Building Quotes

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I think of writing as a sculptural medium. You are not building things. You are removing things, chipping away at language to reveal a living… — Will Self
And Botany I rank with the most valuable sciences, whether we consider its subjects as furnishing the principal subsistence of life to man and beast,… — Thomas Jefferson
Building Union among people not cooperation between states — Jean Monnet
Nobody has the intention of building a wall — Walter Ulbricht
You're mistaken; men of sense often learn much from their enemies. Prudence is the best safeguard. This principle cannot be learnt from a friend: but… — Aristophanes
Hey, what's the big deal about going to some building every Sunday? I mean, isn't God everywhere? — Homer
You have to give this much to the Luftwaffe: when it knocked down our buildings it did not replace them with anything more offensive than… — Prince Charles
There is no logic that can be superimposed on the city; people make it, and it is to them, not buildings, that we must fit… — Jane Jacobs
Automobiles are often conveniently tagged as the villains responsible for the ills of cities and the disappointments and futilities of city planning. But the destructive… — Jane Jacobs
New ideas must use old buildings — Jane Jacobs
All buildings, large or small, public or private, have a public face, a facade; they therefore, without exception, have a positive or negative effect on… — Leon Krier
First life, then spaces, then buildings - the other way around never works. — Jan Gehl
An endless number of green buildings doesn't make a sustainable city. — Jan Gehl
So whatâ€™s the use of repentance, and what do you care for goodness, and what if you should die in a quake, so who the… — John Fante
The only path to the final defeat of imperialism and the building of socialism is revolutionary war. — Bill Ayers
The AXA and New York Life settlements are important building blocks not only toward seeking financial recovery for the losses resulting from the Armenian Genocide… — Mark Geragos
There comes a time in the life of every nation when it stands at the cross-roads of history and must choose which way to go.… — Lal Bahadur Shastri
I hope to continue building my acting career and work more on projects that fulfill my artistic thirst. — Karolina Kurkova
It wasn't for children, seventh grade. You could read the stress of even entering the building in the postures of the teachers, the security guards.… — Jonathan Lethem
The past is still visible. The buildings haven't changed, the layout of the streets hasn't changed. So memory is very available to me as I… — Jonathan Lethem

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