Quotes About Library Architecture

#1. There's no architect who doesn't want to build a library - and I am no different. With so much scrutiny now attached to reading - because of technology and how we approach it as a social activity - that is a very exciting area in architecture.

Annabelle Selldorf

#2. I know some people who never have any difficulties to speak of. The moment I understood your premisses, I felt sure you had a real foundation to hold on.

Asa Gray

#3. In seeking success you must also seek fulfillment. Ask yourself not only what you want to be but who you want to be.

Elizabeth Dole

#4. Trinity Park lies directly across from the library, Trinity Church rising like a midieval thought amidst the glass and steel towers.

Nick Flynn

#5. He couldn't even jerk himself off: there was no one to give him permission to come.

Casey K. Cox

#6. I was just getting acquainted with the wood. I wanted to see if it was maple or pine.

Kurt Rambis

#7. I thought that I would like to be affiliated with some school or institution. As time went on, I also decided on the subject that I wanted to get involved with in addition to music: it was Black Studies.

Donald Byrd

#8. Fishing is not like billiards, in which it is possible to attain a disgusting perfection.

Arthur Ransome

#9. The library looked as it had always had: dim, cavernous, achingly beautiful in its ancient stone architecture and endless corridors lined with books. And totally silent.

Sarah J. Maas

#10. My sister got lucky, married a yuppie, and took him for all he was worth. Now she's a swinger dating a singer, I can't decide which is worse.

Tom Petty

#11. Preaching that is boring is preaching that talks first about us and then only tangentially about God. Preaching that is faithful is preaching that talks first about God and then only secondarily and derivatively talks about us. The God of Scripture is so much more interestingly than we are.

William Henry Willimon

#12. I think anybody who saw him will tell you that Willie Mays was the greatest player who ever lived.

Monte Irvin

#13. All you really need to know for the moment is that the universe is a lot more complicated than you might think, even if you start from a position of thinking it's pretty damn complicated in the first place.

Douglas Adams

#14. That Moorish architecture is all over the place, of course. It affects me everywhere I see it, as it does so many people. But Brand Library was a special place to me, and I know I've paid homage to it many times in my drawings.

Jim Woodring

#15. Are we changing the idea of what beauty is? Let's hope so. I'm not the typical Hollywood beauty. Let's hope we're looking at the insides of people a little more.

Anne Heche