“Too low they build who build beneath the stars.”
Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 206.
Night-Thoughts (1742–1745), Night VIII
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“In swampy places, alder piles driven close together beneath the foundations of buildings”
Vitruvius book De architectura
Source: De architectura (The Ten Books On Architecture) (~ 15BC), Book II, Chapter IX, Sec. 10
Context: In swampy places, alder piles driven close together beneath the foundations of buildings take in the water which their own consistence lacks and remain imperishable forever, supporting structures of enormous weight and keeping them from decay. Thus a material which cannot last even a little while above ground, endures for a long time when covered with moisture.
“Low walls are much less expensive to build than high ones”
Ernest Flagg (1857–1947) American architect
Small Houses: Their Economic Design and Construction (1922)
Context: Low walls are much less expensive to build than high ones... it is possible to use forms without the usual waste of lumber... when waste is avoided, forms greatly reduce the cost of stonework... much can be saved in the construction of foundations by methods described...<!-- Introduction
“He who builds on the people, builds on the mud.”
Niccolo Machiavelli book The Prince
Source: The Prince (1513), Ch. 9; translated by W. K. Marriott
Richard Roth, Jr. American architect
Source: As quoted in Meredith L. Clausen, "The Pan Am Building and the Shattering of the Modernist Dream" http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=E6qRuyzOogIC&pg=PA275&lpg=PA275&dq=%22Unfortunately,+buildings+are+not+like+drawings.+You+can%27t+just+erase+them.%22&source=bl&ots=wkwiw7U92A&sig=4fGIk_ufWMT3wv_c6l6k8uaYMv0&hl=en&sa=X&ei=HYlHVNHNJ4Lb7Aa86oHwCA&ved=0CCcQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=%22Unfortunately%2C%20buildings%20are%20not%20like%20drawings.%20You%20can%27t%20just%20erase%20them.%22&f=false, p.185
“He who builds a masjid in the way of Allah, God will build a house for him in the paradise.”
Muhammad (570–632) Arabian religious leader and the founder of Islam
Sahih Muslim, Nr. 828; muslim-canada.org http://muslim-canada.org/sayingsabubakr.html <br class="br">Sunni Hadith
“Men build too many walls and not enough bridges.”
Isaac Newton (1643–1727) British physicist and mathematician and founder of modern classical physics
Les hommes construisent trop de murs et pas assez de ponts. <br class="br">This became widely attributed to Isaac Newton after Dominique Pire ascribed it to "the words of Newton" in his Nobel Lecture, 11 December 1958. http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1958/pire-lecture.html Pire refers not to Isaac, but to Joseph Fort Newton, who is widely reported to have said "People are lonely because they build walls instead of bridges." This appears to be paraphrased from a longer passage found in his essays and addresses, The One Great Church: Adventures of Faith (1948), pp. 51–52: "Why are so many people shy, lonely, shut up within themselves, unequal to their tasks, unable to be happy? Because they are inhabited by fear, like the man in the Parable of the Talents, erecting walls around themselves instead of building bridges into the lives of others; shutting out life." <br class="br">Misattributed
“If the design takes too long to build, it’s a bad design.”
Elon Musk (1971) South African-born American entrepreneur
Source: https://qz.com/1718402/elon-musk-says-his-starship-will-fly-to-orbit-in-six-months/
Context: If the design takes too long to build, it’s a bad design. If the schedule is long, it’s wrong; if it’s tight, it’s right.
