Quotes about Unused Space

Walter Scott

If a farmer fills his barn with grain, he gets mice. If he leaves it empty, he gets actors.

Timothy West

The foyers now look ridiculously small to us because not all that many people used them.

Nate Berkus

I don't believe in having spaces in the home that don't get used. We pay so much for square footage that to waste it is criminal.

Alexandra Stoddard

Unused rooms are such bad feng shui, really bad energy.

Gretchen Rubin

If you've had something for more than six months, and it's still not repaired, it's clutter.

R. Buckminster Fuller

Our beds are empty two-thirds of the time. Our living rooms are empty seven-eighths of the time. Our office buildings are empty one-half of the time. It's time we gave this some thought.

Neil Morrissey

I do know people who buy these huge houses but I always think, 'What about all that furniture? You're never even going to sit on it!' I don't want to rattle round in a big house.

Tim DeKay

To be honest, I don't think there's anything more exciting than an empty stadium. When you see it empty like that, all you see is possibility.

Gnaeus Julius Agricola

An unoccupied land gives ideas to those people who live in an unoccupied land.

The Roman Army had occupied most of England and Agricola also occupied Scotland. In the midst of his campaign, he asked a subordinate general who a particular part of Scotland had not been occupied by the Roman Army. The subordinate explained that the particular land in question was not worth very much and he could not think of a benefit to occupying it. Agricola articulated the key psychological reason for total occupation being important to an expansionist empire.

Thomas Carper

I want to make that a reality, ... The idea is to create office space in the unused portions of the station to be leased, hopefully by ING. That would provide a cash flow to Amtrak.

Madonna Ciccone

I don't like rooms you never use or that are wasted space but I also like a sparseness and a cleanness.

Nicholson Baker

Haven't you felt a peculiar sort of worry about the chair in your living room that no one sits in?

Richard Stanley

The Roundhouse was a complete shell. It was absolutely empty, lying derelict for years.

Vincent Schiavelli

I have a second bedroom I don't use. I'm going to start the Second Bedroom Film Festival. You're all invited.

Unused Space Quotes