Quotes About Infrastructure

'Palaces for the People' reads more like a succession of case studies than a comprehensive account of what social infrastructure is, so those looking for a theoretical framework may be disappointed.

We need a national infrastructure bank to rebuild our crumbling highways and water and sewer systems, thereby putting additional people back to work.

We don't have a divine right to success. So I agree with a lot of politicians out there when they say, 'We've got serious issues.' We do: immigration, infrastructure. I think income inequality's one of them.

In urbanization, you think big because you are thinking decades ahead.

We're a superpower with a Third World grid.

When President Teddy Roosevelt posed for the cameras astride a massive steam shovel during construction of the Panama Canal in 1906, it was more than a simple photo op. Though the scene was clearly staged, it symbolized a crucial moment in American history.

I'm in favor of improving our bridges and roads, and am willing to work with our Democratic colleagues on a thoughtful and targeted approach.

Human society is ninety percent muck that won't disperse to the appropriate location that's why I chose the profession of plumber.

Enhancing revenues will help us improve education and solve our infrastructure problems.

Roads with the most traffic get widened. The ones that are rarely used fall into disrepair.

Most people who sneer at technology would starve to death if the engineering infrastructure were removed.

I am going to bring back infrastructure jobs, advanced manufacturing jobs, clean renewable energy jobs, innovation, technology, small business.

Portland, Oregon won't build a mile of road without a mile of bike path. You can commute there, even with that weather, all the time.

Farming, mineral extraction, gas and oil production, bulk cargo transport, logging, fishing, infrastructure construction—all the industries that keep the nation going are mostly unacknowledged by the people who depend on them most.

London created the Underground, and the Underground created London.

Power plants are an infrastructure backbone that I want to be seriously involved in; this is because the country is rapidly developing and has high demand for electricity.

It's nice to have the support and infrastructure to do what I want creatively. That's kind of a rare thing to find.

If inflation is brought down, interest rates will fall. Once rates fall, we have the opportunity to maybe achieve the goal of 'housing for all' faster; take roads, infrastructure to India's interiors.

We may very well be faced with the choice of retaining the AAA credit rating or abandoning some of our key infrastructure projects, which are about jobs for the future. I will choose jobs in that equation every time.

Real estate is one sector that India is not very proud of.

What you want to do is you want to own as little sort of hard infrastructure as possible, and your real value is your name and how you build that up.

My administration is committed to ensuring Granite Staters have access to clean water.

One great building does not make a great city.

Sewage works that serve big cities run into trouble when the cities grow up around them.