Quotes of: Buildings Keyword

I'm going to build that house with my own hands, from the foundation to the roof. I'm going to do it for us, and I'm going to do it right, so it lasts forever. Can't go raising walls on a shaky foundation. Can't go slapping thatch over rafters so thi...

Twice Tempted by a Rogue

Obsession. It starts with a spark. A flicker. At the strike of a match. Lying dormant in most of us, obsession feasts on the fumes, breathes in the smoky scent, curing around and in on itself. Building. We pet it, nurse it into existence. It is ours....

With Visions of Red

While the opportunity to improve yourself and your situation is a great thing, our striving to build perfect lives seems to have morphed into perfectionism so focused on itself that we forget about others in the world. We work so hard to build the ul...

Faith Postures: Cultivating Christian Mindfulness

George: I have hated this house from the moment my father put it in my name. Imagine, 29 years of hating what you're living in, hating what you *are*. This is the end of it, Sam. I'm finally building something of my own. Something I can be proud to g...

Life as a House

Plainview: What's this? Why don't I own this? Why don't I own this? Al Rose: That's the Bandy tract. He was the holdout, when we were doing the buying? He had hoped to speak with you. Can't you just build the pipeline around this tract? Plainview: Ca...

There Will Be Blood

If something is built to show, it's build to grow.

Contagious: Why Things Catch On

I have designed the most buildings of any living American architect.

Alexander Jackson Davis

In a place like the Greek Theater in L.A., to try and create a close connection with the audience seems almost antithetical to the architecture of the building.

Alex Ebert

Rome has not seen a modern building in more than half a century. It is a city frozen in time.

Richard Meier

I came to architecture from building. Because my father was a builder, everybody was - and is - a builder in my family.

Renzo Piano

The frightening thought that what you draw may become a building makes for reasoned lines.

Saul Steinberg

Whenever we witness art in a building, we are aware of an energy contained by it.

Arthur Erickson

My first job in construction paid my way through art school. I was building to pay my bills.

Ty Pennington

Nothing builds confidence like live ammo.

Atomic Lobster

Our ancestors built temples for their gods. We build department stores.

number9dream

It's important to determine which surroundings work best for you, and then build that environment to suit your needs.

Marilu Henner

Belief builds from scratch. Doesn’t have to relax, it doesn’t need space

Gavin DeGraw

focus your intention on what your building, not whats already fallen away.

Nikki Rowe

Cinema affects everything, from the way I get dressed to how I build my stages.

Paloma Faith

There are some who are scared by unity and by building a country on the basis of ideas.

Paul Kagame

Location is the key to most businesses, and the entrepreneurs typically build their reputation at a particular spot.

Phyllis Schlafly