Stopt Quotes & Sayings

A man that is of Copernicus' Opinion, that this Earth of ours is a Planet, carry'd round and enlightn'd by the Sun, like the rest of them, cannot but sometimes have a fancy ... that the rest of the Planets have their Dress and Furniture, nay and their Inhabitants too as well as this Earth of ours. ... But we were always apt to conclude, that 'twas in vain to enquire after what Nature had been pleased to do there, seeing there was no likelihood of ever coming to an end of the Enquiry ... but a while ago, thinking somewhat seriously on this matter (not that I count my self quicker sighted than those great Men [of the past], but that I had the happiness to live after most of them) me thoughts the Enquiry was not so impracticable nor the way so stopt up with Difficulties, but that there was very good room left for probable Conjectures. — Christiaan Huygens

Regardless of what the object of design is, humans need design. For anything humans use in their day to day life, they need design and it is a clear and concrete proof of the fundamental human right to live. — Kenji Ekuan

With all my heart, I seek to reach the Holy Land. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Fear hardens caution, but boredom erodes it. — David Mitchell

Do not listen to those who say there is nothing you can do to the very real and large social and environmental issues of our time, — Maude Barlow

The past doesn't just disappear after it's happened. — Susane Colasanti

Your eyes, brilliant as shop windows Or as blazing lamp-stands at public festivals, Insolently use a borrowed power Without ever knowing the law of their beauty. Blind, — Charles Baudelaire

The search for the ultimate skyscraper goes on ... At worst, overbuilding will make urban life unbearable. At best, we will go out in a blaze of style. — Ada Louise Huxtable

Reread favourite books as if you are taking apart a clock — Lemony Snicket

My view is, Democrat, Republican, it doesn't matter, my view is I'm in Washington to try to work with people. — Mark Pryor