“The Victorian house and lots of other buildings weren't oppressive in themselves. They were often very airy and gingerbready and fancy. But they were associated with all this [Victorian] stuffiness.” HouseBuildingFancyVictorianAiry Author:Jane Jacobs
“We are living in a Millennial culture that is attacking "patriarchy." The culture in America as zeroed in, and it's been going on and it's been building since the modern era of the feminazis began, since the late sixties and early seventies.” AmericaCultureModernBuildingLateErasSixtyPatriarchySeventiesAttackingMillennialsModern Era Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Thoughts are like bullets. You should be aware when you walk into a building what energy is there, whose thoughts are there. People should realize when people think of you their thought is on you.” PeopleThinkingShouldEnergyRealizingWalksBuildingBulletsThink Of You Author:James Van Praagh
“I use a lot of similes and metaphors when I work, simply because it's my best way of describing a building or a scene. I'm terrible at describing landscapes - trees, buildings. The inanimate things don't interest me: I always think, "Oh, no, here comes another building I have to describe." So I usually use a simile or metaphor.” ThinkingWayUseInterestTreeBuildingTerribleSceneMetaphorBest WayLandscapeSimileDescribing Author:Robert Cormier
“Empires are doomed. They become more diffuse, more broke, demagogues rule, and so I was just pointing out some similarities between past empires and what's going on right now. They all have had to apply more and more harsh rhetoric of superiority and divine right to justify the building of hegemony.” PastBuildingDivineRight NowBrokeEmpiresJustifyRhetoricDoomedHarshSuperiorityPointingSimilarityHegemonyDivine Right Author:Dar Williams
“We've got to control our own energy. Now, not only oil and natural gas, which we've been investing in; but also, we've got to make sure we're building the energy source of the future, not just thinking about next year, but ten years from now, 20 years from now. That's why we've invested in solar and wind and biofuels, energy efficient cars.” ThinkingYearsNextEnergyNaturalCarBuildingWindSourceTenInvestingOilGasEfficientNext YearNatural GasEnergy SourcesBiofuels Author:Barack Obama
“We're going to turn this team around 360 degrees.” TurnsSportsTeamStupidBuildingDegreesHumorousAthleteWittySillyDumbNbaTeamworkStupid PeopleTeam BuildingBasketball PlayerTeam WorkSports TeamTeamwTeam WorkingBuilding A TeamNba PlayerFunny SportsFunniest SportsYou Re StupidStupid SportsStupid CelebrityReally DumbStupid FunnyDumb SportsDumbest CelebrityDumb CelebrityFunny TeamworkSilly StupidFunny Team Author:Jason Kidd
“People feel that building a rocket for Mars is an exciting project, but if you see the refugees around the world and the millions of homeless people, then for me it's insulting that people are fantasizing about leaving planet Earth and going wherever.” PeopleIfsWorldFeelsEarthMillionsBuildingPlanetsProjectsExcitingLeavingAround The WorldMarsHomelessRefugeeRocketsInsultingPlanet EarthHomeless People Author:Pedro Reyes
“Every time I would arrive in China I would go through a few days of depression from being reminded of both short-term and long-term ruin; the ruining of the city that is happening in the short-term, and the ruining of culture and history that has happened over decades. When you see a building that says so much about the culture that built it being destroyed, there are a lot of emotions. You feel a lot of anger when you see a building being destroyed and realize that it's just a small part of what's going on in the entire country.” FeelsLongCountryCultureTermRealizingEmotionCitiesHappenedBuildingHappeningsBuiltChinaDecadesDestroyedRuinsLong TermShort TermSmall Parts Author:Sze Tsung Leong
“September 11 had such a strong visual component, the most visually documented event in human history. Nothing's ever been seen by as many people as that was. Our experiences of the day, our memories of the day are just so tied up in images of buildings falling and bodies falling.” PeopleHumansBodyFallStrongMemoriesEventsBuildingVisualsTiedSeptemberComponentsHuman HistoryOur MemoriesSeptember 11Tied Up Author:Jonathan Safran Foer
“There's that older poem of John Ashbery's-"America"-with the pun "I'm a wrecker," so wreckage and building out of the ashes of that. We're haunted by the genocide that is America, the decimation of so many native cultures. As a mix-blood European ancestry American, you're a nexus of all those violences, and yet there's a relative personal identity as well.” WellsAmericaCultureViolenceBloodIdentityBuildingNativeGenocideRelativeAshesAncestryPunWreckagePersonal IdentityNexus Author:Anne Waldman
