Dan Phillips Quotes

One month, two months, I am ready to accept any accord on this point that has the approval of the inspectors.

When I started out as an actor I knew very little, which was probably a good thing. I was totally open. You don't judge yourself, you do it.

Good buildings come from good people, and all problems are solved by good design.

On the speech day, the production designer, who has a lot of say in things, and sometimes I didn't agree with him but I had to do what I was told, wanted the speech day to be all in neutral colours for the women, which was a good thing.

We have some real political differences among us, but we all share the same goals: clean air and water, injury free workplaces, safe transportation systems, to name a few of the good things that can come from regulation.

When I went into film, it never occurred to me that I wouldn't be able to do whatever I wanted to do. Maybe that was a good thing in the beginning. I had blinders on, and I charged forward.

Should there be cameras everywhere in outdoor streets? My personal view is having cameras in inner cities is a very good thing. In the case of London, petty crime has gone down. They catch terrorists because of it. And if something really bad happens, most of the time you can figure out who did it.

The demands of the time for objectivity and functionality must be fulfilled. If that clearly happens, then the buildings of our day will convey the greatness of which the age is capable, and only a fool will maintain that they lack it.

I don't see that any buildings should be excluded from the term architecture, as long as they are done properly.

As for discipline and rules, I confess, I've never been good with either.

I haven't been in politics too long so that's a good thing.

Any fool can make a rule And any fool will mind it.

The 4 policeman

I was raised to please people in authority, and I'd also come from a sheltered boarding school, so I was very naive and young for my years.

Let's make it simple: Government control means uniformity, regulation, fees, inspection, and yes, compliance.

The increment of new development will be the single building lot, if we are lucky, and most of the codes that are now enforced will be ignored because the redundancies they mandate will not be affordable.

When Uncle Bob (or Ted or Ray) promised to send a shooting star over the house to mark a young listener's birthday, the young listener, who had hung out the window for an hour without seeing the star, questioned not Uncle Bob (or Ted or Ray), but his own eyesight.

My favorite people to have fun with are police officers 'cause they're so serious, you know.

The man the state has put in place must have obedient hearing to his least command when it is right, and even when it's not.

The regime must allow immediate and unrestricted access to every site, every document, and every person identified by inspectors. Iraq can be certain that the old game of cheat-and-retreat tolerated at other times will no longer be tolerated.

I regularly interact with officers over tea; it is part of my working style.

Law and its instrument, government, are necessary to the peace and safety of all of us, but all of us, unless we live the lives of mud turtles, frequently find them arrayed against us.

Freedom is only granted us that obedience may be more perfect.

War? The one war I'd be happy to join is the war against officers.

IAR is policy, always has been.