Architecture Quote by Roger Scruton

If you don't need it yourself, and you're building something that someone else needs, realize you're at a big disadvantage.

— Sam Altman

You don't build it for yourself. You know what the people want and you build it for them.

— Walt Disney

My rule is, if you want to build something that does all things for all people, it's not going to work real well.

— Martin Cooper

I often get asked if I think I'm ever going to build something useful, and maybe someday I will.

— Simone Giertz

What if we found ourselves building something that nobody wanted? In that case what did it matter if we did it on time and…

— Eric Ries

Spare no expense to make everything as economical as possible.

— Samuel Goldwyn

Utility is the great idol of the age, to which all powers must do service and all talents swear allegiance.

— Friedrich Schiller

I found it was way more fun to build useless stuff.

— Simone Giertz

Nothing to build, and all things to destroy.

— John Dryden

Another flaw in the human character is that everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance.

— Kurt Vonnegut

In general, it's best if you're building something that you yourself need.

— Sam Altman

To get people to pay for something that you built, it has to be of service. It has to make somebody's life better.

— Jimmy Iovine