“The weakness of cable news is that it chases its audience around. Your audience wants fast-paced, popular news. It needs real news. Cable news changes its stripes based on audience reaction. Viewers are reacting well to breaking news? You probably do more breaking news than you need to. The struggle is building something so that people will come to you, as opposed to constantly changing what you are because you're unsure of where the audience is.” PeopleWantNeedsWellsRealAudienceStruggleBuildingNewsWeaknessReactionsViewersCablesFast PacedReactingStripesUnsureBuilding SomethingBreaking NewsCable News Author:Ali Velshi
“My father died at 42, of a heart attack. My mother was 32 then. She never wanted to be a victim. And that really resonated as a nine-year-old child. And one of the most revealing things was, very soon after my father died - he was in real estate and he owned some modest buildings - they came to my mother, the men that worked for him, and they said, "You don't have to worry. We will run the business and we will take care of you." And my mother said, "No, you won't. You will teach me how to run the business and I will take care of it and my children."” MenYearsHeartChildrenSaidRealCareRunningWantedMotherFatherTeachWorryBuildingHe ManDiedVictimTake CareNineMy ChildrenModestEstatesThey SaidRevealingNine YearsHeart AttackFather DiedMy Father Died Author:Sherry Lansing
“I didn't think that at the beginning. I just wanted to have a garden and a farm and have animals around me. But I do think there's a craving for people to feel a connection. Honestly, it's building on an immigrant tradition, where you bring your country to America. You bring your seeds from Italy. My neighbors are Vietnamese, so they're growing their herbs and stuff that they miss from Vietnam.” PeopleThinkingCountryAnimalMissingBuildingGardenTraditionNeighborHonestlyCraving Author:Novella Carpenter
“There's a question of building trust, and I think that President Barack Obama offers trust. Personally, I think he is a transparent individual with the right intentions. So I think things are going to change in terms of U.S. foreign policy, especially with respect to Latin America.” ThinkingIndividualPresidentTermPolicyBuildingIntentionBarackLatinForeign PolicyLatin AmericaPresident Barack Obama Author:Rafael Correa
“Sometimes I'm drawing onto a computer directly, sometimes I'm drawing on paper , so I can't really talk about drafts. It's just like having soft clay until it hardens. At least as much of the problem has to do with the decisions of what to represent, how to represent that, and how to reduce it down. The words in the balloons aren't particularly poetic necessarily, but it has the same problem as poetry, which is that one has to do great reduction. And if I tried to draw everything, you'd just have a tangled mess of a picture. The stripping down takes much longer than building up.” SometimesProblemDecisionBuildingComputerMessPoeticTangled Author:Art Spiegelman
“I think the church should strive to give parishioners good music. Music is as necessary for worship as a building with a beautiful altar, artwork, and stained-glass windows. Together they create an environment conducive to worship and contemplation. We are not in church for entertainment, but to worship.” ThinkingGivingTogetherBeautifulChurchEnvironmentBuildingWorshipMusic IsWindowStriveContemplation Author:Dave Brubeck
“Perhaps one could appoint three or four professional people specially concerned with the task of bridge building between the majority and the minority. Bridge building of this kind requires an effort from both sides. It's no good if the majority alone do it. The question is whether there is any response, whether people on the other side of the river also wish to try to build a bridge.” PeopleTryingKindWishEffortBuildingConcernedResponse Author:Norbert Elias
“The big frustration for me is that people are growing so cynical about politics that you see them basically shrug and say, "Oh, yeah. Who cares that Harper is shutting down debate? Who cares that he's building prisons, and everything? All the politicians are the same so why should we be outraged about one rather than the other?" And my point is Canadians need to wake up. This is not the Canada they'd recognize if they looked closely.” PeopleCareBuildingPoliticianWake UpPrisonDebateFrustrationCynicalOutraged Author:Justin Trudeau
