Maisam Architects Quotes & Sayings

Reading was not an escape for her, any more than it is for me. It was an aspect of direct experience. She distinguished, of course, between the fictional world and the real one, in which she had to prepare dinners and so on. Still, for us, the fictional world was an extension of the real, and in no way a substitute for it, or refuge from it. Any more than sleeping is a substitute for waking. (Jincy Willett) — Jincy Willett

Part of privilege is not having to look at ugly things. — Marie Rutkoski

Our enemy attacks the conscience little by little seeking to wear us down and then wears out a leader's resolve to fight the good fight. — Gary Rohrmayer

Books tap the wisdom of our species
the greatest minds, the best teachers
from all over the world and from all our history. And they're patient. — Carl Sagan

At the minor-league and major-league level, you know how important your coaching staff is, but in a big market it becomes absolutely huge. — Mike Quade

his privacy, his life, is still his — Hanya Yanagihara

I liked 'Star Wars,' but I wasn't an uberfan like many people are. — Daisy Ridley

The most wonderful discovery made by scientists is science itself. — Jacob Bronowski

I think self-destructiveness is given a really bad rap. I think it can also mean self-reflection and poetic sensiblity. It can mean empathy, hedonism, a libertarianism. — Courtney Love

We feel good and ill only in proportion to our self-love. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

I believe that the fundamental proposition is that we must recognize that the hostilities in Europe, in Africa, and in Asia are all parts of a single world conflict. We must, consequently, recognize that our interests are menaced both in Europe and in the Far East. — Franklin D. Roosevelt

Show me a poorly uniformed troop and I'll show you a poorly uniformed leader. — Robert Baden-Powell