#sign

Book-jacket design may become a lost art, like album-cover design, without which late-20th-century iconography would have been pauperized. ↗

— James Wolcott

#become #been #design #iconography #like

My whole life had been designing computers I could never build. ↗

— Steve Wozniak

#build #computers #could #designing #had

Human beings are not designed to be alone. None of God's creatures are. ↗

— Chely Wright

#beings #creatures #designed #god #human

I couldn't be a cameraman or a designer or an actor - I have to be a director because I learned how to do that from my dad. ↗

— Joe Wright

#because #cameraman #dad #designer #director

In just six weeks from the time the design was started, we had the motor on the block testing its power. ↗

— Orville Wright

#design #had #just #motor #power

I went down the street to the 24-hour grocery. When I got there, the guy was locking the front door. I said, 'Hey, the sign says you're open 24 hours.' He said, 'Yes, but not in a row.' ↗

— Steven Wright

#down #front #got #grocery #guy

Distressed properties are often vacant and in disrepair, and thus sold at significant discounts. As the share of distressed sales grows, home prices fall. ↗

— Mark Zandi

#fall #grows #home #often #prices

Indeed, the FHA was born out of the Great Depression, which was also caused in significant part by a foreclosure crisis. Mortgages in the early 1930s were mostly three- to five-year 'bullet' loans, which did not amortize and were due in full at maturity. ↗

— Mark Zandi

#born #bullet #caused #crisis #depression

No one should expect the value of their house to appreciate quickly - counting on your home to be a significant part of your retirement saving isn't a winning strategy - but it is reasonable to expect that prices generally will rise with at least the rate of inflation for some time to come. ↗

— Mark Zandi

#come #counting #expect #generally #home

The key to house prices is the share of foreclosure or short sales in the total housing market. When that share rises, house prices will fall, because distressed properties sell for significantly less - currently around 25 percent below non-distressed houses. ↗

— Mark Zandi

#because #below #currently #distressed #fall