Quotes For The Debutant 18th Birthday

#1. Architecture is the constant fight between man and nature, the fight to overwhelm nature, to possess it. The first act of architecture is to put a stone on the ground. That act transforms a condition of nature into a condition of culture; it's a holy act.

Mario Botta

#2. Other people feel love when we listen without judging and accept them without demanding change. We all desperately require these basic needs. When we can do this for another, we are indeed that person's angel.

David W. Earle

#3. (In response to Java) Anybody who thinks a little 9,000-line program that's distributed free and can be cloned by anyone is going to affect anything we do at Microsoft has his head screwed on wrong.

Bill Gates

#4. People have asked me a lot of times, because I didn't hit a lot, how long a dozen bats would last me. Depending on the weight and model I was using at that time - I would say eight to 10 cookouts.

Bob Uecker

#5. Worry is the intrest paid by those who borrow trouble.

George Washington

#6. We're not going to be the first to this party, but we're going to be the best.

Steve Jobs

#7. The sharpest minds often ruin their lives by overthinking the next step, while the dull win the race with eyes closed.

Bethany Brookbank

#8. I don't think you have to have experienced things to understand them.

Birdy

#9. The most important thing to strive for in life is some kind of personal and professional achievement. Not as a man or a woman, but as a person.

Candace Bushnell

#10. Custom may lead a man into many errors; but it justifies none.

Henry Fielding

#11. The holiness described in the Bible calls us to do more than separate ourselves from the moral pollution of the world around us. It calls us to obey God even when that obedience is costly, when it requires deliberate sacrifice and even exposure to danger.

Jerry Bridges

#12. Happier are the hands compast with yron, then a heart with thoughts.

George Herbert