Architecture is a service business. An architect is given a program, budget, place, and schedule. Sometimes the end product rises to art - or at least people call it that.
In a budget, how important is art versus music versus athletics versus computer programming? At the end of the day, some of those trade-offs will be made politically.
Cheops' Law: Nothing ever gets built on schedule or within budget.
In America, they shoot budgets and schedules, and they don't shoot films any more. There's more opportunity in Europe to make films that at least have a purity of intent.
But you know, there's always a danger nowadays that films are gonna be brought up to Canada for budget reasons. And that's something that really concerns me.
Working on a big-budget summer blockbuster with a built-in fan base is a dream come true for any actor.
If we didn't propose these reforms, we would not have proposed a budget that got the debt under control.
Throughout the 40 years I've been in Washington, I've always worked hard, particularly with regards to the budget issues.
If you're opposed to the budget I submitted to the General Assembly, you're for a tax increase.
Despite a decade of criticism and budget cuts, the specialised UN agencies have far more expertise and hands-on experience than any other organisations in the world.
That's one of the benefits of working on big budget films. You work with people who have a lot of experience and you get to learn a lot.
Comparing your family budget to the sovereign debt of the United States is a little like comparing two kindergartners tossing a paper airplane to the Apollo 11 mission.
Reviewing a government budget is much like going through the attic in an old home.
My dad was a low budget film director. I grew up as a kid making movies, based on the love of seeing what my dad was doing.
I spent years working in low-budget horror films. When you've done 'Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death,' you can handle anything!
Strong advocacy for education, health care and worker safety will be indispensable if they are to get their fair share of President Bush's austere budget for the next fiscal year.
Time and time again I was told that I would never make the film on time and never make it on budget. That kind of criticism tends to turn me into a great big motor of efficiency.
The Republican Party is terrific at determining how a program will impact the federal budget, but we're not nearly as good as the Democrats in explaining to people how our agenda will directly benefit them and their families.
We need more transparency and accountability in government so that people know how their money is being spent. That means putting budgets online, putting legislation online.
Don't tell me what you value, show me your budget, and I'll tell you what you value.
We know that appropriators will fight these cutbacks. But by eliminating earmarks, we can stop the horse trading that grows agency budgets.
