Portman Building Quotes

#1. I want to tell you what it was really like to think death is imminent, but I can't. It's a taste in your mouth. And an emptiness.

Aaron Huey

#2. Take away leisure and Cupid's bow is broken

Ovid

#3. I really have branched out into areas where I'm totally uncertain, which is very exciting for me. I kind of like not knowing what I'm doing.

Shary Boyle

#4. We all didn't come into to the world at the same time so it makes sense that we don't leave it at the same time.

Lurlene McDaniel

#5. One does tend to assume that life must be far easier for others than it ever is for oneself," he said. "I suspect it rarely is. I daresay life was not meant to be easy.

Mary Balogh

#6. M. F. K. Fisher was a wonder and a huge influence, and someone I got to know pretty well at the end of her life.

Ruth Reichl

#7. Architects in the past have tended to concentrate their attention on the building as a static object. I believe dynamics are more important: the dynamics of people, their interaction with spaces and environmental condition.

John Portman

#8. If you believe something will make the world better, then it's always worth a try, even if you fail.

Sierra St. James

#9. mostly, the world sees you the way you see yourself.

Lisa Nichols

#10. Sometimes it all gets a little too much, but you gotta realize that soon the fog will clear up.

Shawn Mendes

#11. I think the New York Public Library is so, so amazing. It's literally the coolest place - It's good shelter from the sun and it's the most beautiful building. It's really, really fun.

Natalie Portman

#12. When I was playing football I never enjoyed it that much, I was never happy ... if I scored two goals, I wanted a third, I always wanted more. Now it's all over I can look back with satisfaction, but I never felt that way when I was playing.

Gabriel Batistuta

#13. Shouldn't the world stop? Don't they know what has happened to me?

Mitch Albom

#14. Architecture is not a private affair; even a house must serve a whole family and its friends, and most buildings are used by everybody, people of all walks of life. If a building is to meet the needs of all the people, the architect must look for some common ground of understanding and experience.

John C. Portman Jr.

#15. Everyone has been made for some particular work, and the desire for that work has been put in every heart.

Rumi

#16. And if he bathes her in sections, will the parts hold?

Toni Morrison

#17. She closed one eye and looked at me and said, "I know there is a blessing in this somewhere."
It is worth living long enough to outlast whatever sense of grievance you may acquire. Another reason why you must be careful of your health.

Marilynne Robinson

#18. I am so excited about Canadians ruling the world.

John Diefenbaker