Famous Quotes & Sayings

Hayao Miyazaki

I think Tokyo is going to sink under water soon. All those stupid high-rise buildings will sink and maybe all the traffic will be gone. And everything will be peaceful and quiet.

People need patience. It takes time to build a brand.

Dave Gibbons

When I first came to New York City, what I was thrilled about was not the Empire State Building, or the Statue of Liberty; it was the fireplugs in the street. These things that Jack Kirby had drawn. Or these cylindrical water towers on top of buildings that Steve Ditko's 'Spider-Man' fights used to happen in and around.

Dikembe Mutombo

If I had not played basketball and made the millions of dollars that I had made, I would never have been able to build a hospital in Congo. It started in 1997, and 10 years later I was able to unveil the Biamba Marie Mutombo Hospital, named after my mother, in my hometown outside of Kinshasa. It was such a blessing.

With each one (exhibition) you do, you build on a sort of critical mass of a reputation, which counts for quite a lot. With each show it counts for more.

Ned Yost

With Doug's extension, it sends a good signal to the team that we're going to be here. We've got a good start on this and we want to keep building to a championship team.

With cost increases, unfortunately a lot of builders will sign a contract with a homeowner and halfway through construction the cost of materials goes up 12 percent. Frequently, the builder has to eat that.

Trevor O'Hoy

While its early days, full-year earnings for wine are on track. Expect momentum to build in the second half.

With our strong emphasis on green building in homes, it's the next natural step in the progression. We're pleased. It fits in well with what we're trying to do in Lakewood Ranch.

Without major concessions from Major League Baseball, the proposal to build a new stadium on the Southwest waterfront is pretty much dead,

Without knowing what their plans are, I can't speak to whether they would qualify specifically. But just building a data storage center doesn't qualify.

With the controversy of getting the building built there was some opposition to it we just wanted to make sure everyone felt welcome.

With student centers, many schools want a building that gives the campus a presence. That's the draw. In those cases, a school might sacrifice some of the program inside maybe reduce the seating from 700 to 600.

We need to debate the three months and we need to try to build a consensus around what the right period of time is, ... But what is being suggested is not any form of internment, just a sensible period to detain suspects while sensible investigation is going on.

Sales teams can help to build buyer confidence and communicate value. In short, four ears are better than two.

School crisis teams and staff often have unrealistic expectations of police and other public safety personnel response capabilities, which creates a false perception of outside support and less internal capacity building for handling a real school emergency.

Kathy Johnson

School can be a terrifying place, but it really is a loving place. Everyone in the building is there to help your child and you.

Prospect is just that -- it's a word. It has no meaning whatsoever to me. It's my job to build a cohesive unit and get the most out of each and every player.

Quite frankly, the conversation around that biogas plant probably started about five years ago when we started talking about building a digester to get rid of the fumes from the waste. The odor issue is the key thing for us.

Jim Clyburn

Quite frankly, it was downright depressing to see the building in that condition. There is a lot of history on this campus, but Tingley, this is 'the' building,

Richard Davies

Quad City has historically been one of the toughest buildings in the league to play in. We could be 0-3 and still be a very good team. I don't want that to happen. I think we have a chance to be 1-2. We've got good things happening emotionally and chemistry-wise.

Put me in charge of the project, I'll build them without putting in market-priced homes.

Pulte Home Corp. is not going to turn loose the corporate coffers to build a public road unless they have a piece of a subdivision.

Public safety personnel will investigate door alarms and will respond to the building as needed.

Realistically, we have enough product that we could continue to build forever.

Realistically in the compressed time frames that probably is not going to happen. We're probably going to end up building a parking garage in range of 800 to 1,000 spaces.

Raising money sends the message that you have support and that you are a credible candidate. It results in more people giving you money and builds momentum.

Rainwater cannot not be effectively stored as a result of the worsening ecological system, thus it is urgent to build a forest that will help store rainwater.

Reagan never had about him anything that came close to this narrow cause aspect. He was someone who wanted to unite the party and build the coalition.

Bob Wise

Reading is the heart of learning, and Illinois and the nation are in the literacy emergency room showing a flat line on the education EKG. The state's results clearly demonstrate that we still are not doing what is needed to help these older students build the reading skills they will need to deal with increasingly complex high school courses.

Kurt Busch

Race tracks have somewhat gone away from building charisma and building an identity. They all seem to look the same. Fans are going to get a new perspective when they come to Las Vegas Motor Speedway that's so much different from all the other tracks. That's what it's all about, putting a new face on it for the fans.

Prices are going to go up, period, end of discussion. Energy costs are going through the roof. We still don't know the extent of the impact on building aggregates.

Properly handling petitions is an indispensable and irreplaceable job that should not be neglected in building a socialist harmonious society.