Kibaki Grandson Quotes & Sayings

For us to deem a work of architecture elegant, it is hence not enough that it look simple: we must feel that the simplicity it displays has been hard won, that it flows from the resolution of demanding technical or natural predicament. Thus we call the Shaker staircase in Pleasant Hill elegant because we know
without ever having constructed one ourselves
that a staircase is a site complexity, and that combinations of treads, risers and banisters rarely approach the sober intelligibility of the Sharkers' work. We deem a modern Swiss house elegant because we not how seamlessly its windows have been joined to their concrete walls, and how neatly the usual clutter of construction has been resolved away. We admire starkly simple works that we intuit would, without immense effort, have appeared very complicated. (p 209) — Alain De Botton

Mike suppressed an urge to shove Dylan. Unfortunately, Dylan had the impulse control of Bill Clinton in a room full of interns and couldn't hold back his nudge. — Julia Kent

Being on a television series is sort of life-altering on every level. — Victor Garber

Sometimes you have to protect the life of the play. It seems like spelling out mysterious, musical details can destroy a play by making the motivations too clear, too simplex. — John Guare

Washington shows the Negro not only at his best, but also at his worst. — James Weldon Johnson

All the months are crude experiments out of which the perfect September is made. — Virginia Woolf

The secret of theory is that truth does not exist. — Jean Baudrillard

To know the Truth and stand for more than
The Very Truth : Petra Cecilia Maria Hermans
Religion of Blue Circle
September 6, 2016
Babaji — Petra Hermans

Now, I will be the first to admit that human life was not worth much to my generation in the Iron Age, but Flidais and her kind are forever rooted in Bronze Age morality, which goes something like this: If it pleases me, then it is good and I want more; If it displeases me, then it must be destroyed as soon as possible, but preferably in a way that enhances my reputation so that I can achieve immortality in the songs of bards. — Kevin Hearne

Those who place their affections at first on trifles for amusement, will find these trifles become at last their most serious concerns. — Oliver Goldsmith

I thought the whole masturbation thing was really odd and really weird. — Lynndie England

Maybe it doesn't matter if you need someone during the everyday moments of your life. Maybe what matters is that when you need someone, they are the one you need. Maybe needing someone isn't about not being able to do it without them. Maybe needing someone is about it being easier if they are by your side. — Taylor Jenkins Reid

The basic thing is that I want to do the best work possible, and I can only do that if I'm relaxed and have a lot of energy. And that can only come from taking time off. — Jason Scott Lee

I think creativity becomes really beautiful and magical when you allow it to do what it's needing you to do. — Brandy Norwood

If only your pure and clean mind could touch me, dear Haydn, nobody has a greater reverence for you than I have. — Franz Schubert