Vivek Murthy

It turns out that our ability to connect with other people is driven by our ability to connect deeply with ourselves. And that can be just a few minutes sitting on your porch feeling the breeze against your face. That can be a few moments spent in meditation or in prayer or remembering three things you're grateful for.

American Public Servant

Zack Greinke

To wake up when the sun comes up and enjoy that and then, when the sun goes down, to have a nice property or house where I could watch it on my porch when I'm older. It would be peaceful.

American Athlete

Jason Mitchell

I've lived so much life as a young man. New Orleans, we got terms, and one's like, 'He jumped off the porch early.' That's kind of what happened to me. I had to grow up really quick.

American Actor

Oprah Winfrey

It's much easier for me to make major life, multi-million dollar decisions, than it is to decide on a carpet for my front porch. That's the truth.

American Entertainer

Johnny Depp

I'm an old-fashioned guy... I want to be an old man with a beer belly sitting on a porch, looking at a lake or something.

Shannon Sharpe

I don't know if Rush Limbaugh knows the difference between a screen porch and a screen play.

Diane Greene

One of the happiest times of my life, I lived in a tent on a porch on Hawaii.

American Businesswoman

Garth Brooks

I'm very square and proud of it. The flag stays on the porch here.

American Singer

Sally Rand

I'm not the type to sit on the porch and watch life go by.

American Actress

Harold E. Varmus

My ideal summer day was reading on the porch.

American Scientist

Commonly used to describe an outdoor area at the building's entry point where people might sit or decorate.

Entrance Area

In many cultures, the porch is a social space for greeting neighbors or resting.

Cultural Significance

Often appears in stories as a setting for casual conversations or relaxation.

Common Setting

Emphasized in architecture as a feature that enhances a building’s design and function.

Architectural Focus

Different styles like wraparound or screened, indicating the design or purpose.

Style Indicator

It can indicate a building's adaptation to the local climate, like providing shade.

Climate Adaptation

 They lived with their mom and grandfather in a two-story row home with a front lawn and a back porch. Their mom was struggling with addiction all while the boys were growing up. She never really was able to hold down a job for very long. It was their grandfather's pension that supported the family, not really enough to pay for food and clothes

Alice Goffman: How we're...

 But here is the story within that those who left and those who stayed carried with them the history of a narrative, knew deeply that writing it down wasn't the only way they could hold on to it, knew they could sit on their porches or their stoops at the end of a long day and spin a slow tale for their children.

Jacqueline Woodson: What...

 Cambodians could dream of earning in maybe five years or six years this farm is legal but with a price on their heads there's temptation to porch cross street from the wild so why can't we just release some of these in the world well unfortunately we don't know for sure which of these animals these beauties

Baby Siamese Crocodiles...

 and I wanted to give back. My mom taught me how to sew, and on my back porch, I would sit and make little headbands out of ribbon, and I would write down the names and the price of each item. I started making more items like hats, scarves and bags. Soon, my items began selling all over the world,

Maya Penn: Meet a young...

 to make pretty creations that were safe for the environment and I wanted to give back my mom taught me how to sew and on my back porch I would sit and make hip bands out of ribbon I write down the names and the prices of each item the first time I sold was a hip and I made

How to start your own...

 And this was a big deal. You'd keep this on your porch. It was a little bit messy and kind of a pain. And you'd run a long cord into the house where you could screw it into your light socket. And that's actually kind of an important point in my presentation,

Jeff Bezos: The...

 They had sacrificed a lot to give me five years of higher education. But they said, as I left home -- and I literally went down the front steps, down the porch at home -- and they said, "Even though you've had this great education,

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 and he said, "When you go out on the river, do not under any circumstances eat the fish. It's carcinogenic." And yet, on the front porch of that man's cabin, I saw four fish. He had to feed his family to survive.

Garth Lenz: The true...

 education but they said as i left home and I Shirley went down the front steps down the porch at home and they said even though you've had this great education if you decide to get married and have

 said yeah me and that log go back a long way we're still friends basically just this one four will be a two-bedroom mansion with a wraparound porch I still need to gather material

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Entrance Area

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