baraka

ManVoiceBlackSpiritOldFirst

Being told about the effects of climate change is an appeal to our reason and to our desire to bring about change. But to see that Africans are the hardest hit by climate change, even though they generate almost no greenhouse gas, is a glaring injustice, which also triggers anger and outrage over those who seek to ignore it.

Sigmar Gabriel

ChangeAngerIgnoreInjusticeDesire

Sometimes I make more money in a weekend than my grandpa made in a year.

Diplo

MoneyWeekendYearSometimesMore

Today, nearly 40 percent of a senior's healthcare spending is on pharmaceutical medications.

Dennis Hastert

TodayHealthcareSeniorPercent

My parents are not shy, clearly publicly and otherwise, in expressing their hopes that they will soon be grandparents.

Chelsea Clinton

ParentsShyWillGrandparentsHopes

I have to remember I am a defender first and do my job there first and foremost.

Ali Krieger

JobI AmRememberFirstDefenderAm

Broadly speaking, the short words are the best, and the old words best of all.

Winston Churchill

BestWordsShortOldSpeaking

It's not that the film is violent, it's that people have an issue with violence right now.

Thomas Jane

PeopleViolenceNowRightFilm

The usual picture of Socrates is of an ugly little plebeian who inspired a handsome young nobleman to write long dialogues on large topics.

Richard Rorty

UglyPictureHandsomeLongYoung

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