With a painter or a sculptor, one cannot begin to alter his works, but an architect has to put up with anything, because he makes utility objects - the building is there to be used, and times change.
Arne Jacobsen

Almost every time I make a building, some people will condemn it straight to Hell.
Arne Jacobsen

I try to take the time to appreciate and I certainly do appreciate and I do feel proud but that is probably one of the things I need to work on, building a bit of time for myself.
Orlando Bloom

Hussein has chosen to spend his money on building weapons of mass destruction and palaces for his cronies.
Madeleine Albright

I've inherited a sense of that loss from my parents because it was so palpable all the time while I was growing up, the sense of what my parents had sacrificed in moving to the United States, and yet at the same time, building a life here and all that that entailed.
Jhumpa Lahiri

The loftier the building, the deeper must the foundation be laid.
Thomas Kempis

I go through a whole process with the actors first, building and creating characters, then I encourage them to sort of live in that character when they're in the screen.
Keenen Ivory Wayans

A woman should be home with the children, building that home and making sure there's a secure family atmosphere.
Mel Gibson

I would be most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think decorating consists mostly of building enough bookshelves.
Anna Quindlen

I would be the most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think decorating consists mostly of building enough bookshelves.
Anna Quindlen

When I was building the Vietnam Memorial, I never once asked the veterans what it was like in the war, because from my point of view, you don't pry into other people's business.
Maya Lin

Enthusiasm is not the same as just being excited. One gets excited about going on a roller coaster. One becomes enthusiastic about creating and building a roller coaster.
Bo Bennett

Martial arts is not about fighting; it's about building character.
Bo Bennett

When the president during the campaign said he was against nation building, I didn't realize he meant our nation.
Al Franken

It is not the beauty of a building you should look at; its the construction of the foundation that will stand the test of time.
David Allan Coe

There is a great satisfaction in building good tools for other people to use.
Freeman Dyson

A truly great book should be read in youth, again in maturity and once more in old age, as a fine building should be seen by morning light, at noon and by moonlight.
Robertson Davies

I spent 20 years of my life building up Queen, and now I'm spending years of my life trying to get away from it.
Brian May

We're actually building onto the house to make it bigger because we want to start a family.
Traci Bingham

I don't think having a My Chemical Romance action figure will make a kid start his own band, I like to think it will make him save children from a burning building.
Gerard Way