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Quotes About Building

Smith was the ultimate New Yorker, the ideal candidate for the job of president of the building that would become the very icon of the city. The city was in his bones. He could point out every landmark in town and talk affectionately and knowledgeably about the city and its people.
~ John Tauranac
Buildings built in the previous thirty years were built of firmer stuff and had become more difficult to demolish, and the cost of reconditioning salvage had risen.
~ John Tauranac
The building, scheduled to open May 1, 1931, could have opened in April. To commemorate the completion of the building, about sixty subcontractors tendered a dinner on April 16 "to celebrate the completion of an enduring monument, a towering milestone on the road of human progress.
~ John Tauranac
There was, and still is, another Empire State Building in Manhattan, the existence of which, never very widely known in the first place, was eclipsed by the glory of the mighty structure at Thirty-fourth Street. The other Empire State Building, at 640 Broadway on the southeast corner of Bleecker Street, is a far different structure from its uptown namesake.
~ John Tauranac
The first major lightning bolts to hit the building were reported in August 1931. One particularly fierce bolt that was accompanied by "detonations" produced a great flash of fire seen as far as a mile away.
~ John Tauranac
Around none o'clock in the evening, Sean and I climbed onto the tar-paper roof of the U-Find-It building. On one side of the roof someone had dumped a pile of copper pipes and plumbing fixtures that had been ripped out of abandoned buildings. It looked like a giant puzzle that only angels could untangle.
~ John Twelve Hawks
This is my heart, a bird in the building.
~ Elizabeth Willis
Sunset Towers faced east and had no towers.
~ Ellen Raskin
The future is never built in the future. Yes! it is only built in the present moment by utilizing the opportunities that come your way. -Emeasoba George
~ Emeasoba George
Upbringing, education and environment are influential on one's personality i.e. they do play essential role in building up one's/your personality. So, never take them for granted.
~ Emeasoba George
prostii zidesc lumea si desteptii o darama
~ Emil Cioran
Trust is the backbone of a relationship. Without trust the building of relationship can't stand.
~ Bahram Baloch
It's not your imagination. I hear it, too." Another shriek made Matt pause. "I'll talk to you later." He put the phone down and walked to the door. The only other tenant on this side of the L-shaped building was a single woman he had yet to meet. He opened the door, but there was no one there. Actually, there
~ Barbara Freethy
I recently went to a new doctor and noticed he was located in something called the Professional Building. I felt better right away.
~ George Carlin
Our focus area would be recruiting people along with building great technology as well as building a great brand.
~ Ritesh Agarwal
I got into this little habit of architecture and building. I designed a house in Colorado and one in Hawaii. The idea is supposed to be build and sell - but then I can never bring myself to sell them.
~ Trey Parker
I felt my whole life like I didn't have a family, and I needed one. So I had to build one, and you build one with faith, hope, and the healing power of love - or you end up the 'Unabomber.' That's the choice.
~ Mary Gauthier
There's no denying that if I were designing a health care system from scratch, I'd build a Medicare for All system.
~ Chris Murphy
For me everything in the film was gradually building, becoming more emotional, so it helped. At the end of it all I was emotionally drained. At that point I took Rose's view, that this has to happen, there's nothing I can do about it.
~ Camilla Belle
I never said I enjoy anything about using the Internet. I enjoy helping the entrepreneurs who are building this thing that I don't necessarily like or use.
~ Ron Conway
You thought you were going to be made into a decent little cottage: but He is building a palace. He intends to come and live in it himself. (Quoted by C.S.Lewis in Mere Christianity)
~ George MacDonald
In that ugly building, amidst that weary praying and inharmonious singing, with that blatant tone, and, worse than all, that merciless doctrine, there was yet preaching — that rare speech of a man to his fellow-men whereby in their inmost hearts they know that he in his inmost heart believes. There was hardly an indifferent countenance in all that wide space beneath, in all those far-sloping galleries above. Every conscience hung out the red or pale flag.
~ George MacDonald
S-a-l-o-o-n," said Benny, reading the sign over the door of the building. "What is a saloon?" "This saloon is a Western-style restaurant," said Bart. "It has food, drinks, and entertainment. Come on in!
~ Gertrude Chandler Warner
Some couples could not work together but we enjoy working on our projects and building our art business.
~ Dwayne Hickman