History Quote by Beth Hoffman

The present generation has been born into a throwaway society of consumers in which both goods and young people are increasingly objectified and disposable.

— Henry Giroux

So much of our future lies in preserving our past.

— Peter Westbrook

Conservation destroys the present. If we are only busy preserving the past, we are not living in the present and unable to look forward.…

— Peter Eisenman

Build your nest in no tree here...for the Lord of the forest has condemned the whole woods to be demolished.

— Samuel Rutherford

“Do we find ourself or does our self get demolished?”

— Donna Goddard

“It's gone now, demolished to make way for flats, and much lamented by those who remember it, but I always thought Saint Jude's was…

— Andrew Michael Hurley

“Alas! The work was incomplete, I admit: we demolished the ancient regime in deeds; we were not able to suppress it entirely in ideas.…

— Victor Hugo

“And what’s happened to the Earth?” “Ah. It’s been demolished.” “Has it,” said Arthur levelly. “Yes. It just boiled away into space.” “Look,” said…

— Douglas Adams

Until the first blow fell, no one was convinced that Penn Station really would be demolished, or that New York would permit this monumental…

— Ada Louise Huxtable

“He would much rather hear a piano being demolished by illegal bulldozers than a Mozart concerto”

— Andy Stanton

It's a shame about California, and particularly about L.A., where they've demolished so many landmarks. It's a bit of a disease there, where if…

— Gary Oldman

“We are a generation which is crying loudly to tear down all structure in order to find freedom, and discovering, when order is demolished,…

— Madeleine L'Engle