"you learn more from your mistakes than you do
from your successes."

-T. Berry Brazelton

"success may very well be the greatest
barrier to progress."

-Ron Jones, Green Builder Founder 

"once you experience the comfort, cleanliness, air quality, and lower energy bills, you’ll find it easier to sell the service."

- Carl Seville, sevilleconsulting.com, 12.14.12 

"i get it, i’ve seen this movie three times.  climate change is real, it’s here, it’s going to happen again."

- NY Governor Andrew Cuomo, 11.12.12

"if it's not beautiful, it's not sustainable."

- Architect Lance Hosey, Author of The Shape Of Green.

"we don't build services to make money; we make money to build better services."

- Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook Chairman and CEO

"if we compare the average house to a car, it would have bald tires, leak and burn oil, and get about four miles to the gallon."

- Car Seville, sevilleconsulting.com 

"we have to inspire interest and we have to create demand for the solutions to our planetary crisis."

- Sami Grover. 

"we believe the quality of our surroundings
can lift the quality of our lives."

- Foster + Partners. 

"study nature, love nature, stay close to nature.
- it will never fail you."

- Frank Lloyd Wright, 

"i don't believe anything can do as much for a room as a glowing fire in an attractive fireplace."

- Dorothy Draper, Famous Interior Designer.

"in the future, green will be just another color."

- Thumb, October 2010

"it's not okay anymore for affordability to be solely characterized by lowest upfront cost."

- Sara Gutterman, Green Builder Magazine, Sept. 2010

"trying to be all things to all people effectively results in being nothing to anyone."

 - Ron Jones, Green Builder Magazine, July 2010

"the world is too unstable; it is too unequal, and it is completely unsustainable."

- Pres. Clinton, speaking at Yale Law School graduation, May 23rd, 2010

"trash is simply unwanted materials in the wrong place at the wrong time."

- Sylvain Côté, Absolute Green Homes

"any fool can make things complicated, but it requires a genius to make things simple."

- E.F. Schumacher

"obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal."

- Henry Ford

"a pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity;
an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."

- Sir Winston Churchill

"...because the kitchen is a family room, because the kitchen is a living room."

- Mick De Giulio

"designing a house is like doing a movie - once you're done, you want to say, 'i hope you all enjoy it'."

- Jennifer Aniston, with her home featured in Architectural Digest

"if you build it, we will come - followed closely
by the assessor."

- Notice posted at the Lewisboro building department.

“the kitchen is a country in which there are always discoveries to be made.”
 

- Alexandre Balthazar Laurent Grimod de La Reynière.

"life is what happens when you are busy making plans."

- Quote posted at the Lewisboro building department.

"great design is about creating a true, living reflection of the people who live in the space."

- Michael Menn AIA  Chicago, IL.

"the greenest architecture is building from
what’s already there."

Paula Wallace -  Savannah GA.

"we are in the business of preserving and improving human life.  all of our actions must be measured by our success in achieving this goal."

- Merck & Company  Whitehouse Station, NJ.

"only those who attempt the absurd...
will achieve the impossible".

- M. C. Escher, Artist.

“the only time the world beats a path to your door
is...  if you're in the bathroom.”
 

- Unknown.

“how long a minute is depends on
what side of the bathroom door you're on.”
 

- Unknown.

"people prosper when they make a decision
against the trend."

- Pat Neal, Builder, Lakewood Ranch, Fl.

"affordability goes beyond first cost;  considerations for greater durability, lower operating costs & superior performance must be included when it comes to calculating affordability."

 - Ron Jones, One of the fathers of the green building movement

"selling refrigerators to eskimos may be easier than
selling the 'invisible' to homeowners"

- Gord Cooke, certified trainer, author and industry consultant.

"the key to a good life is not having what you want,
but wanting what you have."

- Environmental educator Steve van Matre. Full article

"I'd put my money on the sun and solar energy.  What a source of power!  I hope we don't have to wait 'til oil and coal run out before we tackle that."

- Thomas Edison, Sometime before he died in 1931.

"don't build bigger than you need.
better to stay small and spend any extra on the details."

- Rick O'Leary, designer, 

"there is a 'me' in environment.
it's up to all of us."

- Unknown colleague,

"we shape our dwellings, and afterwards,
our dwellings shape us."

- Sir Winston Churchill,

"the significant problems we face cannot be
solved by the same level of thinking that created them."

- Albert Einstein,

"arguing with  an inspector is like wrestling with  a pig in the mud;  after a while, you realize the pig enjoys it!"

- Posted friendly notice seen in one of our local building departments.. ,

"a house that favors quality of design over quantity of space satisfies people far more than...
those characteristics in  reverse."

- Susan Susanka, bestselling author & architect.

"as long as reputable firms can't keep up with the work, not-so-reputable firms will have a field day."

- Sal Alfano, Editorial Director of Remodeling magazine, August 2005.

"you attract good  employees by being a good company".

- Phil Rea, a leading sales trainer and consultant and motivational speaker in the remodeling industry.

"i have more fun  and enjoy more financial success
when i help other people get what  they want."

- Spencer Johnson, author of The One-Minute Salesperson. 

"everything  you can imagine is real."

- Picasso.  

"quality   construction  does not cost.  - it pays."

- Seen on a colleague vehicle in Westchester, NY.. 

"vision   without  action  is a daydream.
action without vision  is a nightmare."

- Japanese Proverb. 

"we take your basement to the next level."

- Sylvain Côté, Absolute Remodeling Corp.

"honesty   is  not  the  best policy, it is the only  policy."

- Unknown. 

"the   dictionary  is  the  only place
where success comes  before  work."

- Arthur Brisbane, American Journalist. 

"I don't   know  the  key  to success, 
but the key  to  failure is  trying  to please  everyone."

- Bill Cosby.

"how  did  they  ever  get a permit to build  the world ?!?"

- Unknown. 

"most people don't plan to fail.  they fail to   plan."

- Unknown. 

"when it comes to remodeling, people can't always
articulate their inner vision.
it's our job to listen and bring their ideas to life."

- Sylvain Côté, Absolute Remodeling Corp.

"if  you say something about your company, it's a claim.
if someone else says something about your company,
it's a fact."

- Unknown. 

"one needs only two tools in life:  WD-40 to make things go and duct tape to make them stop."

- Wishful Homeowner!!!

"we hire for attitude and train for aptitude."

- Sylvain Côté, Absolute Remodeling Corp.

 "my home is a reflection of who i am
- my values and my taste."

- Enlighten Homeowner...

"most people uses 10% of their home 90% of the time..."

- Unknown. 

"a house is like a marriage;  no matter how old or how new, you will always have to work on it."

- Sylvain Côté, Absolute Remodeling Corp.

"treat people like you like to be treated."

- Everyone Knows This One. Hopefully.