Cosciente O Quotes & Sayings

Architecture is definitely a political act. — Peter Eisenman

Parenthood remains the greatest single preserve of the amateur. — Alvin Toffler

I love writing picture books and story books because of the exciting, visual life that artists and illustrators give to them. And most of all, I love writing novels because of the inner, emotional journeys that they take me on. Hopefully, the reader comes with me! — Berlie Doherty

Necessitous men are not free men. — Franklin D. Roosevelt

He spoke in that reminiscent, unctuous voice men use when they tell you that sort of thing more to savour an enjoyable past situation, than to impart information which might be of interest. — Anthony Powell

She wasn't as naive and innocent as she was in the first season. — Shiri Appleby

I'd like something that faces reality. We have 12 million people in this country that are undocumented - that's a reality. It's not going to be like they're all going to leave. One of the reasons I'm holding this hearing in the morning is to hear from somebody who actually understands what's involved here - Janet Napolitano - and I hope that from what she says and what we hear from her, we can start building some consensus. — Patrick Leahy

At school you were taught about chemicals in test tubes, equations to describe motion, and maybe something on photosynthesis - about which more later - but in all likelihood you were taught nothing about death, risk, statistics, and the science of what will kill or cure you. — Ben Goldacre

I'm here," he said. "Be still. — Chloe Neill

If he asks you for six goats in exchange for me, you don't have to actually buy real goats. He'd probably take kegs instead. — Joanna Wylde

More I tried hating him;more I thought about him and I lived with it everyday and I lived with him everyday. — Pushpa Rana

Last night, two men tried to force my shutters. I recognized them: they are two of Rodin's Italian models. He told them to kill me. I am in his way; he wants to get rid of me. — Camille Claudel

Back in 1995, Munger had given a talk at Harvard Business School called "The Psychology of Human Misjudgment." If you wanted to predict how people would behave, Munger said, you only had to look at their incentives. FedEx couldn't get its night shift to finish on time; they tried everything to speed it up but nothing worked - until they stopped paying night shift workers by the hour and started to pay them by the shift. Xerox created a new, better machine only to have it sell less well than the inferior older ones - until they figured out the salesmen got a bigger commission for selling the older one. "Well, you can say, 'Everybody knows that,'" said Munger. "I think I've been in the top five percent of my age cohort all my life in understanding the power of incentives, and all my life I've underestimated it. And never a year passes but I get some surprise that pushes my limit a little farther." Munger's — Michael Lewis

Her siren smile appeard and her eyes lit up the room. Her laghter sounded like music. — Katie McGarry