A. James Clark

“It's nice to work with your own alma mater.”

“We expanded primarily for our people - if you don't offer more opportunities, you don't keep good people.”

“The best are the ones built without controversy, when the owner, the architect, and the builder work together.”

“I've always kept a low profile, and I like it that way.”

“I did not want to go out at 5:30 in the morning with my stocking cap and my navy pea coat on and shoot lines and grades for the rest of my life.”

“My job was to build, and that's still my job - and I like that better than interviews.”

“Ben Rome was a perfectionist. He checked every letter that went out to make sure the English was correct.”

“My children went to Bethesda Elementary School. I wouldn't do anything to endanger the safety of Bethesda.”

“When I did a high-profile project, I was not the developer of it.”