#building

On Sept. 11, 2001, thousands of first responders heroically rushed to the scene and saved tens of thousands of lives. More than 400 of those first responders did not make it out alive. In rushing into those burning buildings, not one of them asked, 'What God do you pray to?' What beliefs do you hold?' ↗

— Michael Bloomberg

#asked #beliefs #buildings #burning #did

You know, if you look back in the 1930s, the money went to infrastructure. The bridges, the municipal buildings, the roads, those were all built with stimulus money spent on infrastructure. This stimulus bill has fundamentally gone, started out with a $500 rebate check, remember. That went to buy flat-screen TVs made in China. ↗

— Michael Bloomberg

#bill #bridges #buildings #built #buy

The Governor's Mansion is a beautiful home, a beautiful building - we're privileged to have a chance to live there. It certainly doesn't feel as comfortable as our home. ↗

— Matt Blunt

#beautiful home #building #certainly #chance #comfortable

And autos are not the only product that could be made more energy efficient if we just put in place sensible requirements. This is also true of many appliances and even of entire buildings. ↗

— Sherwood Boehlert

#appliances #autos #buildings #could #efficient

Great buildings that move the spirit have always been rare. In every case they are unique, poetic, products of the heart. ↗

— Arthur Erickson

#always #been #buildings #case #every

In those countries with centuries of a craft tradition behind their building methods, techniques are tightly coordinated under the direction of the architect. ↗

— Arthur Erickson

#behind #building #centuries #coordinated #countries

Architecture doesn't come from theory. You don't think your way through a building. ↗

— Arthur Erickson

#building #come #theory #think #through

They claim this mother of ours, the Earth, for their own use, and fence their neighbors away from her, and deface her with their buildings and their refuse. ↗

— Sitting Bull

#away #buildings #claim #earth #fence

In fact, the socialization gives us the tools to fill our evolutionary roles. They are our building blocks. ↗

— Warren Farrell

#building #building blocks #evolutionary #fact #fill

Unfortunately, we are not painters and authors, where we can do something in isolation. We require a lot of money to create what we create. It's almost like being an architect: You can't be an architect and build whatever buildings you want to. ↗

— Jon Favreau

#architect #authors #being #build #buildings