“I see Professionalism as a spreading disease of the present-day world, a sort of poly-oligarchy by which various groups (subway conductors, social workers, bricklayers) can bring things to a halt if their particular demands are not met. (Meanwhile, the irrelevance of each profession increases, in proportion to its increasing rigidity.) Such lucky groups demand more in each go-round - but meantime, the number who are permanently unemployed grows and grows.” IfsWorldSocialGrowsNumbersGroupsParticularMetsLuckyDemandDiseaseIncreaseWorkersRoundsVariousProfessionProportionHaltUnemployedSubwayProfessionalismPresent DayConductorSocial WorkerRigidityOligarchyIrrelevanceBricklayers Author:Ted Nelson
“Only when architect, bricklayer and tenant are a unity, or one and the same person, can we speak of architecture. Everything else is not architecture, but a criminal act which has taken on form.” PersonsFormSpeakTakenUnityArchitectureCriminalsArchitectTenantsBricklayers Author:Friedensreich Hundertwasser
“...the story of a man who saw three fellows laying bricks at a new building: He approached the first and asked, What are you doing? Clearly irritated, the first man responded, What the heck do you think I'm doing? I'm laying these darn bricks! He then walked over to the second bricklayer and asked the same question. The second fellow responded, Oh, I'm making a living. He approached the third bricklayer with the same question, What are you doing? The third looked up, smiled and said, I'm building a cathedral. At the end of the day, who feels better about how he's spent his last eight hours?” ThinkingMenFeelsFirstsSaidEndsStoriesLastsThreeHoursSawsBuildingThirdsFellowsEightThe End Of The DayFeel BetterBricksCathedralsIrritatedMaking A LivingBricklayers Author:Bill Vaughan
“I think with my hands, it was catching a lot of footballs and working with my father during the summer because he would always make me. My father was a bricklayer so I was a helper. My job was to make sure that he had bricks to lay.” ThinkingHandsJobsFatherFootballSummerLaysBricksCatchingHelpersBricklayers Author:Jerry Rice
“Music is my life. The last job I had, I was a bricklayer's apprentice. And I was happy with that job, too, because it was something that made me feel good. To build a wall for the side of a building felt really good to me.” FeelsMadeJobsLastsFeltSidesBuildingWallMusic IsFeel GoodApprenticeMusic Is My LifeBricklayers Author:Mark Wahlberg
“I look in the mirror and think, 'I don't look like a rock star.' I talked about this with Bono and we looked at each other and decided we look like a pair of bricklayers.” ThinkingLooksStarsRocksDecidedMirrorsPairsRock StarBricklayers Author:Billy Joel
“Two bricklayers work side by side. The first lays bricks. The second builds magnificent cathedrals. Think small vs. think big.” ThinkingFirstsTwoBigsSidesLaysMagnificentBricksCathedralsThink BigBricklayers Author:Richard Branson
“My mother has always been unhappy with what I do. She would rather I do something nicer, like be a bricklayer.” MotherUnhappyBricklayers Author:Mick Jagger
“I was the worst bricklayer in the world. I can show you buildings I worked on - they're a hazard. I closed a window one time. I forgot to set back a brick and I just kept going - there I was singing 'There's no business like show business'.” WorldI CanShowsWorstBuildingSingingWindowOne TimeBricksShow BusinessHazardsBricklayers Author:Pat Cooper
“There were so many bands in New Orleans. But most of the musicians had day jobs, you know -- trades. They were bricklayers and carpenters and cigar makers and plasterers. Some had little businesses of their own -- coal and wood and vegetable stores. Some worked on the cotton exchange and some were porters. They had to work at other trades 'cause there were so many musicians, so many bands. It was the most musical town in the country.” KnowsLittlesCountryJobsCausesBandMusicianTownsTradeMusicalWoodsStoresMakersVegetablesCoalNew OrleansCottonCigarCarpenterDay JobsBricklayers Author:Zutty Singleton
“I get inspired with passion, I think. I get inspired by people who are just passionate, and it doesn't matter what they do or what they're passionate about. I just think passion is such an embraceable thing, whether it's the guy in the coffee shop who's making the coffee or a bricklayer who loves making walls. I love watching people who love what they do, and I think that's very inspirational.” PeopleThinkingMatterGuyPassionWallInspiredPassionateCoffeeShopsLove MakingCoffee ShopBricklayersVery Inspirational Author:Neil Jackson
“I grew up in a brick house. What's wrong with bricks? An Englishman took me aside and said, "You have to understand, all the bricklayers in England are Irish, and the English hate the Irish."” SaidHateHouseGrewGrew UpEnglandBricksEnglishmenBricklayers Author:Carl Andre
“My father was a guy most comfortable in the company of bricklayers and carpenters and electricians. And I have a lot of that in me also. I love those people.” PeopleGuyFatherCompanyComfortableCarpenterElectricianBricklayers Author:Donald Trump
“When it comes to getting things done, we need fewer architects and more bricklayers.” NeedsDoneActionWorkMemorableArchitectFewerThings DoneGetting Things DoneBricklayers Author:Colleen Barrett
“The only other thing that interested me as a kid was being a bricklayer. So if I hadn't become an actress, I would probably be a bricklayer.” IfsKidsActressesBricklayers Author:Nikki Cox
“My father was a better bricklayer than I am a theologian. I am still in too much of a hurry. But if the work I have done in theology is of any use, it is because of what I learned on the job, that is, you can lay only one brick at a time.” IfsStillsDoneUseJobsFatherToo MuchLaysTheologyTheologianBricksBricklayers Book:Hannah's Child: A Theologian's Memoir Source: Hannah's Child: A Theologian's Memoir
“I felt that everything is beautiful, but that which man tries intentionally to make beautiful; that the work of an ordinary bricklayer is more valid than the artwork of all but a very few artists.” MenTryingBeautifulArtistFeltOrdinaryArtworkBricklayers Author:Ellsworth Kelly
“I look upon myself as a musical bricklayer with architectural aspirations.” LooksMusicalAspirationLook UpBricklayers Author:Robert Mayer
“The prejudice of the race appears stronger in the States that have abolished slaves than in the States where slavery still exists. White carpenters, white bricklayers, and white painters will not work side by side with the blacks in the North but do it in almost every Southern State.” StillsWarStatesSidesWhiteRacePrejudiceStrongerSlaverySlavePainterCivil WarSouthernCarpenterBricklayers Author:Alexis de Tocqueville
“I used to help out my father, a bricklayer, in the summer. I'd catch the bricks (that were dropped). And it made me strong, catching those bricks. I wouldn't change anything about it. That's why I'm where I am today. Really.” MadeHelpingTodayUsedFatherStrongSummerToughNflBricksCatchingBricklayers Author:Jerry Rice
“If I had been a bricklayer Id still have been a journeyman.” IfsHas BeensStillsBricklayers Author:Fred L. Turner