Freelon Architects Quotes & Sayings

One thing I have always been is too short. It's adorable when you're in junior high. After that, it's a pain in the ass for the rest of your life. — Elizabeth Berg

We live messy lives and those who stop waiting for perfect are the ones who reach their goals. — Roni Noone

So in sum, what are we? We are the creatures that know and know too much. That leaves us with such a burden again we have a choice, to laugh or cry. No other animal does either. We do, depending on the season and the need. — Ray Bradbury

No matter where we are or how advanced we think we are, there are elemental issues of our civilization that stories help us work through. — Christian Camargo

He was tied of all this. — Arleen Gabrio

We encounter and enter our richest, most humanly defining experiences by way of a tear in the fabric of things, because we are running late, or because we recognize, across a crowded room, a face whose lack of perfection allows a unique light to shine through and to stir us with uncommon wonder. — Eugene Kennedy

Oh, I get a little tired now and then, but knowing my lifestyle, that's only natural. — Harry Caray

Being unconditionally happy is a practice: "Come what may, today I'm going to smile. Anyway, everything is going to die! Everything is going to vanish and disappear-so what! Who cares! Let me at least be happy, smile this moment, enjoy my very breath." — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

The number of African Americans in my profession is woefully small; about two percent of architects in the country are black. I'd like to see more diversity. That's why whenever I'm asked to speak at middle and high schools I always say yes. — Philip Freelon

Your success, your life, your happiness. Don't let mean people bring that down. — Taylor Swift

If there's a common thread to my books, it is that each involves an individual's journey. The individual must stay true to themselves. — Kate Thompson