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Leon Krier Quotes

Horizontal and vertical sprawl... are the dinosaurs of an ending fossil-fuel age of synthetic culture.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Age Culture Ending Dinosaurs

From now on we live in a world where man has walked on the Moon. It's not a miracle; we just decided to go.

Live Science Man Moon World Go

Giraffes are completely tranquil - they have no predators as adults because there's not an animal in the jungle stupid enough to go for them.

Animal Stupid Enough Jungle Go Them

I think I've been quite lucky in that I haven't had to make too many changes to myself. Obviously, there have been adaptations and things that I've altered, but I haven't changed completely. I've stayed myself.

Myself Think Lucky Changes Things

I simply refuse to play by the rules.

Rules Play Simply Refuse

Science fiction is about extrapolation, looking back through history, spotting a trend, and predicting where it will go.

Robert J. Sawyer

Science History Looking Back Looking

Fling but a stone, the giant dies.

Death Stone Giant Dies Fling

If the Mets can win the World Series, the United States can get out of Vietnam.

Win World Out United Vietnam Get

You never accomplish everything you want to accomplish.

You Accomplish Want Never Everything

When I look at a body it gives me choice of what to put in a painting, what will suit me and what won't.

Me Painting Body Look Choice Will

We have this very clean picture of science, you know, these well-established rules with which we make predictions. But when you're really doing science, when you're doing research, you're at the edge of what we know.

Science Research Picture Doing You

The more you know about somebody's back story, the deeper you can delve into that well, and the more your comedic choices resonate full-body instead of just being quick, quippy one-liners that are just like a bunch of people trying to be clever. Because after a while, cleverness is just really obnoxious!

People Choices Story Trying You

My mom was on a soap opera for 40 years, so I know about love and romance.

Love Mom Know Opera Romance Soap

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