“There is a built-in danger in old age which, if we give in to it, makes aging one of the most difficult periods of life, rather than one of the most satisfying - which it should be. Tye danger of old age is that we may start acting old.” IfsGivingShouldMayAgeDifficultActingDangerPeriodsBuiltAgingOld AgeSatisfying Author:Joan D. Chittister
“Georgian England, to see those wonderful houses being built. And the clothes were interesting too, although I wouldn't want to wear a wig. It's also the most beautiful period of English landscape gardening. They had famous gardeners like Capability Brown.” WantBeautifulHouseInterestingWonderfulPeriodsClothesBuiltEnglandLandscapeBrownCapabilityGardeningGardenerWigsGeorgians Author:Alan Titchmarsh
“Therefore, a grotesque account of a period some thousands of years ago is taken seriously though it be built by piling special assumptions on special assumptions, ad hoc hypothesis [invented for a purpose] on ad hoc hypothesis, and tearing apart the fabric of science whenever it appears convenient. The result is a fantasia which is neither history nor science.” YearsPurposeResultsTakenSpecialEvolutionPeriodsBuiltYears AgoAccountsAssumptionAdsFabricHypothesisConvenientGrotesqueFantasiaTearing Apart Author:James Bryant Conant
“We're dealing with music that is being played by traditional instruments in a specifically built building called a concert hall. But classical is not - the reference is wrong, because classical on one hand refers to one period in musical history, which is Mozart, Hayden, Beethoven, which is a fine period in musical history, but it was a while ago.On the other hand, it sort of alludes to some kind of "class," which A, is not true; B, is kind of detrimental to the whole idea. Because the point is that this music is available and it's actually relatively reasonably priced.” KindIdeasWholeHandsClassBuildingFinePeriodsMusic IsBuiltInstrumentsMusicalAvailableTraditionalHallsConcertsDetrimentalBeing Played Author:Esa-Pekka Salonen
“We didn't push it down people's throats...One turned into three in a short period of time. I built the first one and...one day someone walked in and said "You know, I really like the design on this. Who built that?" I said "I did." He goes "Well, would you be interested in building me one?" I went "Yeah, I'll do that."” PeopleKnowsFirstsWellsSaidThreeDesignBuildingPeriodsOne DayBuiltYeahThroat Author:Drew Waters
“The heyday perhaps of American public infrastructure is the Sputnik moment of the 1950s, the [Dwaight] Eisenhower administration, for instance, which rolls out the modern interstate system. The highway system of the United States is built during this period.” StatesMomentsUnitedUnited StatesModernPeriodsBuiltInstanceAdministrationHighwaysInfrastructureInterstateHeydaySputnik Author:Judy Woodruff
“On "[Total] Recall" also [sets were extraordinary], but this was next-level. They built two or three blocks of midtown Manhattan in 1926 and it was inhabited with 400 extras and 24 Model Ts and a train system and all that kind of nonsense. It was madness. You would walk into shops and they would have the goods from that period, it was just huge.” KindTwoThreeNextWalksLevelsHugePeriodsModelsBuiltMadnessTrainExtraordinaryBlockExtrasShopsNonsenseGoodsRecallsManhattanNext LevelTotal RecallModel T Author:Colin Farrell
“What strikes me about Toronto is that Toronto's great misfortune was to have too much money in the late 70s and early 80s, and consequently, it built in the style of those periods, which is hideous.” Too MuchStylePeriodsLateBuiltStrikesMisfortunes80sHideousToronto Author:William Gibson