I'm often called an old-fashioned modernist. But the modernists had the absurd idea that architecture could heal the world. That's impossible. And today nobody expects architects to have these grand visions any more.

Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it.

Pericles

Being Adam Parrish was a complicated thing, a wonder of muscles and organs, synapses and nerves. He was a miracle of moving parts, a study in survival. The most important thing to Adam Parrish, though, had always been free will, the ability to be his own master.This was the important thing.It had always been the important thing. This was what it was to be Adam.

Maggie Stiefvater

He wanted to make her laugh. He wanted to sit and listen to her talk about books until his ears fell off. But all these were things he could not want, because they were things he could not have, and wanting what you could not have led to misery and madness.

Cassandra Clare

You know that day after day of, Oh God what am I going to do with myself feeling? The fear of the emptiness that it implies keeps me going.

Anish Kapoor

We spend all our time looking for some concept of Truth, but Truth is what is left when we drop all concepts.

David Merzel

Our value is the sum of our values.

Joe Batten

Existují takové v?ci jako jedlé... ne, delikátní pirohy v polévce, hrášky dokonale uva?ené, rajská omá?ka pikantní ve své chu?ové plnosti a masová nápl? z on?ch?ástí zví?at, které by se daly v?tšinou i pojmenovat. Jsou platonické burgery vyrobené z hov?zího a ne z volské tlamy a kopyt. Jsou jisté obchody, kde mají smažené filé s pomfrity, kdy filé je ryba a ne jen bílá b?e?ka v rakvi?ce ze smažené strouhanky a pomfrity jsou k jídlu a nedají se použít k holení. Jsou párky v rohlíku, kdy mají párky s masem spole?nou nejen barvu a jejich š?astní konzumenti si na n? nedávají ho??ici, aby nepokazili tu chu?. D?ležité však je, že se lidé dají nau?it na to, aby dávali p?ednost ob?erstvení toho prvního typu a vyhledávali je. Je to, jako kdyby Machiavelli napsal kucha?ku. Ale a? už se mají v?ci jakkoliv, neexistuje omluva pro nikoho, kdo dá na pizzu ananas.

Terry Pratchett

Belief is a wise wager. Granted that faith cannot be proved, what harm will come to you if you gamble on its truth and it proves false? If you gain, you gain all if you lose, you lose nothing. Wager, then, without hesitation, that He exists.

Blaise Pascal

Science replaces private prejudice with public, verifiable evidence.

Richard Dawkins

I truly don't know why the boys are getting all the votes - it could be because they are really amazing, and that's all there is to it. They're really, really good and every single boy deserves to be in the competition right now, and so do the two girls.

Pia Toscano

I have no doubt that given a real choice, the vast majority of Muslims and Arabs, like everyone else will choose a free society over a fear society.

Natan Sharansky

I hear of a convention to be held at Baltimore, or elsewhere, for the selection of a candidate for the Presidency, made up chiefly of editors, and men who are politicians by profession; but I think, what is it to any independent, intellegent, and respectable man what decision they may come to? Shall we not have the advantage of his wisdom and honesty, nevertheless? Can we not count upon some independent votes? Are there not many individuals in the country who do not attend conventions? But no: I find that the respectable man, so called, has immediately drifted from his position, and despairs of his country, when his country has more reason to despair of him. He forthwith adopts one of the candidates thus selected as his only AVAILABLE one, thus proving that he is himself AVAILABLE for any purposes of the demagogue. His vote is of no more worth than that of any unprincipled foreigner or hireling native, who may have been bought.

Henry David Thoreau