Archilab Quotes & Sayings

A gardener who cultivates his own garden with his own hands, unites in his own person the three different characters, of landlord, farmer, and labourer. His produce, therefore, should pay him the rent of the first, the profit of the second, and the wages of the third. — Adam Smith

Rule of art: let half-blind purpose lead you. — Mason Cooley

But the real focus should be on people who are buying today because the base is so big it will take a long time for any change materialize on an overall basis. — Sanjay Kumar

People get a kick out of my stupidity. — Dolly Parton

One is oneself a fine consequence. — Henry James

Ours is a colourful and diversified world. It is also a complex one. — Li Peng

Your man wants to know that there's nothing you wouldn't do for him - if that's your committed relationship. — Karrine Steffans

I was the little French boy who grew up hearing people talk of De Gaulle and the Resistance. France against the Nazis! Then when that boy grew up, he began to uncover things. We began to legitimately ask the question, 'What exactly did our parents do during the Occupation?' We discovered it was not the story they were telling us. — Jacques Audiard

I just play him as myself, I don't ease myself into any role really. I stick a beard on and play me. — Michael Gambon

The madness all over — Ernest Hemingway,

It is impossible to underrate human intelligence - beginning with one's own. — Henry Adams

I have often been reminded of the wild duck that came down on migration into a barnyard and liked it so well that he stayed there. In the fall his erstwhile companions passed overhead and his first impulse was to rise and join them, but he had fed too well and could rise no higher than the eaves of the barn. The day came when his old fellow travelers could pass overhead without his even hearing their call. I have seen men and women who once mounted up with wings like eagles but are now content to live in the barnyard of this world. — Vance Havner

Philosophy and Religion-what are they when the wind blows and the water gets up in lumps? — William Golding

There are people that really live by doing the right thing, but I don't know what that is, I'm really curious about that. I'm really curious about what people think they're doing when they're doing something evil, casually. I think it's really interesting, that we benefit from suffering so much, and we excuse ourselves from it. — Louis C.K.