William Shatner

There's a joy and a pain about directing where the dreams you have are becoming concrete but the attention to detail, the need for time is such that it's overwhelming at times, and the stream of responsibility.

Canadian Actor

Roisin Murphy

I'm a situationist when it comes to anything creative, and that stands with the visual part of anything I do as well. I deal with the concrete things I have in front of me, and I think that's a wise way to be.

Irish Musician

Washed Out

I'm without a doubt a producer first. The lyrics happen towards the tail-end of the process, mainly because they're more stream-of-consciousness. It's very rare that I'm going to tell a really concrete story.

American Musician

John Prendergast

In human rights and peacemaking, it's really about having a solid concrete goal - the reduction of human suffering somewhere in the world - and then doing what is required to get that goal achieved.

American Activist

Tamara Tunie

I truly believe that when a person makes a concrete decision and takes action towards a goal that they've set, that the universe will step in and provide opportunities.

American Actress

Kevin McCloud

If you said to me, 'Lie down on that concrete floor and fall asleep,' I could do it. I can sleep anywhere at any time of day on any surface.

British Designer

Joseph Brodsky

For some odd reason, the expression 'death of a poet' always sounds somewhat more concrete than 'life of a poet.

American Poet

Peter Zumthor

Architecture has its place in the concrete world. This is where it exists. This is where it makes its statement.

Swiss Architect

Nayeon

Having concrete, strong thoughts is very important.

South Korean Musician

Frank-Walter Steinmeier

Responsibility is always about concrete action.

German Politician

Use 'concrete' to describe things that you can touch or see, not abstract concepts.

Physically Exist

'Concrete' often implies something is clear and certain, without any doubt.

Certainty and Clarity

Instead of something general, 'concrete' suggests specific and detailed information.

Not General

When talking about 'concrete' as a noun, think of heavy, grey material used in construction.

Construction Material

Use 'concrete' to talk about making, repairing, or constructing sidewalks, buildings, etc.

Building and Repairs

'Concrete' suggests something is permanent or very strong, often used metaphorically.

Permanent and Strong

To 'concrete' something means to lay down a layer of this material over it.

Cover with Concrete

'Concrete' can be used to describe changing the use of a space by paving it.

Transforming Spaces

 Today, cosmologists are working hard to find the answers. But how can anyone hope to find concrete answers to such profound questions? And how is it possible to explore and study something as huge as the universe, most of which we'll never be able to reach? The answer is light. And although light from distant parts of the universe

What light can teach us...

 so that they wouldn't make a memory of this skin. So that we could be kids, not casket or concrete. And it's not because they thought it would make us better than anyone else it's simply because they wanted to keep us alive. All of my black friends were raised with the same message, the talk, given to us when we became old enough

How to raise a Black son...

 Imagine it's a cathedral doorway, to make it more concrete -- it'll be helpful in a second. When you're very far away from it, the sides are perfectly parallel. But now imagine what happens when you get closer. It all flows outwards in your visual field, flowing outwards. But when you're really close --

Why do we see illusions?...

 that's as muscly and sinewy as the animals it's designed to observe. And it means that a building doesn't have to be beautiful to be lovable, like this ugly little building in Spain, where the architects dug a hole, packed it with hay, and then poured concrete around it,

Why the buildings of the...

 Plato argued mathematical concepts were concrete and as real as the universe itself, regardless of our knowledge of them. Euclid, the father of geometry, believed nature itself was the physical manifestation of mathematical laws.

Is math discovered or...

 you calm er they follow the rules they respect authority they like plans and rules and schedules they like to be literal concrete they're very good at numbers religiosity is in the serotonin system actually at least part of it is

Love and hormones PIPE...

 that is the Global Campaign for Education. That has helped in changing the whole thinking towards education from the charity mode to the human rights mode, and that has concretely helped the reduction of out-of-school children

Kailash Satyarthi: How...

 If she is killed, the entire colony will die out. She must be protected, so termites start to isolate her from the fighting by building a wall of mud mixed with saliva that will harden like concrete. There's not much time.

Defending the ant nest...

 one of the most interesting and potentially life-changing developments is the creation of a concrete canvas is basically a material that consists of

Concrete Tent PIPE I Didn't...

 Concrete blocks take the bait down to 200 metres, because tuna swim very deep as well as fast.