Historic Building Quotes

#1. Cities are about juxtaposition. In Florence, classical buildings sit against medieval buildings. It's that contrast we like. In Bordeaux, we built law courts right next door to what is effectively a listed historic building, and that makes it exciting.

Richard Rogers

#2. Whether it's eight o'clock in the morning or eight o'clock at night, I always try to greet others before they have a chance to speak to me.

Zig Ziglar

#3. Moriarty is arguably the most famous super-villain in terms of literature.

Kam Williams

#4. So long as you have life, you can pursue your dream.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#5. Ballet-girls have a bad reputation, which is in most cases well deserved.

Henry Mayhew

#6. It's not a break until you hold your serve.

Greg Rusedski

#7. I'm doing my part, building plants at a record rate, having historic conservation levels. The only people not doing their part is the federal government that is siding with the energy companies against the interests of the people of California.

Gray Davis

#8. Certainly in the Capitol you do get moments were you sort of take a deep breath and think of all the historic figures who have been in that building, like Abraham Lincoln, who have stood right in those same rooms to make the landmark decisions.

Kevin Yoder

#9. I'll be the first US president to not only visit Kenya and Ethiopia, but also to address the continent as a whole, building off the African summit that we did here which was historic and has, I think, deepened the kinds of already strong relationships that we have across the continent.

Barack Obama

#10. My entry into the field of hydrogen came as a great surprise. President Bush of the United States was interested in hydrogen for energy applications, and I was asked to chair a committee on hydrogen for the Department of Energy.

Mildred S. Dresselhaus

#11. History proves nothing because it contains everything.

Emile M. Cioran

#12. Hating people is like burning down your own house to get rid of a rat.

Harry Emerson Fosdick

#13. We are involved in a constitution-building process of historic importance. The Convention should mark a new stage in European integration.

Romano Prodi

#14. The fruit of worldly love is indeed revenge (vengeance).

Dada Bhagwan