“To sum up the state of architecture in America: ninety percent of the buildings we live in and around aren't architecture. No, that's not right - 98 percent.” BuildingArchitecture Author:Philip Johnson
“Modernism was a big thing for me, coming from a father who was very interested in art, music and culture - and almost always Italian art, music and culture. One good thing about Italians is that culture is part of everyday life. But Modernism is a movement of the past. The idea of a Modernist building as a sculpture set on a pedestal of grass is a part of Modernism that I'm not so crazy about.” ArtPastCultureFatherCrazyBuildingGood ThingsEverydayItalianEveryday LifeModernism Author:Vito Acconci
“I wish we could make buildings that could constantly explode and come back in different ways. The idea of a changing environment suggests that if your environment changes all the time, then maybe your ideas will change all the time.” DifferentWishEnvironmentBuildingOur Environment Author:Vito Acconci
“When a building is so complete within itself, I always think, "Why do I even have to go inside it?" I would love to do architecture that people can have a free hand in the making of it. We've done spaces where things are hinged and they can go out or in, but that's not freedom. That's supermarket freedom, or the notion that you can have anything you want as long as the supermarket carries it. We would love to do a space where you go inside and there's nothing there. You might have a seat and when you don't need it anymore you get up and it disappears.” PeopleThinkingLongDoneBuildingDisappearArchitecture Author:Vito Acconci
“I liked the idea of architectural games - you're always building and rebuilding. And I still thought of myself in opposition. I thought, If architects build a dream house, then I want to build a bad-dream house. My piece was called Bad Dream House.” DreamHouseBuildingArchitectBad Dream Author:Vito Acconci
“Most people assume because I'm an actor that's all I know about and care about, I'm actually a camera geek and a film geek. I grew up making short films the same time I was acting. For me, it's a motion picture, not a play. I'm just as interested in what the camera department is doing and world building through costume design and production design as I am in acting. I think all good directors do that whether they're an actor or not.” PeopleThinkingWorldCareFilmActingDesignBuildingAssumingGeekShort Films Author:Matt Ross
“What I have learned about museum buildings is that buildings have to have iconic presentations. The position of the art museum vis-a-vis other civic buildings needs to be hierarchal in the community. It has to be equal to the library and the courthouse.” ArtCommunityBuildingEqualLibraryI Have LearnedIconic Author:Frank Gehry
“If you're serious about being an architect, you've got to learn how to take responsibility. It's not fluff. You have to do every detail on every bloody piece of the building. You have to know how the engineering works. You have to know how the fittings go together. You have to master the mechanical, electrical, acoustical - everything.” TogetherResponsibilityBuildingSeriousArchitectBloodyTaking ResponsibilityElectrical Author:Frank Gehry
“You never build the perfect building. Only Allah is perfect. Life is such. You make decisions on conclusions, then some guy invents something else and the world changes. That's comforting. There's no one way to use museums, no one way to do art. That also means there is no one way to build museums.” WorldMeanArtGuyDecisionPerfectBuildingConclusionComfortingPerfect Life Author:Frank Gehry
“I and Trump were raised to believe that to whom much is given, much will be required. And so for the president-elect that meant that what - he describes himself this way, the kid from Queens would go to Manhattan Island and build the big buildings.” BelieveKidsBuilding Author:Mike Pence
“9/11 was not an act of war. It was a criminal act. It was a simple. Criminal act by a bunch of lunatic fanatic violent people who needed to be tracked down and apprehended and tried exactly as you would with any other lunatic violent person, like we do with our own domestic terrorists, like the guy who bombed the Oklahoma federal building.” PeopleWarGuySimpleBuildingTerroristViolentLunatic Author:Pierre Sprey
