#ground

Organic buildings are the strength and lightness of the spiders' spinning, buildings qualified by light, bred by native character to environment, married to the ground. ↗

— Frank Lloyd Wright

#buildings #character #environment #ground #light

I should like to say that I am as proud of my Chinese heritage and background as I am devoted to modern science, a part of human civilization of Western origin, to which I have dedicated and I shall continue to dedicate my work. ↗

— Chen Ning Yang

#background #chinese #civilization #continue #dedicate

Analysis kills spontaneity. The grain once ground into flour springs and germinates no more. ↗

— Henri Frederic Amiel

#flour #grain #ground #into #kills

My heritage has been my grounding, and it has brought me peace. ↗

— Maureen O'Hara

#brought #grounding #heritage #me #peace

You can't put your feet on the ground until you've touched the sky. ↗

— Paul Auster

#ground #put #sky #touched #until

When we got back to the U.S., I wanted to kiss the ground after seeing what people in other countries are denied or don't have. ↗

— Sugar Ray Leonard

#back #countries #denied #got #ground

On the one hand, I've had such a normal upbringing with my mum, who has kept me grounded, but on the other, the wild experiences through my dad. ↗

— Julian Lennon

#experiences #grounded #had #hand #i

Being an actor on a movie set is like going to the playground at recess. ↗

— Melissa Leo

#being #going #like #movie #movie set

I think that people with differing points of view find common ground in 'Modern Family' is very flattering, and I'm appreciative of that. ↗

— Steven Levitan

#common #common ground #differing #family #find

My undergraduate degree is in business, so I'm trying to get a bit of a background before I go in. ↗

— Shannon Miller

#before #bit #business #degree #get