Quotes About Structure

Good composition is like a suspension bridge - each line adds strength and takes none away.

A bad system will beat a good person every time.

Good order is the foundation of all things.

All good art is abstract in its structure.

The triumph of anything is a matter of organization.

The fact that something is in a rhymed form or in blank verse will not make it good poetry.

Good people need room to develop. They have to find their own voice . . . each IBMer is a businessperson working within the framework of the company structure.

Disorganizatio n is the enemy of good writing.

I began to be impressed by what made a good book-how you needed to have a sensible story, a plot that developed, with a beginning, a middle, and an end that would tie everything together.

My only conclusion about structure is that nothing works if you don't have interesting characters and a good story to tell.

The one good thing about the Angels was they always colored within the lines. They had to. Suckers.

I'm one of those writers who tends to be really good at making outlines and sticking to them. I'm very good at doing that, but I don't like it. It sort of takes a lot of the fun out.

Bureaucracy is a giant mechanism operated by pygmies.

The whole human rights structure is based on the accountability of governments.

On the same day I was sworn in as Prime Minister of Canada, I announced the most sweeping reform ever undertaken in the structure of our federal government.

Maybe we can show government how to operate better as a result of better architecture.

The family was not only the social unit, but also the unit of government.

Los Angeles County government is a "Soviet-style system," with too many people only sort of in charge and no person sufficiently at the helm to take responsibility.

It will be said that great societies cannot exist without government.

There are elements of democracy in votes here and there in America. But in the actual structure of the government, we're a representative republic.

Color in certain places has the great value of making the outlines and structural planes seem more energetic.

The principle of subordination is the great bond of union and harmony through the universe.

There's got to be structure and great comedy. When you start with that, everything else falls into place.

No business can succeed in any great degree without being properly organized.