W.D. Frank Quotes
If I read a book that impresses me, I have to take myself firmly by the hand, before I mix with other people; otherwise they would think my mind rather queer.
Donald Trump has done more for getting people to understand the importance of public policy that respond to public needs in an affirmative way than anything we could have done on our own.
If God simply handed us everything we want, He'd be taking from us our greatest prize - the job of accomplishment
People help each other through a crisis by each supposing that the other can handle it better than he himself can.
The wisest man I have ever known once said to me: 'Nine out of every ten people improve on acquaintance,' and I have found his words true.
No man can be satisfied with his attainment, although he may be satisfied with his circumstances.
When you have done your best for a flower, and it fails, you have some reason to be aggrieved.
I don't think Seurat would have been aware of the dots - he would have been aware of what he was trying to do. The dots were an instrument.
I do not know when it was, nor where it was, nor how young I may have been, but I can recall. . . a sudden feeling of happiness at hearing the voice of the pines.
Campaigns waged with lies presage governments racked by distrust. The sclerosis starts there.
After all, a creature without passionate conviction doesn't cling to extremes. He surveys the scenery and makes sure his outfit doesn't clash.
If your country needs you, you should be right there, that is the way I felt when I was young, and that's the way I feel today.
My job driving the ambulance was not very severe, you did what you were supposed to do. That was my main job.
Kim Kardashian is single again. Hey, great. Maybe that will give the NBA players something to do during the lockout.
I think the human spirit is a real powerful spirit. It has no limits and it has no ends. And I hate to see it put in any kind of box - pink or green.
A man up in front of a judge says "I don't recognise this court." "Why not?" "It's been redecorated since the last time I was here."
Frank once slipped something into the pocket of a luggage handler at the airport and said: "Have a drink on me." The luggage handler later found out it was a tea bag.
The council in Blackpool have given the homeless bus passes, but how would they know where to get off?
It's never occurred to me to worry about my health, or that I'll get old, or that people will stop laughing at me.
There was an Irish space program to go to the sun. They went at night so they didn't get burnt.
Posterity does not pay off anything of the national debt. Each administration adds to the debt left to it, and the promise of liquidation implied in every bond issue is a false promise.
Ignorance is never out of style. It was in fashion yesterday, it is the rage today and it will set the pace tomorrow.
The amazing thing about any movie is not whether it's good, but that it got made at all.
The joy of giving is indeed a pleasure, especially when you get rid of something you don't want.
I don't believe there is such a thing as a moderate Islamist party. The challenge with Islamists is that they seek to impose what they call Sharia on everybody, Muslim and non-Muslim alike.
Art is about people. I think the discussion about whether architecture is art or not is lamebrain.
That's why you go into architecture - at least I did - to do things for people. I think most of us are idealists. You start out that way, anyway.
Generally people are more impressed with the services and the comfort issues than the design.
My father always told me that I was going to be a failure - I think he was more talking about himself, but I didn't know it at the time.
Erich Mendelsohn's drawings are expressive and beautiful. If he'd had the computers we have now, everything I've done he would have done before me. I would have had to figure out something else.