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Building Quotes

On the work of making something last.

These lines treat building as deliberate effort, whether it's teachers shaping a classroom culture to mirror an organization's, or someone who has spent a career building companies from nothing. Related: Foundation.

I am good at conceptualizing and building institutions.

Quotes by Shiv Nadar

We still have that same burn, to get that same kind of laughs. So whether the studio wants us to or not, we're going to do it. The money is just a byproduct of coming out with good stuff. Our...

Quotes by Shawn Wayans

Shikun & Binui, our infrastructure and real estate company, implements sustainability by building their projects 100% sustainable while educating their employees worldwide.

Quotes by Shari Arison

In 1908, there was a persuasive demonstration of the power of high-speed, low-mass asteroids in rural Siberia. The Tunguska impactor iced millions of pine trees and about a zillion mosquitoes - and was no larger than an office building.

Quotes by Seth Shostak

Disasters happen. We still have no way to eliminate earthquakes, wildfires, hurricanes, floods or droughts. We cope as best we can by fortifying ourselves against danger with building codes and levees, and by setting aside money to clean up afterwards.

Quotes by Seth Shostak

The vast majority of debt that Anglo maintains is owed is strenuously disputed. However, I cannot now pay those loans which are due, following Anglo taking control of the Quinn Group of companies, which I and a loyal team spent...

Quotes by Sean Quinn

War drags human beings from their tasks of building and improving, and pushes them en masse into the category of destroyers and killers.

Quotes by Scott Nearing

The frightening thought that what you draw may become a building makes for reasoned lines.

Quotes by Saul Steinberg

I understand the highs and lows of building a global business from the ground and taking that initial product idea all the way to the market.

Quotes by Sara Davies

A first building is like a first novel, it is always autobiographical.

Quotes by Santiago Calatrava

In the 1990s and the first decade of the 21st century, regionalism was seen as a building block of globalisation.

Quotes by Sanjaya Baru

While free trade purists have always rejected regional and plurilateral trading arrangements, the WTO's charter chose to be pragmatic and regarded RTAs and FTAs as building blocks of, rather than barriers to, the multilateral trading system.

Quotes by Sanjaya Baru

I've had a terrific life, from building one company to be the second largest company in the securities industry and merging that into American Express, and becoming president of that company.

Quotes by Sanford I. Weill

In little localized pockets, the universe is capable of building some beautiful complexity.

Quotes by Sandra Faber

I am a big PETA supporter, and their East Coast headquarters is the Sam Simon building, and their West Coast headquarters is in the Bob Barker building.

Quotes by Sam Simon

I will not be drawn to building relations with the Syrian regime, which does not want me.

Quotes by Saad Hariri

I'm just working every day and keep watching film and keep building chemistry with my teammates.

Quotes by Rudy Gobert

We may not all be equally guilty. But we are all equally responsible for building a decent and just society.

Quotes by Ruby Bridges

The UFC was my home and will always be my home. I helped creating and building that home.

Quotes by Royce Gracie

I like building.

Quotes by Ross Levinsohn

Frequently Asked Questions

Is there a quote about building culture in a classroom versus an organization?
Yes: "The teachers are trying to build the same culture in the classroom as we're building in the organization." Growth quotes covers related themes of developing something over time.
Is there a real political quote about settlements and Israel?
Yes - one real, genuinely controversial quote states: "As long as they keep building settlements, the world will be anti-Israeli." This is presented here strictly as that speaker's own stated opinion on a real geopolitical issue, not a fact or position this page endorses.
Is there a quote about working hard to build companies?
Yes: "I busted my butt all my life building companies." Foundation quotes has more on the effort behind building something from scratch.
Is there a short quote preferring building over managing?
Yes: "I enjoy building more than managing." It's a brief statement about a preference for creating rather than overseeing.
Where can I find more quotes about progress or structure?
Try Progress quotes or Structure quotes for related themes.

One touches geopolitics directly, tying continued settlement building to how a country is viewed abroad. See also Growth and Progress.