Top 11 Building Things Quotes

I think of writing as a sculptural medium. You are not building things. You are removing things, chipping away at language to reveal a living form.

I think of writing as a sculptural medium. You are not building things. You are removing things, chipping away at language to reveal a living form.

Will Self

Writing, Thinking, Building Things

"Will Self (1961- )", www.theguardian.com. July 22, 2008.

You want to know how to be like indians? Live close to the earth. Get rid of some of your things. Help each other. Talk to the creator. Be quiet more. Listen to the earth instead of building things on it all the time.

Kent Nerburn

Building Things, Earth, Want

Kent Nerburn (2010). “Neither Wolf nor Dog: On Forgotten Roads with an Indian Elder”, p.185, New World Library

You know what’s better than building things up in your imagination? Building things up in real life.

Ryan Holiday

Real, Imagination, Building Things

Ryan Holiday (2014). “The Obstacle is the Way: The Ancient Art of Turning Adversity to Advantage”, p.138, Profile Books

American government is not dominated by engineers, it is dominated by lawyers. Engineers are interested in substance and building things; lawyers are interested in process and rights and getting the ideology correctly blended. And so there is sort of no really concrete plan for the future.

Peter Thiel

Rights, Government, Building Things

Source: bigthink.com

One of the purposes of life, and selfishly what makes people happy, is building things that are impactful.

Dustin Moskovitz

People, Building Things, Purpose

We should be focusing on building things that do not exist.

Larry Page

Building Things, Building, Should

Manufacturers employ more than 14 million Americans doing what Americans do best, making things, building things, transforming raw materials into finished products.

John Engler

Building Things, Raw Materials, Transforming