105th Birthday Quotes & Sayings

When Oscar Niemeyer died on December 5, 2012, ten days before his 105th birthday, he was universally regarded as the very last of the twentieth century's major architectural masters, an astonishing survivor whose most famous accomplishment, Brasilia, was the climactic episode of utopian High Modern urbanism. — Martin Filler

There should of course be left a field of work for the sake of experiment but at all times one must remember that there will always remain open a possibility of err. — Sri Aurobindo

It is often said that we are just a moment in time! In that case, here is the best challenge for man: To change this! To be two moments in time; three moments in time; four moments in time; to be in the whole of the time! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

I'm really happy that it's in Russia. I've had a lot of success here. I had my first world championships here when I was younger so I am happy to do the Olympics here. I am really enjoying myself. — Hayley Wickenheiser

From the prophets of Israel Lincoln had learned the note will idea that there can be serving people, with responsibility to the entire "family of man". — Elton Trueblood

I think you should always aim for more. — Nicola Sturgeon

A theologian is born by living, nay dying and being damned, not by thinking, reading, or speculating. — Martin Luther

The future, as always, felt too abstract to worry about, too nebulous, too otherworldly. What mattered was the here and now. — Manil Suri

There's a huge difference between who I am when I make music and who I am the rest of the time. — Angel Haze

All of the wisdom of this world is but a tiny raft upon which we must set sail when we leave this earth. If only there was a firmer foundation upon which to sail, perhaps some divine word. — Socrates

The devil doesn't need to invent any new temptations; the old ones work as well as they ever have. — Billy Graham

If you focus on the humanity of your stories, your characters, then the horror will be stronger, scarier. Without the humanity, the horror becomes nothing more than a tawdry parlor trick. All flash and no magic, and worst of all, no heart. — Don Roff

Richard Hugo taught me that anyone with a desire to write, an ear for language and a bit of imagination could become a writer. He also, in a way, gave me permission to write about northern Montana. — James Welch

A moderated religion is as good for us as no religion at all - and more amusing. — C.S. Lewis

The idea of trying to create things that last - forever knowledge - has guided my work for a long time now. — Edward Tufte