Daniel Libeskind Quotes

I put quite a few trees in last autumn. A lot of silver birch and a couple of native trees - just generally doing gardening, putting plants in and hedges in. It takes quite a lot of time and I love it.

I'm happier in a garden.

Certainly if I were to think in terms of a field that would have required a different mode of education, I think I would have leaned in the direction of being a therapist. And without the education, or a different kind of education, I think my first choice would be a landscape architect. I love to garden.

I'm sort of an old man, always tinkering in the backyard. Since I grew up playing outdoors, I still like to plant things, sit out on the deck, or go hiking.

How deeply seated in the human heart is the liking for gardens and gardening.

I like grass, I enjoy it and it suits my game.

Why are we building golf courses? Because we enjoy being outside, bringing man and nature together.

I may be a lifelong 'downtowner,' but Central Park really is the most amazing and the most beautiful part of New York City.

If you have a little extra parking, I err on the side of getting rid of it in favor of having some more greenery.

I had known there had been a serial killer on Mount Tamalpais, and it felt so incongruous in such a beautiful, peaceful spot.

I cannot live without flowers everywhere. I grew up having a big garden, the size of a city block, in Rombas.

Working in a garden calms me down.

I need money to build parks. I will build more parks. That's all I'm interested in.

I love gardens!

The thing that nobody talks about with nurseries is that it's also about creating a beautiful place for you. You spend so much time there, it needs to be a soft place to land.

My house is a very calm and beautiful place and is full of positive energy.

For some people, a park is the only place in their entire world where they can see something beautiful.

Marshall's crime is to pretend to handle imperfect competition with tools only applicable to perfect competition.

Oh that was your girl? I thought I recognized her.

Winning is not everything, but wanting to win is.

If I ever win you," he said, anger bright in his pale eyes, "it will be because you want me more. Not because he's gone. I'm nobody's second best.

In every issue there are winners are losers, and the losers are plenty.

I want to be back behind the plate as long as I can. I can help the team that way, and I like being in control and in charge.

Right before the game, she strolled up to me. "Hey, Seaweed Brain." "Will you stop calling me that?" She knows I hate that name, mostly because I never have a good comeback. She's the daughter of Athena, which doesn't give me a lot of ammunition. I mean, "Owl-head" and "Wise Girl" are kind of lame insults.

Punks in their silly leather jackets are a cliché. I have never liked the term and have never discussed it. I just got on with it and got out of it when it became a competition.