Al David Quotes
Portable designs have the power to transform unused public spaces into dynamic environments that build and invite communal experiences.
The design of a restaurant should embrace the identity of the chef, the nature of the cuisine, and the context of the restaurant itself.
But what makes my job so great is there's no one answer that's right for every restaurant.
Play and transformation were a bit part of my childhood - using whatever materials were at our disposal, my brothers and I would constantly build and create fantasy worlds.
Radio has always been pictures of the mind; for me, the essence of radio has always been voices that talk to me and don't patronise me.
My heart goes out to DJs who are governed entirely by playlists. Being allowed the freedom of choice, that - for me - is what makes radio special.
Today, the gap between productivity and compensation for the typical worker is larger than at any time since World War II.
The vast majority (over 80 percent) of fast-food and similar low wage service jobs (<$9.24/hr) are held by adults. A quarter are adults over 40. Another quarter are moms raising kids.
The free market hasn't done a very good job "figuring out" how to pay workers enough. If it was solely up to the market, the people with the least power would be paid pennies ... or less.
We've created more wealth in the past 30 years than the rest of human of human history combined. But half of Americans make less than $17 an hour.
Fast food also has a uniquely difficult business structure for workers to achieve better wages and working conditions.
Annual earnings in the fast-food industry are well below the income needed for self-sufficiency, and fast-food industry jobs are also much less likely than other jobs to provide health benefits.
The fast-food industry is notorious for employing millions of Americans at poverty wages.
A September 2015 poll found that, by a 3-1 margin, voters are more likely to support political candidates who favor raising the minimum wage.
There is a beauty that arises from withholding judgment and evading comparison, a grace in not demanding consensus.
What makes defeat so painful is just the awareness that the other has won. It hurts to lose because it feels so good to win.
In our lives a dog is a dog rather than a former wolf, and it surely is not a cat, a difference that means an enormous amount to some people.
The earth is, of course, not the geometric center of the universe. But it is certainly the center of our lives.
The great virtue, I think, of studying Aristotle - and, more importantly, taking him seriously as a possible teacher - is that he presents an alternative view of both science and the world.
Postmodernism - and is that term used much any more? - is simply a reiteration of the sophistic or the rhetorical worldview.
The idea that trials are a search for the truth is just a myth. Trials are a search for that which the jury will believe is the truth.
What do most people say on their deathbed? They don't say, 'I wish I'd made more money.' What they say is, 'I wish I'd spent more time with my family and done more for society or my community.
I think it's a little unfair for people to say you're not paying your fair share of taxes. I'm paying what I'm supposed to pay. Change the law, and I'll pay what I'm supposed to pay.
Do not always say no. If satisfied with the seat in place and not reckless, the next 20 years you will still sit there alone
Obama had reached out to the business community, they just haven't liked all of his decisions and some of his rhetoric. But generally, I think the administration is quite open and accessible.
I don't really try to get involved politically by giving money to politicians or by saying I'm a Democrat or Republican. Right now, I just view myself as an American.
My family means everything to me and the birth of our daughter has enabled me to have more focus on my career and every time I compete, I dedicate my success to them.
My focus in 2010 was on just running fast races. My focus in 2011 was for winning at the World Championships. This year has been a combination of the two so we'll see what kind of time it brings.
The weather plays a very big role. I have run very few races in the raining and the cold.
Facebook has focused on the conversation, but not really on absorbing the Web into its walled garden.
Word-of-mouth marketing is a crucial component of organic growth for startups and one of the primary ways that Weebly has grown to over 15 million customers.
Hope, like faith, is a principle of action. It motivates and inspires. We do not sit in our armchairs and hope for hope; we get up and go to work.
For the first time in history, we declared war without financing it. Americans have not been asked to pay for it through taxes.
Something got screwed up in terms of your priorities if you think it's more important to get rid of the dividend tax than it is to take care of 11 million kids.
Mysticism and the supernatural are embedded in the show - it's called 'Da Vinci's Demons' for a reason, and it's not just metaphorical.
I honestly love nothing better than digging into a really good serialized show, whether it's 'Breaking Bad' or 'Game of Thrones' or 'Justified.'
It's ironic: In movies, the most successful films of all time have been sci-fi or fantasy. By far. But a lot of people won't even read science fiction books.
I think there's really only been one successful video game adaptation, and that was probably Tomb Raider. Whether or not you thought it was a good movie, it was successful financially.
I always felt that if we ever encountered an alien species, they wouldn't look like us or even be humanoid, like 'E.T.'