You decide to give your trust over to somebody. And if you don't decide to, then for me, it's really not worth going into collective enterprises; you should just work alone.
I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered at the White House - with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone.
We are looking for happiness and running after it in such a way that creates anger, fear and discrimination. So when you attend a retreat, you have a chance to look at the deep roots of this pollution of the collective energy that is unwholesome.
Architecture is a rare collective profession: it's always exercised by groups. There is an essential modesty, which is a complete contradiction to the notion of a star.
In the dining room, next to my collection of colorful papier-mache Mardi Gras float art, hang draperies made of the New Orleans toile fabric that I designed pre-Katrina for Hazelnut.
I treat clothing or a piece of jewelry like it was a piece of art, even though people who collect clothes get a bad rap because they're told it's all vanity.
We are misery-making machines! Homo sapiens has perfected the art of causing suffering. Pain is humankind's collective GDP.
What I would love to see is art that explicitly addresses not personal intimacies but anonymous intimacies: the vast collections of facts about you and me that now exist in giant server banks.
The Metropolitan Museum has all of our collections online, all our scholarly publications and catalogues since 1965. We have online features like the timeline of art history.
I collect human skin. I keep it all on the bumper of my car.
Kiss the lips upon me once, and I shall never tell.
That's what novels are: They're amalgams of archetypes, collections of random traits one observes in other people through life, blended into fresh characters.
Paying twenty-five dollars for me was your mistake, ma’am. I’m not worth more than fifteen.
-Books were once cherished belongings of people, that they weren't always just neglected and collecting dust.
The existence of excessive nationalism is a symptom of a deeper problem in the collective consciousness, which is continually being exploited.
When we oppose oppression, we lift our hands from the collective reins that empower such oppression.
The natural resources of the world do not belong to any person, organization, collective, or so-called nation.
Diversity and independence are important because the best collective decisions are the product of disagreement and contest, not consensus or compromise.
Do not worry, Rose. I do not bite unless you wish me to.
Writing is not a hobby. Collecting stamps or coins is a hobby. Writing is a calling.
Michael Phelps collects huhs. Huh? His mouth said nothing, but his actions said it all.
