Bernard Tschumi Quotes

Before 2000, everything was about being contextual, and buildings were supposed to be good citizens.

Bernard Tschumi

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: architect
  • Nationality: swiss
  • Birth: January 25, 1944

Topics

GoodBuildingsEverythingBeingWere

The one piece of advice I would give to all girlfriends - or guy friends, too, I guess - is that if you're going to have a fight in a Baja Fresh parking lot, make sure one of you has an available pair of sunglasses because whoever is crying is going to want to wear them.

Jessica St. Clair

FightSunglassesAdviceFriendsYou

I assume the risk of allowing my fiction to enter other people's true stories. And to be fair, I let other people's stories trespass the truth of mine.

John Edgar Wideman

TruthPeopleTrueRiskFairFiction

I just thought my 50th year in the BBC is 2018, and it has to end sometime, and I thought that would be a good note to go out.

John Motson

GoodThoughtEndYearGoOut

A baseball manager is a necessary evil.

Sparky Anderson

BaseballEvilManagerNecessary

I was fortunate in the last century to be in the two biggest hits film-wise, 'Godfather I' and 'Godfather II,' and 'Lonesome Dove.'

Robert Duvall

TwoFortunateLastCenturyDove

A carbon nanotube is just a graphene sheet that's rolled up seamlessly, and this happens in nature; carbon nanotubes are found in mineral deposits around the planet.

Mildred Dresselhaus

NatureUpPlanetJustFoundHappens

I'm very conscious of people having pretty short attention spans: I know, I'm guilty of it. I'm 17 now: what happens by the time I'm 21, am I a burn-out or something? Will they still listen to my record?

Lorde

TimePeopleShortAttentionGuilty

My being gay is not a social issue; it's a fact. It's not something to be debated. It's a reality.

Jose Antonio Vargas

RealityGaySocialBeingSomething

Years ago, I was performing, and people kept calling out for 'Puppy Love' and I just didn't want to. Then I thought I'd have some fun, so we did this insane heavy metal version of it. The applause was polite.

Donny Osmond

LoveFunPeopleThoughtWantPuppy

The things you have to do to be effective - like forming a union at a fast food joint or a telemarketing company - aren't going to work unless you do things like solidarity strikes. Solidarity strikes are illegal. They've been illegal since the '40s, and they were made illegal because they work.

Boots Riley

WorkFoodYouFastSolidarityGoing

I often find that writers who disavow the importance of an ending are just not very good at endings.

Anthony McCarten

GoodEndingFindJustWhoEndings

India. From Goa to Kerala and Mumbai, it gets me every time. It's the food, the people, and the colours. The magical atmosphere and the accepting nature of the locals.

Anouska Hempel

NatureTimeFoodPeopleMeIndia

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