Safdie Architects Quotes & Sayings

By July we had strawberries, red currants, raspberries, veal, dill, baby turnips, marrow. Mussolini resigned, and Italy capitulated. Roses could be had. — Elise Blackwell

The more civilized people are, the more honorable working hard is to them. As a result, the more civilized we get, the less we live. — Mokokoma Mokhonoana

And I think of us, all the people, and the masks we wear, the masks we hide behind and the masks that reveal. I imagine people pretending to be what they truly are, and discovering that other people are so much more and so much less than they imagined themselves to be or present themselves as. And — Neil Gaiman

I don't think I have a signature style that announces, 'This is a Safdie.' But I think star architects have seized an opportunity to go anywhere in the world to produce meaningless buildings. — Moshe Safdie

Or did you wake up on the wrong side of stupid this morning? — Jennifer L. Armentrout

Right now I don't call it the menopause, I call it men-on-pause. — Marie Osmond

There are a lot of musicians who are still desperately trying to pretend that it's 1998 and by having a huge marketing campaign, they somehow believe that they can sell 10 million records. That's delusional. No one sells 10 million records. The days of musicians getting rich off of selling records are done. — Moby

Our days on earth are like a shadow, and the time of our affliction is the length of our days. — Shmuel Yosef Agnon

Do the atheists in Wisconsin realize they're going to Hell? Did you ask them that? — Bill O'Reilly

I'm going to take a shower," I said and prepared for the comment I knew was coming.
"You know what they say, conserve water and shower with a friend. — Chelsea M. Cameron

I know, Mum. So what did you call for?' 'Well... just quickly. When you have a second, can you please send me some Bejeweled Blitz coins? — K.M. Golland

Heaven, such as it is, is right here on earth. Behold: my revelation: I stand at the door in the morning, and lo, there is a newspaper, in sight like unto an emerald. And holy, holy, holy is the coffee, which was, and is, and is to come. And hark, I hear the voice of an angel round about the radio saying, "Since my baby left me I found a new place to dwell." And lo, after this I beheld a great multitude, which no man could number, of shoes. And after these things I will hasten unto a taxicab and to a theater, where a ticket will be given unto me, and lo, it will be a matinee, and a film that doeth great wonders. And when it is finished, the heavens will open, and out will cometh a rain fragrant as myrrh, and yea, I have an umbrella. — Sarah Vowell

Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man. — Friedrich Nietzsche

Shall memory restore The steps and the shore, The face and the meeting place; — W. H. Auden

The number one problem in our world is alienation, rich versus poor, black versus white, labor versus management, conservative versus liberal, East versus West ... But Christ came to bring about reconciliation and peace. — Billy Graham

Every day after I wake up, I think, 'Wait ... this can't be real; I'm still going to wake up.' — Michael Phelps