Adolf Loos Quotes

Changes in the traditional way of building are only permitted if they are an improvement. Otherwise stay with what is traditional, for truth, even if it be hundreds of years old has a stronger inner bond with us than the lie that walks by our side.

Adolf Loos

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: architect
  • Nationality: austrian
  • Birth: December 10, 1870 - August 23, 1933

Topics

TruthImprovementLieBuildingBond

I owe much to my friends; but, all things considered, it strikes me that I owe even more to my enemies. The real person springs life under a sting even better than under a caress.

Andre Gide

LifeMeBetterFriendsPersonMore

I spent my whole career in the technology business, and I was convinced of the importance, at a grand scale, of the development of global connectivity.

John Morgridge

BusinessTechnologyCareerWhole

I'm a big advocate of drones.

Robert M. Gates

DronesAdvocateBig

One survey that I saw that was published I think in Variety or Electronic Media within the last three weeks says that now the average hour of radio in the United States has 18 minutes of commercials.

Robert McChesney

ThinkMediaNowThreeRadioWithin

It was in San Diego and I was onstage and couldn't remember how to play the guitar properly. I was in terrible pain and my nervous system was just going wild, like somebody had just run a car over me.

Andy Partridge

CarPainMeGuitarRememberPlay

I was born in Boston, Massachusetts on May 16, 1923, the only child of Joel and Sylvia Miller.

Merton Miller

ChildBornBostonOnly ChildMay

I was just so lucky with 'Real Women Have Curves.' At that point, I would have done an insurance commercial. I would have done anything.

America Ferrera

WomenInsuranceCurvesDoneLucky

Mine has been a pretty strange path.

Steve Carr

PathStrangePrettyMineBeen

I couldn't have got any fatter; I was running out of clothes.

Ronaldo

ClothesOutGotRunningAnyFatter

And the funny thing is, I've always been an optimist - it's practically a congenital disorder with me.

Molly Ivins

FunnyMeAlwaysOptimistBeenThing

Lipstick is the most valuable weapon in a woman's make-up kit. It has the power to transform the appearance and mood of the person wearing it, and, at the same time, arouses the admiration of everybody else.

Monica Bellucci

PowerTimeWomanAppearanceLipstick

I was three years old, so I actually don't remember much of the refugee process.

Milana Vayntrub

ProcessRememberThreeOldYears

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