Famous Quotes & Sayings

Le Corbusier

It is a question of building which is at the root of the social unrest of today: architecture or revolution.

Christine Lagarde

Social unrest and protectionism are the two major risks of the world economic crisis.

Joseph A. Schumpeter

Capitalism inevitably and by virtue of the very logic of its civilization creates, educates and subsidizes a vested interest in social unrest.

John Boyd Orr

When the fabric of society is so rigid that it cannot change quickly enough, adjustments are achieved by social unrest and revolutions.

Ray Davies

Don't get depressed when you read the press about world revolution and social unrest. Try not to panic when you switch on the news and see crooked politicians and unemployment queues.

Stephen Hawking

Science can lift people out of poverty and cure disease. That, in turn, will reduce civil unrest.

Zhang Xin

China reformed its state sector before, in the late 1990s. Tens of millions were laid off at the time. That was scary and we had warnings of social unrest. But it did not happen. Instead, there was a restructuring in our economic system. I am not sure if China will follow a Western playbook in this respect.

Elizabeth Warren

When people feel like, 'Lenders weren't fair with me; I don't have any responsibility to be fair with them.' If we go far enough down that line, much of the fabric of our economy starts to unravel.

Robert Burke

We haven't seen this many light fabrics on the runways for fall since I can remember.

Todd Oldham

We airbrushed satin to make it look like chinchilla fur. We used silk and synthetic threads to imitate ermines and fluffy fabrics and then used silk chiffon and quilted it to look like sheared beaver.

Todd Oldham

We airbrushed satin to make it look like chinchilla fur, ... We used silk and synthetic threads to imitate ermines and fluffy fabrics and then used silk chiffon and quilted it to look like sheared beaver.

Arnault Cassanet

We are competitive in terms of lead times, because the fabric and the shirts can be in the store in one week.

Nancy McGee

It feels like a luxury fiber. Michael is a fabric snob.

Kelly Cutrone

If we get a girl who is bigger than a 4, she is not going to fit the clothes. Clothes look better on thin people. The fabric hangs better.

Alan Watts

Everyone is the fabric and structure of existence.

David Brin

Change is the very fabric of our time.

Berkeley Breathed

I don't get fan mail. It disappeared with the digital revolution.

Arnold Schoenberg

I was never revolutionary. The only revolutionary in our time was Strauss!

Bill Hicks

Folks, it's time to evolve. That's why we're troubled. You know why our institutions are failing us, the church, the state, everything's failing? It's because, um – they're no longer relevant. We're supposed to keep evolving. Evolution did not end with us growing opposable thumbs. You do know that, right?

Charlie Chaplin

I don't want to create a revolution — I just want to create a few more films.

Charles Dudley Warner

Woman is perpetual revolution, and is that element in the world which continually destroys and recreates.

Edward Heath

We will have to embark on a change so radical, a revolution so quiet and yet so total, that it will go far beyond the programme for a parliament

Audre Lorde

Revolution is not a one time event.

Ron Pernick

We're seeing a revolution where solar is disappearing into the building.

Bill Ayers

Every revolution seems impossible at the beginning, and after it happens, it was inevitable.