Building Codes Quotes

#1. 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.

Seth Shostak

#2. They say that Japan's rigorous building codes and regulations saved thousands of lives over there. Or, as Republicans here saw it, it 'fostered a socialist, anti-business environment that's worse than being dead.'

Bill Maher

#3. Lower dose, which, like the building codes in California that are designed to prevent damage from earthquakes, allowed my mind and emotions to sway a bit.

Kay Redfield Jamison

#4. Aren't you violating the building codes? Or the laws of physics?

Scott Hawkins

#5. Building codes are a good thing. People who throw rocks at inspectors are being naive. It's a lot like police officers; we want them around unless they stop us for a ticket. It's the same with inspectors.

Dan Phillips

#6. Homeowners and business owners across the country agreed to pay premiums, communities agreed to adopt building codes to mitigate flood dangers, and the Federal Government agreed to provide insurance coverage to policyholders after a disaster.

Bob Ney

#7. There may be some changes in building codes, but I don't see any stylistic departure that you'll be able to attribute to Sept. 11.

Cesar Pelli

#8. Invite the best and brightest to compete for a grand prize to come up with designs, including new zoning, building codes and so forth, for New Orleans that could make it safe from water, and let the state and city pick the plan that works best for Louisiana.

Billy Tauzin

#9. Forgiveness is a way of opening up the doors again and moving forward, whether it's a personal life or a national life.

Hillary Clinton

#10. You have to forget about people when you can't have them anymore. That's the only way to be okay.

John Corey Whaley

#11. The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.

Audrey Hepburn

#12. It is difficult to be sat on all day, every day, by some other creature, without forming an opinion on them.
On the other hand, it is perfectly possible to sit all day, every day, on top of another creature and not have the slightest thought about them whatsoever.

Douglas Adams

#13. I think most of us tell ourselves we don't want what we think we can't have just to make life bearable.

Chris Crutcher

#14. In short, I am amenable to criticism, but only within the sphere of what I am trying to do; I will not pretend to do otherwise.

Flannery O'Connor

#15. The movement really has evolved because their initial demands [such as factory codes of conduct and disclosure of supplier names and addresses] have virtually all been met. This recent idea of factory certification is building on what they got some time ago.

Pietra Rivoli

#16. Contrary to common belief, it is not true that if you cut a worm-fisherman in half, each half will grow into a complete fisherman. For which we should all be eternally grateful.

Ed Zern

#17. I think mischievous people always there, ... Some kind of perfect world, that is impossible. Accept that reality. (For) those people who have genuine concern about humanity, make some effort-better than none.

Dalai Lama