“I love my parents and they're wonderful people, but they were strict, and I still look for ways to get even. When I got my own apartment for the very first time and they came to stay with me for the weekend, I made them stay in separate bedrooms.” PeopleWayFirstsLooksMadeStillsParentMy OwnWonderfulFirst TimeWeekendApartmentBedroomStrictStay With MeLove My ParentsI Love My Parents Author:Elayne Boosler
“The evening before my departure for Blithedale, I was returning to my bachelor-apartments, after attending the wonderful exhibition of the Veiled Lady, when an elderly-man of rather shabby appearance met me in an obscure part of the street.” MenBookWonderfulStreetsMetsAppearanceEveningApartmentObscureElderlyDepartureAttendingExhibitionsBachelorsShabby Book:The Blithedale Romance Source: The Blithedale Romance
“A computer is a wonderful and friendly machine, because it's always just a little better than you are. You're always a little bit behind, but it stays right there with you anyway. It allows you to make the mistakes, and then to try to find out what the mistakes are, and then to repair the mistakes. It's always your friend. It quits on you, but it doesn't leave the apartment.” TryingLittlesBitsBehindsMistakeWonderfulComputerLittle BitMachinesQuittingFriendlyApartmentBetter Than You Author:Frederick Barthelme
“For Kips Bay, I had a wonderful client, William Zeckendorf, who was willing to gamble with me on using concrete and not brick for a high-rise apartment building. That was very innovative at the time.” WonderfulBuildingWillingConcreteApartmentClientsBricksInnovativeGamble Author:I. M. Pei