Yona Friedman Quotes & Sayings

Architecture is the very mirror of life.You only have to cast your eyes on buildings to feel the presence of the past, the spirit of a place; they are the reflection of society. — I.M. Pei

And all the trips you know you missed And all the lips you never kissed Cut through you like a knife. And now you see stretched out before thee Just another story of a life. — Harry Chapin

I would like to write a symbolic allegory about a person who would not assert her will and communicate with others, but who always believed she was unaccepted, and apart. — Sylvia Plath

In the real world, 90% of the money spent on medical research is focused on conditions that are responsible for just 10% of the deaths and disability caused by diseases globally. — Peter Singer

If you want to be a leader who attracts quality people, the key is to become a person of quality yourself. — Jim Rohn

We have allowed ourselves to be defined by our consumption instead of by our ability to move beyond it. — Jane Velez-Mitchell

Jump and the net will appear. — Mick Ebeling

Is it so unjust that a man should leave the world by the same gate through which he entered it? — Georg C. Lichtenberg

I love 'Anna Karenina.' It's in the top five books on my list. Tolstoy is unsurpassed in combining the grand with the trivial, that is, the small details which make up life. — Susan Minot

Hush. Don't ask any questions. It's always best on these occasions to do what the mob do."
"But suppose there are two mobs?" suggested Mr. Snodgrass.
"Shout with the largest," replied Mr. Pickwick.
Volumes could not have said more. — Charles Dickens

Divine omniscience affords no comfort to the ungodly mind - but to the child of God it overflows with consolation. — Charles Haddon Spurgeon