Hugh Hardy Quotes

Please, don't use a cornice as a doorstop. At least put it somewhere where people will have to look up at it. Architectural details really ought to be displayed in the same relation to the viewer as they were originally intended.

Hugh Hardy

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PeopleDetailsLookWillSameUp

The very paradigm of revolution, of right versus wrong, good versus bad, is a relic with no bearing on the present. Yet artists, exhibitions, and curators valorize the sixties. People who wrote about these artists 30 years ago still write about them in the same ways, often for the same magazines.

Jerry Saltz

GoodPeopleRevolutionPresentBad

If I had to find one characteristic that is most symbolic of me, I think I am tenacious.

Melvin Van Peebles

I AmMeThinkFindTenaciousMost

The first ATM in Hong Kong was actually at the foot of the bank. I remember my father using it. And I find it absolutely terrifying that - something about the way the machine just kind of coughed up money with no difficulty.

John Lanchester

FatherMoneyRememberFindKindWay

Indy is my home. It's part of me; it's in my DNA.

Robert Mathis

HomeMeDNAIndyPart

When I first started as an editorial cartoonist, I was terrified on a daily basis. Filling that hole the next day, knowing that tens of thousands of people were going to expect something funny. There is still that pressure, but you kind of learn how to cope with it a little better.

Steve Breen

FunnyDailyDayPeopleBetterLearn

I've gotten so into the thing of moving, moving, moving, but I'm desperate to have a home. I just want my own little spot - I'm saving, but it's difficult because of the shopping... I'm actually addicted to online shopping - it's something about the packages arriving!

Suki Waterhouse

HomeMovingShoppingWantMy Own

History teaches that war begins when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap.

Ronald Reagan

HistoryWarBelievePriceCheap

I come from a blue collar family, but my personal life isn't. I didn't get the gene that my grandfather had in spades. He was a local hero. Built the church that I went to. Built the house I grew up in. Steamfitter, pipefitter, electrician, mechanic and plumber. I wanted to do those things. But it just didn't come easy.

Mike Rowe

LifeFamilyHeroBlueChurchHouse

In terms of freedom, America doesn't invite any comparison to Russia. It would be silly to make one. Every line that I care to write, I can have printed. There is no point to even talk about degrees.

Joseph Brodsky

FreedomCareAmericaSillyI Can

I just loved the guitar when it came along. I loved it. The banjo was something I really liked, but when the guitar came along, to me that was my first love in music.

Doc Watson

LoveMusicMeGuitarLovedFirst

As a little kid, not only is my dad Jo-Jo White, but M. L. Carr is involved in the family, Red Auerbach is my godfather, and my stepmother was an Olympic-caliber sprinter. Athletes were all around. I happened to be a natural athlete. If I wasn't, it might have been hell. But I never got any pressure from my mom and dad to be an athlete.

Brian J. White

FamilyRedMomPressureHellWhite

If there's a song where there's a possibility of guitar stuff that would be fun to listen to, go for it. Don't worry about what anybody thinks.

Brad Paisley

FunSongGuitarWorryGoGo For It

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