“What else is chance but the rude stone which receives its life from the sculptor's hand? Providence gives us chance, and man must mould it to his own designs.” MenGivingHandsChanceDesignStonesProvidenceRudeSculptorsMould Author:Friedrich Schiller
“The aim of human rights, if I may borrow a term from engineering, is to move beyond the design and drawing-board phase, to move beyond thinking and talking about the foundations stones - to laying those foundation stones, inch by inch, together.” IfsThinkingHumansMayTogetherMovingTermTalkingRightsDesignStonesAimFoundationHuman RightsDrawingBoardsEngineeringInchesPhases Author:Mary Robinson
“In business, standards establish the rules of the game, creating path dependencies as investments are made and corresponding designs are set in stone and plastic. Inferior standards can prevail due to smart marketing or industry collusion.” MadeGamesPathDesignIndustryCreatingSmartStandardsStonesInvestmentMarketingDuesPlasticInferiorsDependencyCorrespondingRules Of The GameCollusion Author:Evgeny Morozov
“For ages happiness has been represented as a huge precious stone, impossible to find, which people seek for hopelessly. It is not so; happiness is a mosaic, composed of a thousand little stones, which separately and of themselves have little value, but which united with art form a graceful design.” PeopleLittlesHas BeensArtAgeHappinessFormValuesUnitedImpossibleDesignHugeThousandStonesMosaicsPrecious Stones Author:Delphine de Girardin
“A rock or stone is not a subject that, of itself, may interest a philosopher to study; but, when he comes to see the necessity of those hard bodies, in the constitution of this earth, or for the permanency of the land on which we dwell, and when he finds that there are means wisely provided for the renovation of this necessary decaying part, as well as that of every other, he then, with pleasure, contemplates this manifestation of design, and thus connects the mineral system of this earth with that by which the heavenly bodies are made to move perpetually in their orbits.” WellsMayMeanMadeHardBodyEarthMovingScienceInterestPleasureStudyLandSubjectsRocksDesignStonesConstitutionPhilosopherManifestationHeavenlyContemplatingGeologyOrbitMineralsRenovationHeavenly Bodies Book:Theory of the Earth: With Proofs and Illustrations Source: Theory of the Earth: With Proofs and Illustrations