Built Quotes

2368 quotes by 1817 authors

Live or die: mere consequences of what you have built. What matters is building well. So here we are I've assigned myself a new obligation.… — Muriel Barbery
Sometimes I remind myself that I almost skipped the party, that I almost went to a different college, that the whim of a minute could… — Anna Quindlen
A boat is always safe in the harbor, but that's not what boats are built for. — Katie Couric
And now, Elric had told three lies. The first concerned his cousin Yyrkoon. The second concerned the Black Sword. The third concerned Cymoril. And upon… — Michael Moorcock
There was a fire in the wide hearth before them, and it was burning with a sweet smell, as if it were built of apple-wood. — J.R.R. Tolkien
This was not the old Chichikov. This was some wreckage of the old Chichikov. The inner state of his soul might be compared to a… — Nikolai Gogol
The people are immensely likableâ€” cheerful, extrovert, quick-witted, and unfailingly obliging. Their cities are safe and clean and nearly always built on water. They have… — Bill Bryson
People b'lief the world is built so an' tellin'em it ain't so caves the roof on their heads 'n'maybe yours. — David Mitchell
I built you a sandcastle because you're a princess, but I tore it down because I'm a loser. — Adam Young
â€ŽOur ancestors took this land. They took it and made it and held it. We do not give up what our ancestors gave us. They… — Bernard Cornwell
It's funny how when you're little, you miss all the little lies. They float right past you, but you don't wonder about them much. For… — Virginia C. Andrews
We give people fish. We teach them to fish. We tear down the walls that have been built up around the fish pond. And we… — Shane Claiborne
A whole big, giant world full of men. Men with blue eyes. Brown eyes. Green eyes. And indescribable shades in between. Tall men. Short men.… — Ellen Hopkins
This story is the ultimate example of Americanâ€™s biggest political problem. We no longer have the attention span to deal with any twenty-first century crisis.… — Matt Taibbi
I wondered how many people there were in the world who suffered, and continued to suffer, because they could not break out from their own… — Daphne du Maurier
Safe upon the solid rock the ugly houses stand. Come and see my shining palace built upon the sand! — Edna St. Vincent Millay
Fang looked at the newest bird kid. Dylan was an inch or two taller than he was, and somewhat heavier built, though he still had… — James Patterson
Pretty Women Wonder Where My Secret Lies, Im Not Cute Or Built To Fit A Fashion Models Size. — Maya Angelou
their relationship was built on friendship, and in matters of friendship he was boundlessly loyal. It was a relationship that would survive the harshest test. — Steig Larsson
I would have written you, myself, if I could put down in words everything I want to say to you. A sea of ink would… — Erin Morgenstern

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