When I design buildings, I think of the overall composition, much as the parts of a body would fit together. On top of that, I think about how people will approach the building and experience that space. – Tadao Ando
Every generation looks at literature through the lens of their own experience, but with the Bible, everyone gets apprehensive and thinks it’ll be too stuffy. – Walter Kirn
I had a really great experience so far with film acting. And most experiences from most actors, I’ve heard, are not like this. But I want a career that has many disciplines and many options. – Thomas Horn
As goods become more standardized – and mass production has that effect, standardizing product – the distinguishing factor between one store and another is going to be how skillful stores are in satisfying customers and making it a pleasant experience instead of a hostile experience. – Stanley Marcus
Sometimes I’ve been more emotionally disturbed by the experience of shooting a comedy than a drama. After ‘We’re the Millers’, I think playing this battered loser who’s confidence was at zero for 90 percent of the movie, I did genuinely feel that way. – Will Poulter
My mythic version of America is very much about parents and children, and in my experience, the suburban setting is where that particular drama plays out. Which isn’t to say that there aren’t parents and children in cities or on farms. I just don’t know them. – Tom Perrotta
The pain of loneliness seems to be part of the mortal experience. But the Lord in His mercy has made it so that we need never deal with the challenges of mortality alone. – Sheri L. Dew
History shows us that the songs – the myth, the experience and the emotion – live longer the less you explain. – Sondre Lerche
My high school experience was pretty good, but my middle school experience was god awful. It was horrible. I got picked on like no tomorrow. – Zachary Levi
Experience has taught me to believe that, these human beans are the most insidious enemies man, with a tendency to corpulence in advanced life, can possess, though eminently friendly to youth. – William Banting
I’m a big ‘Breaking Bad’ fan – if I’m not in the script, I like to experience the show with the rest of the world. I’m ready to be shocked. – Steven Michael Quezada
If we can enhance the experience, more people will spend more of their leisure time with us. – Thomas O. Staggs
No. I didn’t look at the last few scripts. I didn’t want to read them because I’m a ‘Breaking Bad’ fan. I wanted to experience it with everyone. – Steven Michael Quezada
It was an interesting experience to work alongside the solicitor general’s team and then turn around and argue against them. You certainly grow as a lawyer from getting such a varied set of experiences. – Sri Srinivasan
Funny you mention my dinner parties when I have just suggested that inviting close friends over to share a meal with candlelight and wine at your table could be a form of religious experience for some people. To me it’s a form of sacrament. – Sally Quinn
In theater, there’s a lot of work to do to build the characters. It’s a great experience. – Tcheky Karyo
With most of the songs and music that I’ve composed, irrespective of the myriad videos made, I was always careful not to overly define the experience, leaving room for people to internalize things for themselves, making their experience more integral. – Serj Tankian
You have to give directors and cinematographers a word blueprint for visuals, but I had to learn that from experience. – Steven Bochco
For me, my awkward phase corresponded to an interest in rock n’ roll. From experience, I’m guessing an insecure childhood is probably quite a common thing among people who start a rock band. – The Edge
I had the interesting experience of having lived and worked for six years in China with Procter & Gamble, and that just changes, I think, your whole perspective in living overseas and living in a country like China. – Steve Daines
It’s a very strange and quite terrifying experience to watch yourself on TV. I never like to do it with other people. – Simon Bird
The thought you have now shapes your experience of the next moment. Practice shaping the moment. – Tom Barrett
My understanding of the creative process is simply that all cultures and all concerns meet at a certain point, the human point in which everything is related to one another. That has been my creative experience. I never know who’s influencing me at any time. – Wole Soyinka
Were I to be appointed Secretary of Education, I’d issue a prospectus for a compulsory nationwide high school course called ‘The American Experience in Art.’ – Terry Teachout
Shooting clay targets is a very cleansing experience. It’s very relaxing. It takes a lot of concentration. It’s also very social, since you’re usually shooting with friends. You can talk and forget about almost anything else that’s on your mind. – Tom Selleck
Unfortunately, I think we’ve probably all had the experience that if we’re in a relationship where one of the partners is doing it ‘my’ way, that relationship is not going to survive. – Twyla Tharp
