Michel Onfray

Philosophy is best practised by people in general and not by philosophers alone. Philosophy is too often a luxury now, but in ancient Greece, carpenters, masons and beggars were the main practitioners. What I am trying to develop is a philosophical system where all the subjects can be taught.

French Philosopher

Haile Selassie

We have before us the examples of the U.S.A. and the U.S.S.R. We must remember how long these required to achieve their union. When a solid foundation is laid, if the mason is able and his materials good, a strong house can be built.

Ethiopian Statesman

Martin Filler

Before the professionalization of architecture in the nineteenth century, it was standard for an aspiring mason or carpenter to begin his apprenticeship at fourteen and to become a master builder by his early twenties.

American Critic

Mario Botta

The Academy of Architecture in Mendrisio comes from afar. Our land has a millennial history of emigrations: master masons, architects, builders, decorators, plasterers, artists from the world of building.

Swiss Architect

Joe Thomas

If I was a stone mason or if I was a painter or building bridges or whatever, there's going to be some wear and tear on your body and your brain. And that's just the way it is.

English Actor

Walter Scott

A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic, a mere working mason; if he possesses some knowledge of these, he may venture to call himself an architect.

Scottish Novelist

Wyclef Jean

My daddy was a minister, my grandfather was a voodoo priest, my uncle was a mason; I was raised with a lot of studies.

American Musician

Dawn Foster

No one joins the masons for the handshakes. It must be for the benefits it can bring.

British Journalist

John Malkovich

You can be a mason and build 50 buildings, but it doesn't mean you can design one.

American Actor

Big Smo

My playground is full of moonshine, mason jars, beer bottles, and bonfires.

Used to describe a person's job in construction, especially when involving stones or bricks.

Occupation Context

A mason often uses specific tools like trowels and works with materials like mortar.

Tools and Materials

Refer to 'stone mason' or 'brick mason' to specify the material they specialize in.

Specialty Mention

Masons in this context belong to a secretive organization with their own ceremonies and symbols.

Secretive Association

Free Masons are known for their philanthropy and community service activities.

Community Services

Masonic symbols and the term 'Mason' are widely recognized, often associated with mystery.

Widely Recognizable

 for 50 years building houses he's the brick mason so I learned the bricklaying trade from my dad and one of the first things he taught me was you can't lay bricks with gloves on yeah you have to feel the brick you have to feel the wall you have to feel the mortar that sticks

How to build safer...

 colorful Brandon are imported from across the world here they are cut into slabs destined for a high-end kitchen and bathroom countertops not too long ago the mason sliced a massive block of Egyptian limestone that's like a loaf of bread but the slabs couldn't be used for

Fossil Found in Kitchen...

 and at nightfall he set off towards the mountains to obtain the building stones. But it was only the next morning, when they saw him returning, that the gods began to worry. As agreed, no other people were helping the mason.

The myth of Loki and the...

 So go outside a lot and look up. My pastor said you can trap bees on the bottom of mason jars without lids because they don't look up, so they just walk around bitterly bumping into the glass walls. Go outside. Look up.

12 truths I learned from...

 A new wave of tradeswomen -- carpenters, welders, electricians and masons -- are rising through the ranks, armed with their power tools, creative thinking and new ideas about who can and should get to build our world.

What if Women Built the...

 hijabs inside themselves; they've crossed the barrier of it. And therefore they could fight in a male-dominated world, very easily, and not feel very shy about it. We have trained girls as carpenters, as masons,

The fight against sex...

 and in her words, distinguish the carpenter from the iron worker, the artist from the mason or the chemist, by a simple inhale. Follow these steps and you too can change the way the world smells to you.

How to master your sense...

 will be safe. To make sure these buildings are safe, it's not going to take policy -- it's going to take reaching out to the masons on the ground and helping them learn the proper techniques.

Peter Haas: Haiti's...

 we know there's an architect, but who hung the iron? Who were the brick masons? Who swept the floor? Who kept the trains going? We shall begin celebrating the lives of the uncelebrated."

Let's make history…by...

 lives the queen she produces a thousand eggs a day to provide fresh recruits for the teams of gardeners and masons and the ranks of the army