Build Quotes - page 13

When you design a building, you start from a general philosophy, and you come down, and you start from detail and come up. Only the theoretical architect believes that you can make the concept and then sometime, somebody will come to build it. (Renzo Piano)
I hate it when people let me down, when things are temporary. I think that's why I want to be an architect." "To build something permanent," I said. "A monument to last a thousand years. View quote
Rick Riordan
But she wondered why beautiful things had to be wrapped up with evil history. Or was it the other way around? Maybe the evil history made it necessary to build beautiful things, to mask the darker aspects. View quote
Rick Riordan
He offered to stop the tide for me once. He offered to build me a palace at the bottom of the sea. View quote
Rick Riordan
I want to build some thing permanent. View quote
Rick Riordan
You said your mom is the goddess of balance," I reminded him. "The minor gods deserve better, Ethan, but total destruction isn't balance. Kronos doesn't build. He only destroys. View quote
Rick Riordan
Architecture is measured against the past, you build in the present, and try to imagine the future. View quote
Richard Rogers
You can't live in history. You've got to build for the future. View quote
Ruud Gullit
Everyone knows revenge is a dish best served when you've had enough time to build up enough vitriol and fury. View quote
Sophie Kinsella
During the Second World War, the Germans took four years to build the Atlantic Wall. On four beaches it held up the Allies for about an hour; at Omaha it held up the U.S. for less than one day. The Atlantic Wall must therefore be regarded as one of the greatest blunders in military history. View quote
Stephen Ambrose
The way to build your savings is by spending less each month. (Suze Orman)
If the only way you can build an emergency fund is to pay the minimum due on your credit card, that is what you need to do. View quote
Suze Orman
I could not pass up the opportunity to build and operate a casino next door to my hometown. This casino will be where Louisiana locals and Texans will want to play, stay, and enjoy themselves. View quote
Tilman J. Fertitta
I'd like to know about some of the things that they teach down there, like building a lake. If I ever wanted to build a lake, I'd like to know how to do it. View quote
Tom Felton
In the beginning I looked around and, not finding the automobile of my dreams, decided to build it myself. View quote
Ferdinand Porsche
Why should we build very large spaces when they are not necessary? We can design halls spanning several kilometres and covering a whole city, but we have to ask, what does it really make? What does society really need? View quote
Frei Otto
You fall in love with somebody who fits within what I call your 'love map,' an unconscious list of traits that you build in childhood as you grow up. And I also think that you gravitate to certain people, actually, with somewhat complementary brain systems. View quote
Helen Fisher
Writing a first draft and reminding myself that I'm simply shoveling sand into a box so that later I can build castles. View quote
Shannon Hale
No. Real love takes time to build. What you feel is just infatuation. (Geary) But it doesn't feel temporary. (Arik) It never does at its onset. It's only in hindsight that we realize the difference between infatuation and love. (Geary) View quote
Sherrilyn Kenyon
Fine. Let's begin with something even you can't screw up.” – Death "Way to build up my crappy confidence there. You should volunteer for the suicide hotline.” – Nick "What makes you think I don't?” – Death. View quote
Sherrilyn Kenyon
Make as many friends as you can, but don't build your life on them alone. It's an unstable foundation. (Sean Covey)
The primary purpose of going to college isn't to get a great job. The primary purpose of college is to build a strong mind, which leads to greater self-awareness, capability, fulfillment, and service opportunities, which, incidentally, should lead to a better job. View quote
Sean Covey
Data is the fabric of the modern world: just like we walk down pavements, so we trace routes through data, and build knowledge and products out of it. View quote
Ben Goldacre
We take the suggestions people give us and build the best reality we can for them. View quote
Betsy Beers
Never depend on those luck moments – they are gifts – but instead always build your own back-up plan. View quote
Bear Grylls