Best 808 quotes in «building quotes» category

In 1945, there were more people killed, more buildings destroyed, more high explosives set off, more fires burning than before or since.

I myself am a builder and get totally excited about building Yahoo! as a brand and building it into a bigger and better company. That's what I intend to do.

In a burning building I would save a cat before a Rembrandt.

In an ever more open world, building peace through dialogue is no longer a choice but a necessity!

In any restaurant of this caliber, the chefs are in the same position, building relationships.

in architecture, mediocrity is more glaringly obvious than in other lines - because there's a huge, physical object such as a building to demonstrate it.

In architecture, the demand was no longer for box-like forms, but for buildings that have something to say to the human emotions.

In a user lead model, users are bringing in their own technology... and you can build software then, around the user.

In building a statue, a sculptor doesn't keep adding clay to his subject. Actually, he keeps chiseling away at the nonessentials until the truth of his creation is revealed without obstruction.

India is a global power and an important partner with whom we are building an intense, broad and enduring relationship.

I never called my work an 'art'. It's part of show business, the business of building entertainment.

I never said I was opposed to the LEED program or to green building - I'm not.

In Florence, classical buildings sit against medieval buildings. It's that contrast we like.

In general, it's best if you're building something that you yourself need.

Infrastructure sector is all about building assets for the country. It is part of nation building.

In Los Angeles, by the time you're 35, you're older than most of the buildings.

Insanity consists of building major structures upon foundations which do not exist.

In other words, the barbaric acts carried out in this building were probably almost a matter of routine.

I pick up my pen. It flows. A building appears. There it is. There is nothing more to say.

Instead of building walls, we should be building bridges.

Interest rates are going to go up because employment is going to go up. If employment goes up, then our apartments get filled. And if employment goes up, our office buildings get filled. The reality is that increased economic activity combined with increased interest rates is basically bullish for real estate.

In the end, what matters most is that the people you work with share your values, so I've wanted people who value the meaningful work and meaningful relationships that always motivated me in building Bridgewater.

In this tour around the world I was not interested in contemporary buildings because I had seen contemporary buildings actually until they came out of my ears in a sense.

I ran my own business when I was 19, buying condos and renovating apartment buildings.

Instead of building castles against your enemies, build bridges for them to come to you!

In the enterprise you want to start intentionally small.

In the same way we have a long-term plan for building roads, we have to have a long term plan to build transit.

In time it will become clear to everyone that support for the policies of pre-emptive war and interventionist nation-building will have much greater significance than the removal of Saddam Hussein itself.

In times when the tempo for struggle is not very high, you prepare populations by conducting acts of courage-building, confidence-building, respect for each other. That's what the preparation is about and it requires leadership.

I recently went to a new doctor and noticed he was located in something called the Professional Building. I felt better right away.

I see water and buildings ... Oh my God! Oh my God.

I see what other people do and what songwriters don't. They don't get out and take care of themselves. Producers turn themselves into a massive brand. Songwriters tend to be under someone else's umbrella. If you're building your own legacy, it can't be under an umbrella.

I think that the web and its various facets are incredibly useful in just building a fan base and getting your chops better.

I spent a lot of time playing in miserable places that were not a lot of fun. Somebody once said it is character building and I was like: My character is just fine.

I started to draw buildings. I called them Proposed Colossal Monuments - they weren't for real, not for actual building. It was more a critique of architecture.

I think all the president-elect is saying is that we have to be able to be - to keep ourselves safe and secure, and when others stop building their nuclear weapons, then we'll feel more secure in that regard.

I think buildings should imitate ecological systems.

Is it just me or does the fact that you live in the same building you were abducted into seem a bit morbid?" "Pffft. It’s just you," I said, discounting the entire bizarre ghoulish thing.

Is it okay to go the roof of the tallest building in your town and jerk off into the street?

It feels a lot colder when you're shoveling snow than when you're building a snow fort.

I think there has to be the sense that once you have climbed the ladder of success, that you don't push it away from the building.

It just felt like all the excitement in the world was in the building [at the Democratic convention].

I thought Microsoft did a lot of things that were good and right building parts of the browser into the operating system. Then I thought it out and came up with reasons why it was a monopoly

It isn’t much use writing slogans on a wall if you plan to total the building.

It is true that you can't prove a negative. However, the existence of God is provable in the same way a building is positive proof that there was a builder.

It is a terrific thing to get a building built that has the qualities of greatness in it.

It is insufficient for architecture today to directly implement an existing building typology; it instead requires architects to carefully examine the whole area with new interventions and programmatic typologies

It isn't easy for me to have contact with the industry, because it is so outdated. Look at General Motors, look at -Mercedes, look at Chrysler, look at Porsche, look at BMW . . . They are all building cars from yesterday! Nobody has an idea how the car of tomorrow should look. I've built them already. I have the prototypes in my exhibition, but they won't do it.

It is vain to trust in wrong; it is like erecting a building upon a frail foundation, and which will directly be sure to topple over.

It may be easier than ever to start a product, but building a company is just as hard as its ever been.