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[..] the actual building was old and dilapidated and remained standing more out of habit than from any inherent structural integrity [..] — Douglas Adams

In Japan, there is less a culture of preserving old buildings than in Europe. — Tadao Ando

The most powerful weapon in Chess is to have the next move — David Bronstein

If you survive long enough, you're revered-rather like an old building. — Katharine Hepburn

Old San Francisco - the one so many nostalgics yearn for - had buildings that related well to each other. — Herb Caen

Our spirituality is the ground of our being. — Paul Tillich

Go away, the old buildings said. There is no place for you here. You are not wanted. We have secrets. — Harper Lee

There is nothing in your destiny, nothing in your future that you cannot accomplish. — Larry King

Crystal ball and candle light, I want your dance tonight. Show me the power of love as we stand together in the middle of the night. — Santosh Kalwar

New ideas often need old buildings. — Jane Jacobs

Don't think of him as a Republican. Think of him as the man I love, and if that doesn't work, think of him as the man who can crush you. — Maria Shriver

Well, it is a crypt. In the philosophical sense. All old buildings become crypts the moment they're finished. A shrine to a time that's already dead. — Krystal Sutherland

New ideas must use old buildings — Jane Jacobs

Old ideas can sometimes use new buildings. New ideas must use old buildings. — Steven Johnson

Enthusiasm for one's goal lessens the disagreeableness of working toward it. — Thomas Eakins

Why buy the cow if you get the milk for free?' I bet she woulda said yes if you woulda made her wait to share your bed." I — Jamie McGuire

Nobody can be bad at everything. There's no such thing as a perfect screwup. — Jim Butcher

I am still yours, Allie, my queen, my timeless beauty. You are, and always have been, the best thing in my life — Nicholas Sparks

Whenever they rebuild an old building, they must first of all destroy the old one. — Rumi

The map we made of the 3,000-year-old city of Tanis requires no imagination. It has buildings, streets, admin complexes, houses - clear as day. — Sarah Parcak

Old buildings whisper to us in the creaking of floorboards and rattling of windowpanes. — Fennel Hudson

I always lived in old buildings, and I thought about who lived here before. You'd have to be oblivious not to. — Ben Katchor

In New York City, when they develop something, they never use the old buildings. It's so wasteful. Why not use what's there? — Nellie McKay

People have grown fond of me, like some old building. — Katharine Hepburn

Yankee Stadium, it's like everything else in this country. In Europe, they save all their old buildings for history. Here, we just tear them all down. — Bob Feller

Never believe a man can change a woman
those men are pretenders
who think
that they created women
from one of their ribs — Nizar Qabbani

Merry Christmas, movie house! Merry Christmas, Emporium! Merry Christmas, you wonderful old Building and Loan! — George Bailey

Politicians, old buildings, and prostitutes become respectable with age. — Mark Twain

That is simply the most beautiful publishing office in the world, with that cranky old building in that wonderful park. — Jim Harrison

I've suffered from pretty dark depressing times, and it's probably - not probably - it is the reason why I chose to lead a healthy lifestyle. — Mariel Hemingway

I wanted to preserve the old buildings, not to destroy them and build something new. — Farah Diba

I am a fading phantasmagoria. Time has left me in partial glory. — Fidelis O. Mkparu