Quotes of: Building-block Keyword

The block of wood should not dictate to the carver.

New Zealander

The skyscraper establishes the block, the block creates the street, the street offers itself to man.

Roland Barthes

You know what my greatest personal stumbling block is? My shyness.

Susan Lucci

Sorel's basic character flaws had all cemented by the age of fifteen, a fact which further elicited my sympathy. To have all the building blocks of your life in place by that age was, by any standard, a tragedy. It was as good as sealing yourself int...

Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World

I was staying in a hotel in San Francisco for a couple of nights, before flying back to the UK. My hotel was a desperate grey block made from paper and people’s screams. At night the sound of strangers having icy sex echoed off the building and pou...

Life Knocks

When you play guard, you're not going to block a lot of shots. Inside, you're going to block shots.

Oscar Robertson

Writer's block? I've never heard of a plumber complain about plumber's block.

Robert B. Parker

The 'block' in 'Attack the Block' is not just a physical thing. It's people; it's families.

John Boyega

A lot of these catchers don't understand that they are blocking the plate and they don't have the ball. You're not allowed to block the plate without the ball.

Pete Rose

The inability to open up to hope is what blocks trust, and blocked trust is the reason for blighted dreams.

Elizabeth Gilbert

I've often said that there's no such thing as writer's block; the problem is idea block.

Jeffery Deaver

If you're so pro-life, do me a favour: don't lock arms and block medical clinics. If you're so pro-life, lock arms and block cemeteries.

Bill Hicks

I don't believe in writers' block. Do doctors have 'doctors block?' Do plumbers have 'plumbers' block?" No. We all have days when we don't feel like working, but why do writers turn that into something so damn special by giving it a faintly romantic ...

AK-47: The Weapon that Changed the Face of War

Antonius Block: They say you have consorted with the devil? Witch: Why do you ask that? Antonius Block: It's not out of curiosity, but because of utterly personal reasons. I would also like to meet him. Witch: Why? Antonius Block: I want to ask him a...

The Seventh Seal

No matter how tall the mountain, it cannot block out the sun.

Chinese

The idea is not to block every shot. The idea is to make your opponent believe that you might block every shot.

Bill Russell

The late-afternoon sky, in Paul's peripheral vision, panoramic and mostly unobstructed, appeared rural or suburban, more indicative of forests and fields and lakes—of nature's vast connections, through the air and the soil, to more of itself—than...

Taipei

What’s important is that you make the leap. Jump high and hard with intention and heart. Pay no mind to the vision that the commission made up. It’s up to you to make your life. Take what you have and stack it up like a tower of teetering blocks....

Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar

When telling the story of your life, it is of great value to recognize and focus on the details that reveal or inspire an empowered unfolding of your being. Much like rewriting your own DNA, every aspect of your life and growth will emanate from the ...

Scott Edmund Miller

This divergence of experience was not a stumbling block to conversation; indeed, it was what made the conversation interesting.

The Oracle of Stamboul

Resistance by definition is self-sabotage.

The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks & Win Your Inner Creative Battles