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We must not always try to plumb the depths of the human heart; the truths it contains are among those that are best seen in half-light or in perspective.

François R. Chateaubriand

It took 16,000 bricks. I worked with my grandfather, who was a bricklayer and carpenter. We also relied on books from the library for the heating, wiring and plumbing.

William Long

Broadband is going to be as fundamental as electricity or plumbing. I won't tell you when, but it's coming.

Barry Schuler

We had a plow, a wagon and other old things, ... There were concrete sidewalks everywhere because my grandfather, Martin Luther Carter, would pour them. We had a coal furnace and indoor plumbing.

Barbara Frye

[According to the superintendent, the school district paid $2.4 million for the buildings.] That amount includes set up, plumbing, electrical hookups - everything needed, ... They need to be on a pad, just like any building. They had to have sidewalks, school bell systems and parking lots.

Rob Roberts

That leaves us with the foundation, roof, electrical, plumbing, insulation, Sheetrock, windows, doors and exterior siding.

Jim Pate

We waste $8,000 a year in heating fuel because of poor insulation, we have inadequate parking, and the plumbing and the wiring need to be fixed.

Lee Light

They're in violation of the standards for basic equipment. Some are immediate electrical hazards. Some of them (have) no plumbing. There's a little bit of everything.

Bill Burgess

Everything's been expanded from paints to plumbing to electrical.

Dave Arnold

They're still affordable. They have to be gutted, need new plumbing, new electric, new roof. Sometimes they have to jack up the floors. But they want something historic.

Fran Costantino

(That) really says to everyone if you make a change to your plumbing system that's going to be illegal you have to correct it. And we're going to find out because before you sell your house we're going to go in and look.

Don Foster

She had this old tin bathtub that you can carry around, that they used to use before indoor plumbing. We saw it hanging in her garage. It was the original tub they used in the house. She was going to throw it out, but she let us have it. We hang it up now.

Joyce Jackson

Technology has become the plumbing of education, ... You expect it to work.

Jim Mccormick

One of the things I liked best with MB Construction is the fact that I needed to deal with only one person who managed all aspects of my project. Allen supervised every phase of my project: design, plans, demolition, plumbing, electricity, flooring, cabinets and countertops, absolutely everything.

Jackie Edwards

It's a lot (of cases), which is not all bad, ... Medicine is like plumbing: You get good at what you do a lot of.

Robert Hunt

We have more than three million small business customers and whether they are in consulting or plumbing, we often hear that tax season gives them a headache. This sweepstakes is another way to help our customers build and grow their small business.

Champ Mitchell

The house was a dump. There was no plumbing, no electricity, no bathrooms.

Donnie Thompson

I think they are going to sell off a number of the assets. The real plumb here is the Conrad brand, which has much more cache in Asia. I think that is what they want to build out.

Sam Lieber

It could be -- 10 percent is due when the sheetrock is going on. Fifteen percent is due when the plumbing is going on. It can be on the completion of those events or on the beginning of those events.

Dan Bawden

Generally I do it myself. I love every aspect of it, plumbing, electrical, cabinet making.

Kevin Mickelsen

This is just plumbing. It's really of no value to end users, no value to business people.

John Mcfarlane

They won't be doing electrical and plumbing or installing air-conditioning.

Ron Thomas

That's why you have to look at (immigrants) in the greater picture of what they do in the U.S. economy. They set up electronic companies, they set up investment companies, and they also mow the lawn, fix your plumbing and give you a haircut.

Fariborz Ghadar

We need a roof; we need plumbing and all I can say is walk softly.

Mark Costa

We built the counters and every wall, every stud and most everything ourselves, except the metal frame and plumbing and electrical work.

Donna Davis

All the plumbing fixtures are original and intact. The house has four fireplaces with each displaying different tile work. Each has a wood mantle with a mirror behind it.

Bill Clarke

We're looking at framing companies, plumbing companies, but not around here.

Maggie Hardy Magerko

There's plumbers, electricians, landscapers - that's all great. I don't do plumbing. This (vasectomies) is the kind of plumbing I do.

Dr. Steven Broman

Stuart is amazing. I am blown away by him. Electric, plumbing, business management he plows his own snow. I am very impressed with him and lucky to have him as a partner.

Jim Zimmerman

A lot of guys will just be a residential plumbing firm, whereas we have a division for that, another division for waste water, another for heating and so on.

Stephen Worth

There's a lot of interior work to be done. The electrical and plumbing needs to be done. Ceilings need to be put in place, the sprinkler system, and on the outside we have to add handicap access.

Marilyn Coker

What we sell is less glitzy than a Microsoft. But we make the world's best pipes and internal plumbing, and at the end of the day it is the plumbing you can't see that makes all the difference to running an online enterprise. What Microsoft sells by comparison is fixtures.

Mark Elliot

I got a plumbing company. I've got to drive. ... You're caught between a rock and a hard place.

Ed Mclaughlin

'Tis better to plumb the depths of unity than forever scratch the surface of variety.

Emile Zola