Badass Quotes - Page 14

• Light, God's eldest daughter, is a principal beauty in a building.

  Thomas Fuller

  Beauty, God, Daughter

  'The Holy State and the Profane State' (1642) bk. 3 'Of Building'

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• I wanted to be an independent woman, a woman who could pay for her bills, a woman who could run her own life - and I became that woman.

  Diane von Furstenberg

  Running, Independent, Pay

  "Diane Von Furstenberg, Famed Designer, Reflects On Career In 'MAKERS' Doc", www.huffingtonpost.com. March 1, 2013.

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• Architecture should speak of its time and place, but yearn for timelessness.

  Frank Gehry

  Bad Ass, Talking, Design

  "Home". Book by Kim Johnson Gross, Jeff Stone, and Julie V. Iovine, p. 43, 1993.

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• I call architecture frozen music.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Music, Bad Ass, Frozen

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1839). “Conversations with Goethe in the Last Years of His Life”, p.282

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  The last three or four reps is what makes the muscle grow. This area of pain divides the champion from someone else who is not a champion. That's what most people lack, having the guts to go on and just say they'll go through the pain no matter what happens.

  Arnold Schwarzenegger

  Inspirational, Strength, Motivational Sports

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• Men are allowed to have passion and commitment for their work... a woman is allowed that feeling for a man, but not her work.

  Barbra Streisand

  Women, Passion, Commitment

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• I have this really high priority on happiness and finding something to be happy about.

  Taylor Swift

  Love, Life, Relationship

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

  Yoshio Taniguchi

  Hope, Bad Ass, Tea

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• Maybe I don't take myself so seriously any more. And I don't care how I'm judged. I'm past all that.

  Emma Thompson

  Past, Care, Judged

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  Life is hard; it's harder if you're stupid.

  John Wayne

  Funny, Life, Leadership

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• The physician can bury his mistakes, but the architect can only advise his clients to plant vines.

  Frank Lloyd Wright

  Witty, Mistake, Humorous

  The New York Times Magazine, October 04, 1953.

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• A pair of werewolves occupied another booth. They were eating raw shanks of lamb and arguing about who would win in a fight: Dumbledore from Harry Potter books or Magnus Bane. "Dumbledore would totally win," said the first one. "He has the badass Killing Curse." The second lycanthrope made a trenchant point. "But Dumbledore isn't real." "I don't think Magnus Bane is real either," scoffed the first. "Have you ever met him?" "This is so weird," said Clary, slinking down in her seat. "Are you listening to them?" "No. It's rude to eavesdrop," said Jace.

  Cassandra Clare

  Real, Book, Fighting

  Cassandra Clare (2011). “Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series (4 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels”, p.816, Simon and Schuster

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• I dropped my voice and stared into her eyes. I could tell she was trying hard not to look away. I was so furious I could have cheerfully ripped her head off. "But you're going to find out, Mom,' I said very softly."And it's gonna give you nightmares for the rest of your wasted life." Oh, my God, I was so badass. It was all I could do to not give a MWA HA HA!

  James Patterson

  Mom, Eye, Voice

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

  Nido R Qubein

  Inspirational, Workout, Bad Ass

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• Charting your own course isn't just more necessary than ever before. It's also much easier - and much more fun.

  Pink

  Fun, Bad Ass, Easier

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• Your memo is trumping a Congressional statute. You don't have the discretion on whether to follow the law or not.

  Trey Gowdy

  Bad Ass, Law, Memos

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• I will either be America's greatest president or its last.

  Abraham Lincoln

  America, President, Lasts

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• Pet the cat dude," says Sam. "She brought you a present. She wants you to tell her how badass she is." "You are a tiny tiny killing machine." Daneca coos. "What's she doing?" I ask. "Purring!" says Daneca. She sounds delighted. "Good kitty. Who's an amazing killing machine? That's right. You are! You are a brutal brutal tiny lion! Yes, you are.

  Holly Black

  Cat, Pet, Sound

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• I’m Charlotte Davidson: private investigator, police consultant, all -around badass. Or I could’ve been a badass, had I stuck with those lessons in mixed martial arts. I was only in that class to learn how to kill people with paper.

  Darynda Jones

  Art, Class, People

  Darynda Jones (2015). “The Charley Davidson Series”, p.365, St. Martin's Press

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• You are not Kaia the Disappointment. Do you hear me? That’s what I was trying to tell you earlier. You are Kaia the Mighty. How many Harpies out there do you think could have brought down the most badass Lord of the Underworld? The same Lord who also happens to be the strongest, sexiest and smartest. And by the way, in case there’s any doubt, I’m describing me.

  Gena Showalter

  Disappointment, Thinking, Doubt

  Gena Showalter (2016). “The Darkest Surrender”, p.193, HQN Books

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• Do your thing and don't care if they like it.

  Tina Fey

  Witty, Being Yourself, Love Yourself

  "We Didn't Come to Saturday Night Live To Be Cute" by Tina Fey, www.slate.com. July 25, 2011.

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• Speaking of friends…why did our new coyote buddies run from you?” – Sundown “I’m that badass.” – Sasha “Seriously.” – Sundown “O ye of little faith. You doubt my rep? My skills?” – Sasha “And your brains.” – Sundown

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Running, Skills, Doubt

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• Who's Myrnin?" Claire controlled an urge to roll her eyes. "Badass crazy vampire scientist who's my boss." "You realize no part of that sentence made sense, right?

  Rachel Caine

  Crazy, Eye, Boss

  Rachel Caine (2010). “Ghost Town: The Morganville Vampires”, p.231, Penguin

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• We can't do this without you," I managed at last. "Everyone talks about my powers, but you're the badass here.

  Richelle Mead

  Lasts, Without You

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• I can be a badass DJ when I want, but I am also an insufferable music snob.

  Rachel Cohn

  Want, Snob, Insufferable

  Rachel Cohn, David Levithan (2014). “Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist”, p.12, Egmont UK

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