Modern Architecture died in St. Louis, Missouri, on July 15, 1972, at 3.32 p.m. (or thereabouts), when the infamous Pruitt Igoe scheme, or rather several of its slab blocks, were given the final coup de grace by dynamite. – Charles Jencks
And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work. – The Bible 2 Corinthians 9:8
Each of the Arts whose office is to refine, purify, adorn, embellish and grace life is under the patronage of a Muse, no god being found worthy to preside over them. – Eliza Farnham
My staff’s job is to adjust to circumstances with technical precision and artful grace so that every patron has a wonderful experience. – Danny Meyer
I grew up loving actresses or actors who were very classy but who seemed a little bit mysterious because you couldn’t grasp what they’re really thinking. I mean, Grace Kelly always looked impossibly glamorous, yet you could always see there was something behind her eyes. – Diane Kruger
A desire to rescue secular America from fallen grace has driven conservative evangelicals at least since the 1970s, when Jerry Falwell formed the Moral Majority as a vehicle for conservative Christians to muscle their way into national politics. – Nina Easton
In all of my books, I really want to work with working-class people. My goal is to show the moments of grace and dignity in their lives. – Matt de la Pena
I love the romance of what I do, although because of Isabella, Lady Gaga and Grace Jones, people think I have crazy customers. Sometimes I get more enthusiasm from the housewife who wants a hat and believes in it. – Philip Treacy
‘Boomerang!’ I love that movie just because of Halle Berry, Robin Givens, Eddie Murphy, Grace Jones and Eartha Kitt. There were so many characters. As an actress, to see African-American actors be so diverse was different from what I was used to seeing. – Drew Sidora
When I read the script for Will & Grace in 1998, I knew I was the only guy for the part. – Eric McCormack
Grace Kelly was a very commercial model; she had no interest in being a fashion model. None at all. – Eileen Ford
I want peace. I want to see if somewhere there isn’t something left in life of charm and grace. – Margaret Mitchell
Grace is not part of consciousness; it is the amount of light in our souls, not knowledge nor reason. – Pope Francis
The grace of God means something like: Here is your life. You might never have been, but you are because the party wouldn’t have been complete without you. – Frederick Buechner
I was the first companion to kiss the Doctor. I played Grace Holloway to Paul McGann’s Doctor in the 1996 TV movie. We shared three kisses, in fact: very sweet and chaste. When I took the part, I’d never even heard of ‘Doctor Who.’ No one warned me that the kisses would be a big deal. – Daphne Ashbrook
At Munich we sold the Czechs for a few months grace, but the disgrace will last as long as history. – F. L. Lucas
For an actress to be a success, she must have the face of Venus, the brains of a Minerva, the grace of Terpsichore, the memory of a Macaulay, the figure of Juno, and the hide of a rhinoceros. – Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Playing Karen was so satisfying that it almost cured my acting bug completely. Not that I had conquered the world of acting. It was just that I had something to prove to myself when I started Will & Grace. Now I feel like, okay, well, I’ve satisfied that. – Megan Mullally
Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by his grace gave us eternal comfort and a wonderful hope, comfort you and strengthen you in every good thing you do and say. – The Bible 2 Thessalonians 2:16-17
I think it’s more optimistic about human nature to acknowledge that people are the products of their time but then to see that they have moments of grace and dignity that everybody has. – Eleanor Catton
There is always tension in women’s gymnastics between athleticism, grace, performance, and eros. – Meghan O’Rourke
I sat backstage and had a beer with Richard Chamberlain, Paul Newman, and Princess Grace. – Christopher Atkins
A singer starts by having his instrument as a gift from God… When you have been given something in a moment of grace, it is sacrilegious to be greedy. – Marian Anderson