Ottavio Missoni Quotes & Sayings

No, no, one can imagine nothing in the world, not the least thing. Everything is composed of so many isolated details that are not to be foreseen. In one's imagining one passes over them and hasty as one is doesn't notice that they are missing. But realities are slow and indescribably detailed. — Rainer Maria Rilke

Our knowledge of dynamic processes is necessarily inferior to our ability to describe stationary conditions. — Oskar Morgenstern

That is sad until one recalls how many bad books the world may yet be spared because of the busyness of writers. — Gore Vidal

I've now been in this country for thirteen years, since I was seventeen. So this is my second home. — Hakeem Olajuwon

I was a soldier in WWII. The last couple of months of the war I was actually in combat. — Mel Brooks

I think that part of the reason that 'Iron Man' was so successful was that we really chose to break new ground in a new area tonally, cast wise, the way we depict the hero, what his abilities are. It felt fresh in a genre that is beginning to feel stale if it's not done with the proper amount of inspiration and a strong voice or tone. — Jon Favreau

When you acknowledge, as you must, that there is no such thing as perfect food, only the idea of it, then the real purpose of striving toward perfection becomes clear: to make people happy, that is what cooking is all about. — Thomas Keller

Learning to pay attention to how your body feels can offer you rich guidance about your choices and direction in life. — Lynn A. Robinson