"We are borrowing money from future generations. We……" — Kevin McCloud
"We are borrowing money from future generations. We are borrowing the carbon impact, the resource impact from future generations to get stuff cheap now. We have swept the dirt and dust from our society under the carpet - but this carpet is on other side of the planet."
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37 Quotes by Kevin McCloud
Kevin McCloud has 37 quotes on this site.
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The greatest architectural illusion is not Baroque fancy or Victorian flamboyant, but minimalism.
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Sustainability is now a big baggy sack in which people throw all kinds of old ideas, hot air and dodgy…
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The thing that I champion is sustainability. My terror is that suddenly we see it as a luxury, not an…
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It's possible to be satisfied with a day's work or a cake, but a life... what is a life but…
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Life involves other people and it is a compromise.
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A great deal of energy is wasted in hating people, and I can honestly say I've no wish to expend…
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I don't enjoy living in a white box flooded with light. I like shadows, small spaces, old furniture.
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Every decently-made object, from a house to a lamp post to a bridge, spoon or egg cup, is not just…
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Architecture was pretty much the sexiest thing to be doing from 1700-1800.
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As a property developer, I learned a long time ago to choose your battles wisely and that, unfortunately, compromise is…
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Building design isn't trendy.
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Building your own home is about desire, fantasy. But it's achievable; anyone can do it.
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God lends a helping hand to the man who tries hard.
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Well, you have the public not wanting any new spending, you have the Republicans not wanting any new taxes, you…
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Don't cling to fame. You're just borrowing it. It's like money. You're going to die, and somebody else is going…
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Ideas excite me, and as soon as I get excited, the adrenaline gets going and the next thing I know…
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Heaven lent you a soul, Earth will lend a grave.
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Viewed from a distance, or through the eye of the All-Knowing CEO of the Universe, the crash of 2008 followed…
— James Buchan
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Poetry is the art of substantiating shadows, and of lending existence to nothing.
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My mother goes crazy over babies. Some people just do. They love 'em! I never have. Babies scare me more…
— Margaret Cho
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Islam in its origins is just as shady and approximate as those from which it took its borrowings. It makes…
— Christopher Hitchens
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Who goes a-borrowing goes a-sorrowing.
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Don't borrow money from a neighbor or a friend, but of a stranger where, paying for it you shall hear…
— William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
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It is a very good world to live in, To lend or to spend, or to live in; but to…
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