David Quammen Quote

Five enemies of peace inhabit with us - avarice, ambition, envy, anger, and pride if these were to be banished, we should infallibly enjoy perpetual peace.

To say nothing is saying something. You must denounce things you are against or one might believe that you support things you really do not.

Death would not surprise us as often as it does, if we let go of the misbelief that newborns are less mortal than the elderly.

Life is rich always changing always challenging and we architects have the task of transmitting into wood concrete glass and steel of transforming human aspirations into habitable and meaningful...

If you love somebody, you love them. My parents had a 25-year age gap between them and my mum was the breadwinner, my dad the house husband. I'm a strong believer that a good relationship can work, wh...

Be a leader with a ladder, not a boss with an order.

At the beginning, I thought the best Islamic work was in Spain - the mosque in Cordoba, the Alhambra in Granada. But as I learned more, my ideas shifted. I traveled to Egypt, and to the Middle East ma...

It is still cheating, even if nobody comes.

The downfall of the attempts of governments and leaders to unite mankind is found in this- in the wrong message that we should see everyone as the same. This is the root of the failure of harmony. Bec...

Great designers seldom make great advertising men, because they get overcome by the beauty of the picture - and forget that merchandise must be sold.