To feed applied science by starving basic science is like economising on the foundations of a building so that it may be built higher. It is only a matter of time before the whole edifice crumbles.
Our roots are clinging, we shouldn't knock down so many old 'buildings. '
We have for years been building a society in which everybody plunders everybody, and while we are weary of being plundered, we enjoy the plunder.
God is in the résumé-building business. He is always using past experiences to prepare us for future opportunities.
Setting is my primary joy as a writer, building a world and watching people respond to it.
Houston is undoubtedly my showcase city. I saved all my best buildings for Houston.
When that second airplane hit the building, we all changed. We need to get back to some serious thinking.
If the experience of leadership is like being at the edge of an unfamiliar chasm, the act of leadership is building a bridge across that chasm.
You must lance an ulcer to heal it. You must tear down parts of an old building to restore it, and so it is with a sensual life that has no spirit in it.
To refer to the Church as a building is to call people 2 x 4's.
Fitness isn’t about building a better body. It’s about building a better life.
We must be as familiar with the functions of our building as with our materials. We must learn what a building can be, what it should be, and also what it must not be.
No light privilege is it to have a hand in building up the moral life of these new communities; no common honour surely to help to lay side by side with the foundations of their free political institutions the broad and deep foundations of the Church of God.
They work now with computers for building buildings and books, but not ever with new ideas.
When you're building something, you know all of the trade-offs.
For it is no railways, roads, and power stations that give rise to industrial capitalism: it is the emergence of industrial capitalism that leads to the building of railways, to the construction of roads, and to the establishment of power stations.
To recognize that mystery, we must go down deep into ourselves, into that place where the walls of our being are layered with our own memories. Remember that, as in any pool, when we cast one pebble we will see many, many concentric circles. One memory begets another and then another, building into stories.
Each building should produce as least as much energy as it's going to need, and have more to put on the grid. They should be using all of the natural light and natural heat.
Let us join our efforts toward building the unshakable foundations for a culture of peace.
I've learned over decades of building that a deadline is a potent tool for problem-solving.