Scaffolding Quotes

28 quotes by 26 authors

I assemble my ideas in pieces on a computer file, then gradually find a place for them on a piece of scaffolding I erect. — Alain de Botton
The thing that most attracts me to historical fiction is taking the factual record as far as it is known, using that as scaffolding, and… — Geraldine Brooks
Our systems, perhaps, are nothing more than an unconscious apology for our faults, a gigantic scaffolding whose object is to hide from us our favorite… — Henri Frederic Amiel
Government, religion, property, books, are nothing but the scaffolding to build men. Earth holds up to her master no fruit like the finished man. — Wilhelm von Humboldt
Abolish slavery tomorrow, and not a sentence or syllable of the Constitution need be altered. It was purposely so framed as to give no claim,… — Frederick Douglass
A simile is just a metaphor with the scaffolding still up. — James Geary
Memory is the scaffolding upon which all mental life is constructed. — Gerald Fischbach
You can't build the bridge of trust with the scaffolding of lies and underhand deals — Ian Paisley
Death destroys the body, as the scaffolding is destroyed after the building is up and finished. And he whose building is up rejoices at the… — Leo Tolstoy
If this really is true, then greed really isn't good, after all. It really isn't the way to maximize the best possible outcome. We really… — Naomi Klein
To write rhythmic prose one must go deep into oneself and find the anonymous and multiple rhythm of the blood. Prose needs to be built… — Rainer Maria Rilke
There have been prophets and students who handle the Bible like a child's box of bricks; they explain to us the design and structure and… — Oswald Chambers
Hypotheses are only the pieces of scaffolding which are erected round a building during the course of construction, and which are taken away as soon… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Hypotheses are the scaffolds which are erected in front of a building and removedd when the building is completed. They are indispensable to the worker;… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Theories are like scaffolding: they are not the house, but you cannot build the house without them. — Constance Fenimore Woolson
All the scholastic scaffolding falls, as a ruined edifice, before a single word: faith. — Napoleon Bonaparte
When all the scaffolding is removed it is our integrity that both defines us and identifies us. Men of integrity are like the Rock of… — Tad R. Callister
Historically, the family has played the primary role in educating children for life, with the school providing supplemental scaffolding to the family. — Stephen Covey
A schedule defends from chaos and whim. It is a net for catching days. It is a scaffolding on which a worker can stand and… — Annie Dillard
The Liberal State is a mask behind which there is no face; it is a scaffolding behind which there is no building. — Benito Mussolini

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