Haussmann Architecture Quotes & Sayings

As we have likely recognized by now, no two snowflakes, trees, or animals are alike. No two people are the same, either. Everything has its own Inner Nature. Unlike other forms of life, though, people are easily led away from what's right for them, because people have Brain, and Brain can be fooled. Inner Nature, when relied on, cannot be fooled. But many people do not look at it or listen to it, and consequently do not understand themselves very much. Having little understanding of themselves, they have little respect for themselves, and are therefore easily influenced by others.
But rather than be carried along by circumstances and manipulated by those who can see the weaknesses and behavior tendencies that we ignore, we can work with our own characteristics and be in control of our own lives. The Way of Self-Reliance starts with recognizing who we are, what we've got to work with, and what works best for us. — Benjamin Hoff

Fame is a silly business. People who chase it are almost always going to be disappointed. — Tom Conti

The chains that bind us the most closely are the ones we have broken. — Antonio Porchia

I have a long history with Soho: even when I was at art college, I came down to Soho to work in the summer. — Marc Almond

If you're watching a film on your television, is it no longer a film because you're not watching it in a theatre? If you watch a TV show on your iPad, is it no longer a TV show? The device and the length are irrelevant; the labels are useless, except perhaps to agents and managers and lawyers, who use these labels to conduct business deals. — Kevin Spacey

Some men's memory is like a box where a man should mingle his jewels with his old shoes. — George Savile

Let us, then, be what we are; speak what we think; and in all things keep ourselves loyal to truth. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Although when you look at people that say, from the same culture, roughly the same age, and not very difference intelligence, and you make a lot of detailed questions about the experiences of say colors, situations, and so on, you'll get very similar answers. — Antonio Damasio

Virtue shuns ease as a companion. It demands a rough and thorny path. — Michel De Montaigne