Architecture

"Architecture is the most noble, difficult and philosophical branch of the arts."  Saul Steinberg

Argue

"It is useless to argue with a man who listens only to himself."  Alan Vanneman,  Sherlock Holmes and the Hapsburg Tiara

Aria

"In real life, as in Grand Opera, arias only make hopeless situations worse."  Kurt Vonnegut,  Timequake

Arrogance

"I am amused by the simplicity of your game.  Bring me your finest meats and cheeses."  Sportscenter ad

Art

"A language the world understands."  Norilsk Nickel ad

"Any work of art is a conversation between two human beings."  Kurt Vonnegut,  Timequake

"Art is a wound turned to light."  Georges Braque

"Art is the lie that makes us realize the truth."  Pablo Picasso

"Art washes away from the soul, the dust of everyday life."  Pablo Picasso

"Painting has been in a state of decadence since the age of the caves."  Joan Miró

"Pipe cleaners may not be my strongest media."  Bill Geist

"The arts inspire us to become better than ourselves."  Doug Hall

"The glory of art is that it can not only survive change; it can lead it."  Robert Redford

Artificial Intelligence

"Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity."  Unknown

Artist

"Every artist dips his brush into his soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures."  Henry Ward Beecher

"Human life itself may be almost pure chaos, but the work of the artist is to take these handfuls of confusion and disparate things, things that seem to be irreconcilable, and put them together in a frame to give them some kind of shape and meaning."  Katherine Anne Porter

"The job of the artist is to always deepen the mystery."  Francis Bacon

"The lot of the artist is rarely without its perils, frittering away one's talent on Philistines is the worst of them."  S. K. Rizzolo,  The Rose in the Wheel

"There are painters who transform the sun into a yellow spot, but there are others who, thanks to their art and intelligence, transform a yellow spot into the sun."  Pablo Picasso

Assassination

"Assassination is the extreme form of censorship."  George Bernard Shaw

Assertiveness 

"There's a fine line between being assertive and being annoying."  Rachael King

"To know oneself, one should assert oneself."  Albert Camus

Astrology

"The stars are becoming a little upset at your constant pestering about the future.  Would it kill you to maybe loosen up a little and live for the moment?"  Lloyd Schummer Sr., Retired Machinst and Certified A.A.P.B. - Certified Astrologer (Taurus, October 13-19, 2005, The Onion)

Astronomy

"Astronomy compels the soul to look upwards and leads us from this world to another."  Plato

Athens

"If you've never seen Athens, your brain's a morass;
If you've seen it and weren't entranced, you're an ass;
If you left without regrets, your head's solid brass!"  Dicaerarchus of Messana

Attention

"Talk to the hand 'cause the face ain't listening."  Mike Myers

Attitude

"Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it."  Raymond Chandler

"Attitude is the mind’s paintbrush; it can color any situation."  Andrea Friedman

"Attitudes are capable of making the same experience pleasant or painful."  John Powell

"Everything can be taken away from a man but one thing:  the last of the human freedoms to choose one's attitude in any given circumstances, to choose one's own way."  Victor Frankly

"I have an attitude and I know how to use it."  Unknown

"Our attitudes control our lives, attitudes are a secret power working 24 hours a day, for good or bad.  It is of paramount importance that we know how to harness and control this great force."  Charles Simmons

"When life knocks you down, try to fall on your back, because if you can look up, you can get up."  Les Brown

"August is always the most desperate month of summer vacation."  Zits

"You make Yahoo Serious a star,  There's no stopping you people."  Jon Stewart,  The Daily Show

"Authenticity depends entirely on being faithful to the essential ambiguity of experience."  John Berger

"Not TV or illegal drugs but the automobile has been the chief destroyer of American communities."  Jane Jacobs 

"When you check the oil first thing in the morning, you have the added convenience of being able to use your highly absorbent pajamas to wipe off the dipstick."  Ray Magliozzi,  Car Talk

"Not doing more than the average is what keeps the average down."  William M. Winans

"Nothing can save you from avaiation."  Unknown

"There are others that deserve it, but let everybody get their own."  Isabel Sanford, Emmy winner

"When one of us stands here, we all stand here."  Jeffrey Wright, Emmy winner

Awe

"The camekan cannot even be described.  Let us pass this because our pen will be insufficient."  Sign at the entrance to Istanbul's Cagaloglu public bath