lack Quotes

“What if you threw a protest and no one showed up? The lack of angst and anger and emotion is a big positive.”

“The concept of two people living together for 25 years without a serious dispute suggests a lack of spirit only to be admired in sheep.”

“For many years, I have lived uncomfortably with the belief that most planning and architectural design suffers for lack of real and basic purpose. The ultimate purpose, it seems to me, must be the improvement of mankind.”

“Noble life demands a noble architecture for noble uses of noble men. Lack of culture means what it has always meant: ignoble civilization and therefore imminent downfall.”

“In addressing a task, one almost always has several possible options, sometimes only a few, and they may all be practical and functional. But they lack the aesthetic aspect that raises it to architecture.”

“Nothing can atone for the lack of modesty without which beauty is ungraceful and wit detestable.”

“To be honest I live among the English and have always found them to be very honest in their business dealings. They are noble, hard-working and anxious to do the right thing. But joy eludes them, they lack the joy that the Irish have.”

“Change will never happen when people lack the ability and courage to see themselves for who they are.”

“There can be no peace in the world so long as a large proportion of the population lack the necessities of life and believe that a change of the political and economic system will make them available. World peace must be based on world plenty.”

“Whoever is content with the world, and who profits from its lack of justice, does not want to change it.”