Famous Quotes & Sayings

Why do we call them buildings when they're finished? Shouldn't they be called Builts?

Chris Duhon

This tragic event has destroyed the homes and lives of many people - people I know, ... Many towns are experiencing this devastation and have yet to determine what, if any, buildings will be saved. We have to do something to help ease this burden.

Chris Duhon

This tragic event has destroyed the homes and lives of many people -- people I know. Many towns are experiencing this devastation and have yet to determine what, if any, buildings will be saved. We have to do something to help ease this burden.

Frei Otto

My architectural drive was to design new types of buildings to help poor people, especially following natural disasters and catastrophes... I will use whatever time is left to me to keep doing what I have been doing, which is to help humanity.

We're looking at all the buildings in the pipeline now and determining if they need to be smaller.

We who create buildings and we who live in buildings have a tremendous effect on our environment, ... If we focus on how to make changes, we can have a tremendous effect on our world.

Martin O'Malley

Twenty-first century buildings support a 21st century education - because it is difficult to learn or to teach if you are shivering.

You have buildings standing in water for what could be up to 80 days, which is the time period they're thinking of before they can get the flood water out. What you're now talking about is constructive write-off for virtually all the buildings.

What good are all the new buildings if you don't have the people to staff them? It's always good to have smaller class sizes.

Parents matter, buildings count, curriculum choices, materials, resources - all these things are important in a top-class education. But, in the end, it comes down to the teachers.

Collectively, with my staff, I have made vast improvements in the quality of the buildings our children walk into every day,

Chuck Schumer

office buildings are our factories. They are at the center of economic growth and job creation.

During the day on Monday we had space in Carle for people who had to unload their belongings from vehicles if parents had to leave. People who were able to wait chose to keep their belongings in their vehicles until the buildings reopened.

Right now, we are taking a good look at the recycle stations that are located at various points within the buildings on our campus.

These buildings are a tangible sign to me that this community cares about its young people, ... And that is what matters most in the whole scheme of things.

These attractions can open in six months, but it's questionable whether there will be any tourists there by then. It's going to be years before the New Orleans tourist industry comes back. Once engineers get inside a lot of those buildings, they'll discover damage that wasn't visible. A lot of buildings will have to be torn down or completely rebuilt.

The St. James is a great example of history meeting high-rise luxury. This winning property incorporated four existing eighteenth century buildings into a residential skyscraper that has changed its city's skyline.

That parcel was hamstrung by surrounding buildings and just couldn't grow,

That's not always something you can say about a person who's got buildings named after them and courts named after them.

A lot of buildings are packed full with research labs and classrooms. One thing we want is making sure we have space to mix and mingle. We want to decompress our space.

This is going to be your walking-scale type of district where the buildings will be mixed use and the parking will be behind.

This is probably one of the oldest buildings in Silsbee,

The University has risk property insurance which protects all of the University buildings and its contents, ... It's a comprehensive policy that provides coverage for all sorts of weather and related incidents.

There were two explosive devices that went off pretty much simultaneously at two separate buildings -- the mosque and the administrative building.

The buildings were shaking, I think, when we came down that street. The crowds just picked us up and carried us.

The buildings of the Third Reich had a very strong neo-classic design. They were supposed to last for a long time.

The buildings of the museum are Spanish-Colonial revival style.

The buildings are used, ... Some are used seven days a week with recreational activities.

They don't have houses, condos and buildings to protect.

I felt safe in the hospital, ... trees everywhere, power lines everywhere. The buildings we could see were devastated. It was unreal driving through it. And we saw people and we didn't know if they were going to help us or if they were going to carjack us.

Every day there are buildings in Lewes in that condition. People fix them up, ... That's what happens in Lewes. We don't replace buildings.

Christine Quinn

As the unsung heroes of New York City, security officers should be rewarded, not penalized for keeping our buildings secure, our neighborhoods protected and everyone safe. As one of the signature landmarks in New York City, the Empire State Building should be a leader in setting standards for the private security industry.

Bruce Brown

You look around those towns, and there are a lot of historic buildings that are built of that stone.