#alive

I'm a bit of a night owl because that's when I feel the most creative and alive. ↗

— Christina Aguilera

#because #bit #creative #feel #i

A building or a town will only be alive to the extent that it is governed in a timeless way. It is a process which brings order out of nothing but ourselves; it cannot be attained, but it will happen of its own accord, if we will only let it. ↗

— Christopher Alexander

#alive #attained #brings #building #cannot

It is not possible to make great buildings, or great towns, beautiful places, places where you feel yourself, places where you feel alive, except by following this way. And, as you will see, this way will lead anyone who looks for it to buildings which are themselves as ancient in their form, as the trees and hills, and as our faces are. ↗

— Christopher Alexander

#ancient #anyone #beautiful #beautiful places #buildings

Our ancestors always thought of the worst thing that could happen, and that's why we're alive. ↗

— Fiona Apple

#always #ancestors #could #happen #our

To have the sense of creative activity is the great happiness and the great proof of being alive. ↗

— Matthew Arnold

#alive #being #creative #great #happiness

There are some four million different kinds of animals and plants in the world. Four million different solutions to the problems of staying alive. ↗

— David Attenborough

#different #different kinds #four #kinds #million

Here is a test to find whether your mission on Earth is finished: If you're alive, it isn't. ↗

— Richard Bach

#earth #find #finished #here #mission

In our story logic which we're making up, if we're saying he's alive, then like a quadriplegic who's in bed he can move his head and shoulders, but he can't move his arms. If he could just turn on that power to his legs and arms, the nerves could get through and he could walk. ↗

— John Badham

#arms #bed #could #get #head

A man without ambition is dead. A man with ambition but no love is dead. A man with ambition and love for his blessings here on earth is ever so alive. ↗

— Pearl Bailey

#ambition #blessings #dead #earth #ever

The box got bigger, the outside, the buildings. And all that we were doing. I had to raise about $1 million every two days just to stay alive. ↗

— Jim Bakker

#alive #bigger #box #buildings #days