Architecture worth great attention. As we double our numbers every 20 years we must double our houses. Besides we build of such perishable materials that one half of our houses must be rebuilt in every space of 20 years. So that in that term, houses are to be built for three fourths of our inhabitants. It is then among the most important arts: and it is desireable to introduce taste into an art which shews so much.

Once I had all the facts in, I found I didn't have the immoral courage to pull the caper. So I wrote it as a story. As a teenager, I didn't have any skills for writing as such, so it came out in 1500 words.

Theodore Sturgeon

My fellow Americans, we are and always will be a nation of immigrants. We were strangers once, too.

Barack Obama

I wrote somewhere during the Cold War that I sometimes wish the Iron Curtain were much taller than it is, so that you could see whether the development of science with no communication was parallel on the two sides. In this case it certainly wasn't.

Thomas Gold

We have this morning dropped anchor, just off Williamstown.

William John Wills

Never give up. It's like breathing - once you quit, your flame dies letting total darkness extinguish every last gasp of hope. You can't do that. You must continue taking in even the shallowest of breaths, continue putting forth even the smallest of efforts to sustain your dreams. Don't ever, ever, ever give up.

Richelle E. Goodrich

Nothing in predictive climate science is more certain than the extinction of many of the world's mountain-dwelling species.

Tim Flannery

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

I will not speak with disrespect of the Republican Party. I always speak with respect of the past.

Woodrow Wilson

Parents don't understand kids and kids don't understand parents. My parents were divorced when I was really young and I went to live with my dad.

Mark Hoppus

There is no reason to design buildings that are more basic and rectilinear, because with concrete you can cover almost any space.

Oscar Niemeyer

Of course, I will continue to share my favorite Southern recipes, just like my mama, grandmother and family shared with me over the years. And now, I'll be adding a little bit of a lighter touch to some of these wonderful dishes.

Paula Deen

I think I understand what military fame is; to be killed on the field of battle and have your name misspelled in the newspapers.

Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman