Famous Quotes & Sayings

This is an exciting time for the building industry. Builders say more customers want green homes, and we are ready for that challenge.

This is the first time I've ever seen or heard that a developer wants to do the show back to back. And the builders wanted to be in on it again. That's unheard of.

John Calipari

This could have been a momentum builder going into the conference tournament, but we couldn't rebound ... If we could have gotten one more rebound in the last five minutes of the game, we could have won.

There may have been a little over-enthusiasm trying to serve the high end previously, but we haven't seen any evidence the high end is having problems. We have also seen some national builders trying to buy market share by pricing more aggressively.

The builders would swoop in and wipe them out. There is just no way to police that at the cash register.

The builders of the Santa Fe lines in the early days no doubt planned ultimately to penetrate to the Pacific coast, knowing that the real opportunity for the road lay in that direction.

The builders do understand that we need continued job growth if they are to sustain the market.

The Builders Association has a perfect track record from my point of view: There's not one environmental protection that they haven't opposed.

The builders are willing and ready to pay their fair share of the cost of the growth, but they also have to be able to build at prices that the market can support.

Every builder should spend 24 hours in a wheelchair in their own home. They would think differently about building homes that would be more friendly to people with disabilities.

Michael Williams

We think it's time. You've got two years left on the contract, so you have time to look and see whether The Community Builders is actually providing you what you wanted in that contract.

I've been organizing these kinds things for a while now, and every time we need help, the Home Builders Association is always right there.

It would provide more certainty so that highway planner and builders would know what's coming.

We tried to tell the builders to lay them down or try and move them next to a building, ... There wasn't a lot we could do. If we wanted to pick them all up, we'd have to get started once a (tropical) wave comes off Africa.

We already know the number of permits drawn by builders has decreased and is going to continue to decline because of the cool-down in the housing market. We won't need as many construction workers.

There's no surprise there. Residential (building) has made a huge impact lately. There are a lot of things in place to discourage builders from commercial development.

I don't think they're less cautious. But they've just understood that they can sell more. There's just continued strong demand for homes, and the builders are trying to build homes that will sell.

Scott Anderson

In Central California these days, it seems as if everyone is either a real estate agent, mortgage broker, home builder or construction worker.

John Burns

It's been years since we have seen any unsold inventory like this in Phoenix's new-home market. Too many builders went too far out and built houses that were too expensive.

It was a big win. A program turnaround win. It was a nice builder for next year. We're going to be good.

It was the custom for organ builders to take an old organ and enlarge it at a later time,

Phil Jackson

It's a confidence builder for this team. It shows we can overcome odds.

If there is a deep freeze, the builders will find it hard digging the pitch and putting foundations in,

Cale did a great job of getting a head in counts with each batter. He mixed up his pitches. A win like this is a confidence builder for him and us.

Because of condo litigation in California, builders have to charge an extra $15,000 to $25,000 per unit.

Andrea Riseborough

I love the company of actors, but the crazier it gets, the more I've come to realise how valuable my time is with my friends who work on the land or are builders or, you know, make music. Work in offices. Run shops.

I know of no other machine tool builder in the world that has done this.

Hopefully we're going to use it as a confidence builder more than anything else. We're going to have to play up to the level we're capable of.

Some softening of long-term interest rates since early December helped buoy builder attitudes. Consumer confidence has rebounded nicely from post-Katrina lows.

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.

They're doing the right things and getting in the right areas. The professional builder market is a $400 billion-plus market. When you're the second-largest retailer, if you want to continue to grow you have to continue to go after really large targets.

It's a real confidence builder for our team, to play the No. 1 team in the country and get a point.

It's a nice touch. From the professionals' standpoint, builders and contractors and unions, I think they just want to do their part for the community. It's their way of giving back.