“Those who seek to improve our country through peaceful protest and protected speech, I want you to know that your voice is important. Do not be discouraged by those who use your lawful actions as a cover for their heinous violence. We will continue to safeguard your constitutional rights and to work with you in the difficult mission of building a better nation and a brighter future.” ImportantCountryActionDifficultViolenceBuildingPeacefulProtestI Want YouDiscouraged Author:Loretta Lynch
“The church is like any large corporation in one respect. In its early days, either the early church or the early years of Microsoft, you see all kinds of creativity, innovation, invention, people have nothing to lose, they're trying to find what works. Then you wake up and you're a vast enterprise, and it's very hard, when you have all kinds of buildings and structures and hierarchy and so on, to hang on to these very creative impulses that helped you get your great success in the first place. As a church we're going to have to figure a way out from under this.” PeopleTryingKindChurchCreativityCreativeBuildingWake UpInnovationInventionAll KindsImpulseEnterpriseGreat Success Author:Chris Lowney
“One question I often ask is why the church doesn't set aside funds specifically to seed new ideas. A lot of our money tends to go into existing, literally physical buildings, or existing parishes, programs, and schools, and we have nothing that is very explicitly dedicated toward new ventures of all kinds that would help parishes, help education, help catechesis.” KindHelpingSchoolChurchBuildingProgramAll KindsFundDedicated Author:Chris Lowney
“I think that it's difficult to talk about large questions of economics or social policy without understanding the building blocks of society. And those building blocks are organizations, the people who run them, and the people who work in them.” PeopleThinkingRunningDifficultUnderstandingPolicyBuildingBlock Author:Robert Reich
“The managers of the big brands have a very clear responsibility. It's attracting and keeping talented people in order to sustain and build the trustworthiness of that brand. There is no clearer objective in the economy. Your economic success depends on expanding and building your economies of trustworthiness.” PeopleResponsibilityEconomyEconomicBuildingTrustworthiness Author:Robert Reich
“With resilience you are learning to be flexible and take feedback on how people are experiencing what you are building, you're listening to what your customers are saying, you're building these relationships, and making better decisions over time. That all really starts with that resilience and that willingness not to be perfect.” PeopleDecisionPerfectBuildingListeningResilienceWillingnessFeedback Author:Alexis Maybank
“As an individual, you know what you are good at and what you're not good at, so over time as you are hiring, you should be hiring for the skill requirements as the rule, but you should also be thinking, "What am I less good at?" and knowing you need to hire those people to create a stronger team. Different personalities are good at different things, but as a leader and and entrepreneur, it often has to start with you and building around your shortcomings.” PeopleThinkingDifferentIndividualLeaderTeamBuildingPersonalityStrongerEntrepreneurShortcomingsHiring Author:Alexis Maybank
“When you've got Jews and Christians, Muslims, Sikhs and Hindus removing graffiti from buildings, or getting drug dealers off the street, that's side by side. When you do that, you take it from the very elevated level of interfaith dialogue to the street level of neighbors. You get them working side by side, and they become friends. Friendship sometimes counts for more than interfaith agreement or understanding. Friendship is deeply human.” SometimesChristianUnderstandingBuildingDrugJewNeighborDialogueDealerGraffiti Author:Jonathan Sacks
“Fathers are very, very important in building the foundations and self-esteem of children. For me, the way that I was raised, consideration, courtesy and manners are really key and I think the father plays a big role in setting an example to children in how to behave out in the world and how to treat people. It's a little bit different when it comes from the dad rather than the mum somehow.” PeopleThinkingWorldChildrenImportantDifferentFatherBuildingDadMannersBehaveConsiderationMumCourtesy Author:Liv Tyler
“You got to be able to love again. You got to give everybody a fair chance. Everybody deserves a fair chance. I'm talking about building that wall, coming out of a relationship and feeling like, well, I'm going to hold back. You turn into your ex. When you find a person that's worth letting your wall down , and you feel it in your stomach, just don't fight it. Just let it happen.” GivingFeelingsFightingChanceBuildingWallDeserve Author:Teyana
