Built-in Quotes

Let's just say that I think any person who aspires, presumes, or feels the calling to be an artist has a built-in sense of duty.

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

By adopting the control strategy, the nation's environmental program has created a built-in antagonism between environmental quality and economic growth.

Emphasis was usually put on the horizontal acceleration factor, for the simple reason that ordinary structures have a built-in safety factor for the vertical component; that is, gravity.

Having lots of siblings is like having built-in best friends.

Wine, like food, is so emotional. If you think about it, so much of the courting ritual is surrounded by wine and food. There's a built-in romance to wine.

Because there is very little honor left in American life, there is a certain built-in tendency to destroy masculinity in American men.

If we could sell 100,000 units every album, that would rock. We'd have a big cult following, we'd have a built-in fanbase so we could pretty much play anywhere, people would show up and rock out.

I'm consciously aware, specifically with the comic book world, where there's a built-in fanbase. But, there's a little bit of leniency because there are a couple different universes.

I see and write things first as an artist, second as a woman, and third as a New Yorker. All three have built-in perspectives that aren't neutral.

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

I have some women friends but I prefer men. Don't trust women. There is a built-in competition between women.