“For what made that in glory shine so long But poets' Pens, pluckt from Archangels' wings?” Quote by Sir John Davies
“The designer's job is to imagine the world not how it is, but how it should be.” WorldShouldJobsImagineDesigner Author:Terence Conran
“If our homes should provide anything, they should provide a sense of who we are and how we got here, a sense of connection balanced by a sense of direction and progress.” IfsShouldHomeProgressConnectionsWho We AreBalanced Author:Terence Conran
“Home is the heart of life Home is where we feel at ease, where we belong, where we can create surroundings that reflect our tastes and pleasures Making a home is a form of creativity open to everyone.” FeelsHeartHomeFormPleasureCreativityTasteEaseSurroundings Author:Terence Conran
“I've noticed a funny thing about people who are over-weight. They spend all their time thinking about food -except when they're actually eating it” PeopleThinkingEatingWeightFunny Things Author:Paul McKenna
“If you want to knock down the wall between you and the life of your dreams, it's best to do it one brick at a time!” IfsWantDreamWallYour DreamsBricks Author:Paul McKenna
“If you don’t take responsibility for programming yourself, then someone else will.” IfsResponsibilityProgrammingTaking Responsibility Author:Paul McKenna
“Thomas Stanley has not only found no correlation between success in school and an ability to accumulate wealth, he's actually found a negative correlation. 'It seems that school-related evaluations are poor predictors of economic success,' Stanley concluded. What did predict success was a willingness to take risks. Yet the success-failure standards of most schools penalized risk takers. Most educational systems reward those who play it safe. As a result, those who do well in school find it hard to take risks later on.” WellsHardPlaySeemsSchoolFoundWealthAbilityPoorResultsRiskEconomicSafeStandardsNegativeRewardsEducationalRelatedWillingnessSuccess FailureEvaluationEducational SystemStanleyCorrelationEconomic Success Author:Richard Farson
“The crowds at West Ham haven't been rewarded by results, but they keep turning up because of the good football they see. Other clubs will suffer from the old bugbear that results count more than anything. This has been the ruination of English soccer.” Has BeensSufferingResultsHavensFootballWestCrowdsClubsSoccerHamGood FootballWest Ham Author:Ron Greenwood