“First of all, when building a brand you have to know who you are, what you are, and what you stand for. That's clichéd marketing-bullshit jargon, but it does matter. It helps. You have to know who you're targeting. I think too many people fight the market. There are certain people who are never going to want your stuff no matter what you do. There are certain people are never going to love me because I curse and I have bravado and I'm a Jersey boy and I'm brash and they won't take the time to see the humility and the patience and the truth. They shouldn't.” PeopleThinkingHelpingFightingBoysHumilityBuildingWho You AreCurse Author:Gary Vaynerchuk
“It takes 10 years to get all the permits to build a bridge today. Ten years? What happened to the good old can-do America? Where is "We get it done, we work together"? We've become this bureaucratic, stifling environment. I'm not talking about violating environmental things - I'm talking about building a bridge, getting things going, getting people to work together.” PeopleDoneTodayTogetherEnvironmentBuildingEnvironmentalWorking Together Author:Jamie Dimon
“All the coverage of skateboarding sucks. They couldn't care less when it comes to how skateboarding is portrayed. All I can do is portray it the right way when it comes to me. So skateboarders can look at what I'm doing and say, "Yeah, the only person doing it the right way is him." That's why Street Dreams was so important in being 100% true to skate culture. That's why the Wild Grinders are important in showing the different styles of street skating. That's why I get involved in building the skate parks. All I can do is show skateboarding the right way.” ImportantDifferentDreamCareCultureStyleBuildingGet InvolvedSkateboardingSkateboarder Author:Rob Dyrdek
“I truly believe that recovery requires some kind of stasis where you have to sit and internalize and lick your wounds and confront that darkness. I think that being hurt and recovering from that hurt is important in building character.” ThinkingBelieveKindImportantCharacterHurtDarknessBuildingWoundsRecoveryBeing Hurt Author:Justin Rutledge
“I think all the president-elect is saying is that we have to be able to be - to keep ourselves safe and secure, and when others stop building their nuclear weapons, then we'll feel more secure in that regard.” ThinkingBuildingNuclear Weapons Author:Kellyanne Conway
“Art and the triumph of the human spirit - the two combined thrill me. It's the "Braveheart" moment, the stuff Joseph Campbell talks about, "the heroes journey," a beautiful documentary on a poignant topic, the fireman saving a kitten from a burning building. It's the combo of heroism and kindness against the odds or even good reason. It implies immortality because it is the domain of the soul. That evidence of the spirit of life is what makes me get out of bed in the morning.” ArtSoulReasonMomentsBeautifulSpiritKindnessMorningJourneyBuildingHeroEvidenceImmortalityHeroismHuman SpiritKittenPoignantFireman Author:Kristin Bauer van Straten
“I think it's kind of a stretch. You know, it's one thing if somebody working for the U.S. government has sold secrets to the other side, it's another if they have something in their personal life that they're hiding for which they could be blackmailed. Having evidence that they didn't tell the truth to somebody in the same building where they work, maybe it's just the old intel guy, is - it's a problem.” ThinkingKindProblemGuySecretBuildingEvidenceTelling The TruthHidingPersonal Life Author:Robert M. Gates
“When you're aware, from a young age, of how something plays in public, it makes you a young entrepreneur, whether you like it or not. I call most teenagers 'young entrepreneurs' because from a young age we're aware that our social media is building our brand. And if, when you're 13, you're concerned with building your brand, then "like" disparities matter.” AgeBuildingConcernedEntrepreneurSocial MediaTeenagerYou Like It Author:Yara Shahidi
“The retail real estate industry is an integral part of building communities, fueling economies and inspiring innovation. Shopping centers and malls always have been a central gathering place for the community. They help to create and anchor vibrant civic spaces, providing an essential public place between work and home and a dynamic marketplace for commerce.” RealHelpingHomeCommunityEconomyBuildingInnovation Author:Thomas M. McGee