Building Quotes - Page 22

The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn’t.

Dream big with no limitations.

Why bother lifting weights if you aren't following a sound nutritional regimen? Sure, it may be fun, but are you really accomplishing anything?

When I tell people that I'm vegan, the first question asked is, 'How do you get enough protein?' This immediately tells me that they are uneducated and know little or nothing about nutrition.

Most of us have the tools we need, we're just not sure how to use them.

When it comes down to it, it really is the little things that count most.

When you succeed be proud of yourself and know that not everyone gets to experience the thrill of success on a consistent basis.

We all have 1,440 minutes each day to accomplish everything on our schedule. We are accountable for prioritizing the decisions we make with our time.

Whether you know it or not, you are a role model for somebody. Watch what you say and know that you're responsible for your actions.

The people who put limits on your abilities, goals, or dreams, may not be the people you want to associate yourself with.

Dare to be different. Successful people always stand out.

The best security against revolution is in constant correction of abuses and the introduction of needed improvements. It is the neglect of timely repair that makes rebuilding necessary.

All of the easy oil is gone and what's left is requiring more energy and money and this has an effect on everything. Our problem is that we've created an infrastructure that's so dependent on oil. As oil becomes more expensive we're going to be locked into the transportation modes that our economy depends on. So we really need to start building an alternative economy before we get caught in a trap of our own making.

Buildings are forms of performances.

Evangelization through the Eucharist, in the Eucharist, and from the Eucharist - these are three inseparable aspects of how the Church lives the mystery of Christ and fulfills her mission of communicating it to all people.... In addition to the preaching of the message, the consummation of evangelization consists in the building up of the Church, which has no real existence without the sacramental life culminating in the Blessed Eucharist

Houston is undoubtedly my showcase city. I saved all my best buildings for Houston.

To sum up the state of architecture in America: ninety percent of the buildings we live in and around aren't architecture. No, that's not right - 98 percent.

Genocide, after all, is an exercise in community building.

The building block of every community is family.

For it is no railways, roads, and power stations that give rise to industrial capitalism: it is the emergence of industrial capitalism that leads to the building of railways, to the construction of roads, and to the establishment of power stations.

I just have never seen anyone build anything significant in any field without having a deep and detailed sense of what they are building on.

There is no reason to design buildings that are more basic and rectilinear, because with concrete you can cover almost any space.

Right now, where do we stand? Well right at the Russian border, both sides have been taking provocative actions, both sides are building up military forces. NATO forces are carrying out maneuvers hundreds of yards from the Russian border, the Russian jets are buzzing American jets. Anything could blow up in a minute.

A screenplay is not a finished product; a novel is. A screenplay is a blueprint for something - for a building that will most likely never be built.

Plain free-weight squats work better for me than anything.