Built Quotes

America was built on the can-do spirit and will continue to thrive on the can-do spirit.

The Cathedrals were built to the glory of God; New York was built to the glory of Mammon.

Men are shallow - we don't remember things like women do. Or we don't bring it up and blurt it out at inappropriate moments. When bridges are trying to be built, we don't detonate them.

These were people... who built redwood decks on their mobile homes and have no idea that smart-aleck Yankees think that is somehow funny. People of the pines. My people.

Trust is built step by step, commitment by commitment, on every level.

I have the background singers of Ray Charles, the background singers of Smokey Robinson, and the background singers of Barry White and I built a choir around that.

Not only was [Edwin Land] one of the great inventors of our time but, more important, he saw the intersection of art and science and business and built an organization to reflect that.

John's old Caddie had a huge engine that would qualify as a human rights violation if built today. It roared down the road, chugging gas and farting a blue cloud of dinosaur souls.

The careful reader of the New Testament will find three Christs described: - One who wished to preserve Judaism - one who wished to reform it, and one who built a system of his own

But we reject the belief that America must choose between caring for the generation that built this country and investing in the generation that will build its future.

Technology should be used to create unforgettable experiences that enhance our natural and built environments, transforming them in newly meaningful ways.

All lasting business is built on friendship.

One thing I always remember: Frustration is built by unmet expectations.

Through Khadi we teach the people the art of civil obedience to an institution which they have built up for themselves.

The classical city promoted play with careful solicitude, building the theater and stadium as it built the market place and the temple.

And I'll never forget the first time I took the possibility to project sound every day for six or seven hours with special devices which were built for me.

In the Scottish Orkneys, the little stone houses with their single large room and central hearth had an extraordinary range of built-in furniture.

The actual sight of a first-class house that a Negro has built is ten times more potent than pages of discussion about a house that he ought to build, or perhaps could build.

Quality relationships are built on principles, especially the principle of trust.

If you can create a career built on passion, your chances for success, fulfillment, and longevity are far greater than if you take any old job simply for the paycheck.

There is nothing more American than brutal violence. The country was built on it, revels in it and shows every evidence of clinging to it with the crazed, destructive strength of an obsessive lover.

The Highways of America are built chiefly of politics, whereas the proper material is crushed rock or concrete.

This cabin, Mary, in my sight appears, Built as it has been in our waning years, A rest afforded to our weary feet, Preliminary to - the last retreat.

I live in an old house with no closets and no built-ins. I hate big cupboards.

Criticism can be effective when there is something that must be destroyed or dissolved, but it is capable only of harm when there is something to be built.

I like ... what I characterize as more built-to-last ideas rather than built-to-flip ideas.

That's what Walt Disney did, and Hewlett and Packard, and the people who built Intel. They created a company to last, not just to make money. That's what I want Apple to be.

With modern parts atop old ones, the brain is like an iPod built around an eight-track cassette player.

The binders, the charts, the grids may seem formidable, but the meetings themselves are built around informality, trust, emotion and humor.

A civilization is built on what is required of men, not on that which is provided for them.

The Freudian theory is one of the most important foundation stones for an edifice to be built by future generations, the dwelling of a freer and wiser humanity.

Human beings are creators, flinging powerful images into the minds of their fellow men. And all of these images are built of tiny particles of thought.

Fear not little flock; do good; let earth and hell combine against you, for if ye are built upon my rock, they cannot prevail. . .Look unto me in every thought; doubt not, fear not.

Laziness is built deep into our nature.

All day I've built a lifetime and now the sun sinks to undo it.

Our household is built on love and respect. And we don't really let negative vibes stay too long. It's worked out. I got a great family, great kids.

Science, my lad, has been built upon many errors; but they are errors which it was good to fall into, for they led to the truth.

The killers have built the society. The whole Indonesia is their platform. They run the country. They run the country.

History says that progress often requires sacrifice, but what kind of progress can we claim when it is built on the lives of the citizens it is supposed to aid?

The only time I would like to see was the 20s and 30s in America because I love the music and the style and the optimism, I wanted to see New York being built. I wanted to see all that, you know.

The cinema is really built for the big screen and big sound, so that a person can go into another world and have an experience.

Jim Morrison was a well-built boy, larger than average, and young enough to maintain the engorged silent connection right through the residue of chemicals.

It wasn't raining when Noah built the ark, but $120 for an earthquake emergency kit just seems unreasonable.

I don't have an agent. The only work I get is through friendships that I've already built.

I built you a sandcastle because you're a princess, but I tore it down because I'm a loser.

The scaffolding must be removed once the house is built.

I built a career on negative reviews. I didn't get a good review ever until Fran Lebowitz gave me a good review in Interview. That was the first good review I got in 10 years.

The brain alone is intricate beyond mapping, powerful beyond imitation, rich in diversity, self-protecting, and self-renewing. The secret is that it is grown, not built.

I don't really need to stand out, there's room for everyone. Although I haven't built a niche yet, I'm just writing love songs.

The opera tells the story with all the built-in contradictions and from many different angles.