Vitruvius Quotes

Proportion is that agreeable harmony between the several parts of a building, which is the result of a just and regular agreement of them with each other; the height to the width, this to the length, and each of these to the whole.

Vitruvius

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BuildingResultHarmonyHeightWhole

I'll never be the biggest kind of star; I'll be like Bob Duvall, respected as an actor but a lot of people can't identify the face. I don't have the personality of a big star, or the looks of a Mel Gibson or a Paul Newman, or the style of a George C. Scott.

John Malkovich

StylePersonalityPeopleFaceLooks

I want a world without war, a world without insanity. I want to see people do well. I don't even think it's as much as what I want for myself. It's more what I want for the people around me. That's what I want.

Tom Cruise

MyselfWarPeopleMeWorldThink

Math was a two-part exam and I once didn't go for the second part. I knew I'd done so badly on the first it was hopeless. I re-took it about four or five times. I think I eventually got it by getting the top GCSE grade.

Rob Brydon

ThinkGoDoneHopelessFirstTop

I try to create an environment where it's okay to make a mistake, though it's not okay to be unfocused or come in unprepared. I'm challenging and demanding, but very patient. I don't tell you how to get there and I don't show you what to do, though I'll ask leading questions.

Ruben Santiago-Hudson

MistakeQuestionsEnvironmentYou

Man is always marveling at what he has blown apart, never at what the universe has put together, and this is his limitation.

Loren Eiseley

TogetherManUniverseNeverAlways

I'm very lucky. I'm the most fortunate guy that I know.

Dennis Farina

KnowLuckyFortunateGuyMostVery

I think I need the demons in order to write, but the demons have gone. It bothers me a lot. I've tried and tried, but I just can't seem to find a melody.

Brian Wilson

MeThinkDemonsFindWriteNeed

When I grew into a teenager, I became obsessed with Marlon Brando, Montgomery Cliff, and James Dean.

William Forsythe

CliffObsessedTeenagerMarlon Brando

All this terminology of rankings - forcing rankings along some distribution curve or whatever - we're done with that.

Pierre Nanterme

DoneWhateverForcingAlongCurve

One of the most treasured books that I own is Donald Allen's 'The New American Poetry, 1945-1960.' It was a totem of great importance and potency to my group of writer friends in college from 1960 to 1964.

Peter Coyote

GreatPoetryCollegeAmericanNew

Three-fourths of the universe is hydrogen, and oxygen is incredibly abundant, too. So H2O is something you can find nearly everywhere.

Seth Shostak

UniverseYouFindSomethingOxygen

I have never been a shooter.

Shaquille O'Neal

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