Punted Square Quotes & Sayings

My father was a socialist, so he would have thought that I shouldn't be a dame. — Zaha Hadid

People may believe correct things for the damndest and weirdest of wrong reasons. — Stephen Jay Gould

Has it led you to the conclusion that photography is an art ? Or it is simply a means of recording ? "I'm glad you asked that. I've been wanting to say this for years. Is cooking an art ? Is talking an art ? Is even painting an art ? It is artfulness that makes art, not the medium itself. Of course photography is an art - when it is in the hands of artists." — Aaron Scharf

Ky's story, bit by bit, is turning to ash and nothing. Except. He remembers it, and now I do, too. — Ally Condie

Like a sculptor, if necessary,
carve a friend out of stone.
Realize that your inner sight is blind
and try to see a treasure in everyone. — Rumi

I am not a committed pacifist. I would not hold that it is under all imaginable circumstances wrong to use violence, even though use of violence is in some sense unjust. I believe that one has to estimate relative justices. But the use of violence and the creation of some degree of injustice can only be justified on the basis of the claim and the assessment-which always ought to be undertaken very, very seriously and with a good deal of scepticism that this violence is being exercised because a more just result is going to be achieved. — Noam Chomsky

Let each citizen contribute their natural talents or acquired skills to the greater benefit of all in the community. — Michael Tellinger