Badass Quotes - Page 3

Winners compare their achievements with their goals, while losers compare their achievements with those of other people.

It is not the beauty of a building you should look at; its the construction of the foundation that will stand the test of time.

Pressure is a privilege ... it's what you do with it that matters.

I just love bossy women. I could be around them all day. To me, bossy is not a pejorative term at all. It means somebody's passionate and engaged and ambitious and doesn't mind leading.

The president already has a Nobel Prize for peace. I think he's shooting for one in fiction.

I am in love with girls that are bad and naughty and badass, and a little selfish, but I like to watch from a respectful distance!

You fail, and then what? Life goes on. It's only when you risk failure that you discover things.

There will be no withdrawal without written orders and these orders shall never be issued.

Ugly. Is irrelevant. It is an immeasurable insult to a woman, and then supposedly the worst crime you can commit as a woman. But ugly, as beautiful, is an illusion.

You'll never do a whole lot unless you're brave enough to try.

Don't you think I would be a worthy replacement for you, Madam Prime Minister? You have a long nose. So have I. But I don't poke my nose into other people's affairs.

I understand that, today, some developers are asking architects to design eye-catching, iconic buildings. Fortunately, I've not had that kind of client so far.

An object should be judged by whether it has a form consistent with its use.

At some point, you have to make a decision. Boundaries don't keep other people out. They fence you in. Life is messy. That's how we're made. So, you can waste your lives drawing lines. Or you can live your life crossing them

If farmers and blacksmiths could win independence from an empire...if immigrants could leave behind everything they knew for a better life on our shores...if women could be dragged to jail for seeking the vote...if a generation could defeat a depression, and define greatness for all time...if a young preacher could lift us to the mountaintop with his righteous dream...and if proud Americans can be who they are and boldly stand at the altar with who they love...then surely, surely we can give everyone in this country a fair chance at that great American Dream.

I don't focus on what I'm up against. I focus on my goals and I try to ignore the rest.

Becoming yourself is really hard and confusing, and it's a process. It's often not cool to be the person who puts themselves out there.

A design isn't finished until someone is using it.

Architecture is basically a container of something. I hope they will enjoy not so much the teacup, but the tea.

In my experience, if you have to keep the lavatory door shut by extending your left leg, it's modern architecture.

Form ever follows function.

A profound design process eventually makes the patron, the architect, and every occasional visitor in the building a slightly better human being.

Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.

There's nothing more badass than being who you are.

People who build their own home tend to be very courageous. These people are curious about life. They're thinking about what it means to live in a house, rather than just buying a commodity and making it work.