Conversion is not a repairing of the old building, but it…

with the true convert, holiness is woven into all his powers, principles, and practice.

— Joseph Alleine

Conversion is not a repairing of the old building, but it takes all down, and erects a new structure... The sincere Christian is quite…

— Joseph Alleine

True salvation always produces an abiding change of nature in a true convert. Therefore, whenever holiness of life does not accompany a confession of…

— Jonathan Edwards

Whenever they rebuild an old building, they must first of all destroy the old one.

— Rumi

People have grown fond of me, like some old building.

— Katharine Hepburn

We are the only country in the world that trashes its old buildings. Too late we realize how very much we need them.

— Jackie Kennedy

New ideas often need old buildings.

— Jane Jacobs

In New York City, when they develop something, they never use the old buildings. It's so wasteful. Why not use what's there?

— Nellie McKay

My favourite piece of architecture is the Royal Conservatory of Music on Bloor (273 Bloor Street West). When they cleaned up the old building…

— Andy Barrie

There was a time in our past when one could walk down any street and be surrounded by harmonious buildings. Such a street wasn't…

— Jonathan Hale

“All old building become crypts the moment they're finished, A shrine to a time that's already dead.”

— Krystal Sutherland

I find personally that when I go to a place where I can't get in, I feel hostility from whatever it is, a hotel,…

— Itzhak Perlman

“She wandered almost at random, zigzagging streets, following a canal for a bit, stopping to admire the towering red brick buildings that channelled her…

— Karl Drinkwater

Spain is so different from the United States. It seemed to have a history, and the buildings are years and years and years old.…

— Gwyneth Paltrow

Cities need old buildings so badly it is probably impossible for vigorous streets and districts to grow without them… for really new ideas of…

— Jane Jacobs