“The beauty of the landscape - where sand, water, reeds, birds, buildings, and people all somehow flowed together - has never left me.” PeopleTogetherLeftWaterInfluenceBuildingBirdLandscapeSandReeds Author:Zaha Hadid
“I've had a million setbacks along the way--from kiln fires burning down buildings to shipping disasters--that should have put me out of business, or at least left me lying in the fetal position on my bed for a few days. Luckily, though, I've never for one second thought that I had any other option than to just keep going.” WayShouldLyingLeftMillionsFirePositionBuildingBedShould HavePerseveranceDisasterBurningKeep GoingSetbackSecond ThoughtsShippingFire BurningBurning Down Author:Jonathan Adler
“At 12 years old in the dangerous world that I was in, with a very difficult home life, I found the stage was the safest place to be. It was predetermined and predictable - and furthermore you got to be someone else. All the problems only began when you left the building.” WorldYearsProblemHomeFoundLeftDifficultStageDangerousBuildingPredictablePredeterminedHome LifeDangerous World Author:Patrick Stewart
“If the ancients left us ideas, to our credit be it spoken that we moderns are building houses for them -- structures which neither Plato nor Archimedes had dreamed possible.” IfsIdeasHouseLeftBuildingStructureCreditPlatoBuilding Houses Book:Table-talk Source: Table-talk
“In truth, the best long-term explanations about our ancient counterparts can be found in the paintings, sculpture, crafts, tools of utility, language and architecture left behind. These are the building blocks of civilization we call culture. These are what we call 'the arts.” LongArtCultureFoundLeftLanguageTermBehindsBuildingPaintingCivilizationToolsAncientArchitectureBlockCraftsExplanationLong TermSculptureLeft BehindUtilityCounterpartsBuilding Blocks Author:Edward J. Fraughton
“There is no gene "for" such unambiguous bits of morphology as your left kneecap or your fingernail. [...] Hundreds of genes contribute to the building of most body parts and their action is channeled through a kaleidoscopic series of environmental influences: embryonic and postnatal, internal and external. Parts are not translated genes, and selection doesn't even work directly on parts.” BodyActionLeftBitsInfluenceBuildingSeriesEnvironmentalInternalsGenesSelectionFingernailsMorphologyEnvironmental Influences Book:The Panda's Thumb: More Reflections in Natural History Source: The Panda's Thumb: More Reflections in Natural History
“Today in Washington, D.C., several government buildings were left without power. Of course, the White House will be without power for two more years.” YearsTwoGovernmentTodayCoursesHouseLeftWhiteBuildingWhite House Author:Conan O'Brien
“A building get torched. All that is left is ashes. I used to think that it is true about everything - family, friends, feelings - but now I know that sometimes if love proves real, and two people are meant to be together, nothing can keep them apart.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsTwoRealSometimesFeelingsTogetherUsedLeftBuildingProveMeant To BeAshesFamily FriendsMeant To Be Together Author:Sarah
“Ladies and gentlemen, Elvis has just left the building!” LeftBuildingGentlemanLadies And Gentlemen Author:Mike Lange
“We are all just here for a time - whether in this building or even on this earth. But the values we hold dear will live on long after we have left this stage. Our responsibility, while we are here, is to breathe life into them; to imbue them with the strength of our convictions and the weight of our efforts.” LongEarthValuesLeftEffortResponsibilityStageBuildingWeightDearConvictionBreathe Author:Loretta Lynch