Oscar Niemeyer Quotes

Architecture is my work, and I've spent my whole life at a drawing board, but life is more important than architecture. What matters is to improve human beings.

Oscar Niemeyer

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: architect
  • Nationality: brazilian
  • Birth: December 15, 1907 - December 5, 2012

Topics

LifeWorkArchitectureDrawingHuman

One of the greatest titles in the world is parent, and one of the biggest blessings in the world is to have parents to call mom and dad.

Jim DeMint

ParentsMomWorldParentBlessings

If we had picked Manziel, he'd guarantee our relevance for 10 years.

Jerry Jones

YearsGuaranteeRelevanceHeOur

Wine is wonderful stuff. But so many people are put off by the snobbery of it.

John Cleese

PeopleWineWonderfulOffStuffPut

I am involved with 'Write Girl,' which is such a great organization, because they go into inner city schools and work with underprivileged girls to pair them up with other writers. And it gets them learning to express themselves and become familiar with their own voice. They have a 100% success ratio getting those girls into college.

Melissa Rosenberg

WorkLearningSuccessGirlGreat

They've said everything about me that they could: racist, Marxist, rightist, homophobic, sex change - I don't know what else they could come up with.

Michael Cimino

ChangeMeSexKnowSaidEverything

I'm not getting paid right now. No pay, no critique.

Steven Cojocaru

NowRightPayPaidCritiqueGetting

Truth may be stretched, but cannot be broken, and always gets above falsehood, as does oil above water.

Miguel de Cervantes

TruthWaterBrokenOilAlwaysMay

If you bet on individuals instead of the people, you are going to fail.

Mohamed ElBaradei

PeopleYouFailGoingBetInstead

If you look back at the great classics and the epics and myths, they were for everyone. Different people got different things from them, but everyone was invited to participate.

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

GreatPeopleYouLookBackEveryone

I'm involved in so many cool and interesting and redeeming things. I'm enjoying every day.

Chris Borland

DayCoolInterestingEvery DayMany

People don't do the Macarena together. Or if they do, they do it to get closer, to get together. It's the same thing with the Electric Slide.

Chubby Checker

TogetherPeopleGet TogetherSame

It's something that jazz has gotten away from, and it's unfortunate. Players aren't physical anymore.

Branford Marsalis

JazzAwaySomethingPlayersPhysical

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