The architect should strive continually to simplify; the ensemble of the rooms should then be carefully considered that comfort and utility may go hand in hand with beauty.
People tend not to use this word beauty because it's not intellectual - but there has to be an overlap between beauty and intellect.
You can't really say what is beautiful about a place, but the image of the place will remain vividly with you.
Billions are wasted on ineffective philanthropy. Philanthropy is decades behind business in applying rigorous thinking to the use of money.
Understand why casinos and racetracks stay in business - the gambler always loses over the long term.
Experience is not the poor relation of expertise. Valuable insights in business often come from the people on the ground.
It is not the crook in modern business that we fear, but the honest man who doesn't know what he is doing.
The world does not owe men a living, but business, if it is to fulfill its ideal, owes men an opportunity to earn a living.
CNN canceled all the shows I was on. They're going in a different direction, but that's their privilege. They own the business.
There will always be a business cycle, and white-collar workers will get hit in the next recession like they always do in recessions.
In truth, government has been good to Wall Street and big business.
Almost all quality improvement comes via simplification of design, manufacturing... layout, processes, and procedures.
It is always sound business to take any obtainable net gain, at any cost and at any risk to the rest of the community.
When you're in something like 'Game of Thrones' and get the chance to play a part like Bronn, with that cast and with Peter Dinklage, it's wonderful.
Every improvement in communication makes the bore more terrible.
People can also change the timing of when they earn and receive their income in response to government policies.
Peter Jackson and Steven Spielberg are men at the top of their game, and Jackson especially is going to change the nature of film-making.
While admirers of capitalism, we also to a certain extent believe it has limitations that require government intervention in markets to make them work.
Whatever the reason is, I hope we can finish talking about the Olympics. It's gone, it's behind us. The schedule wasn't proper for players who went there and there is some fatigue in a lot guys' play right now.
We have such a long, familiar history with Peter Falk. The minute his mug is on that screen people smile.
My hope in writing 'Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead' was to change the conversation from what women can't do to what we can.
