“There are fashions in building. Behind the fashions lie economic and technological reasons, and these fashions exclude all but a few genuinely… — Jane Jacobs Copy Share Image
Only one of the many life support systems on which we depend - soils, aquifers, rainfall, ice, the pattern of winds and… — George Monbiot Copy Share Image
I've grown so accustomed to my life in L.A., going to a Coffee Bean or getting breakfast at Kings Road Cafe. I've… — Maz Jobrani Copy Share Image
“It (urban peacekeeping) was quite a task, requiring a permanent balancing act between communities, each with their own interests, festivals, traditions and… — Charles Emmerson Copy Share Image
I think diversity of thinking and healing traditions from around the world are good for us. The movement itself has evolved enormously… — Elizabeth Lesser Copy Share Image
By separating the function of adaptation from the function of maintaining the integrity of individual genes, sex allows much greater diversity while… — Seth Lloyd Copy Share Image
Scotland has never ceased to amaze the world with its forward vision, bold action and great educational institutions. Nothing makes me more… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Centuries-old wounds are still raw because they never healed right in the first place. Here is the essential truth. We are better… — Mitch Landrieu Copy Share Image
“A love of neighbor manifests itself in the tolerance not only of opinions of others but, what is more important, of the… — Joshua Loth Liebman Copy Share Image
I was deeply moved by Richard Blanco's reading of his inaugural poem-a timely and elegant tribute to the great diversity of American… — Natasha Trethewey Copy Share Image
It is a very grave matter to be forced to imitate a people for whom you know-which is the price of your… — James A. Baldwin Copy Share Image
All art is at once surface and symbol. Those who go beneath the surface do so at their peril. Those who read… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
The strengths of our city historically have been connected to being a home for residents from all backgrounds: immigrant residents, residents who… — Michelle Wu Copy Share Image
The great objects which presented themselves [to the Constitutional Convention] ... formed a task more difficult than can be well conceived by… — James Madison Copy Share Image
When a sixth of the population of a nation which has undertaken to be the refuge of liberty are slaves, and a… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
But all was not sunshine and Marvin Gaye songs. [UCLA] also recruited black students as part of a High Potential Program that… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
There is no difference in the realization of the Truth either by a Muslim, Hindu, Zoroastrian, or a Christian. The difference is… — Meher Baba Copy Share Image
It is true that classical libertarian thought is opposed to state intervention in social life, as a consequence of deeper assumptions about… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
We're never all going to agree with each other. We have to learn to value the diversity. It's one of the presumable… — Paul R. Ehrlich Copy Share Image
Instead of boiling up individuals into the species, I would draw a chalk circle round every individuality, and preach to it to… — Jane Welsh Carlyle Copy Share Image
India is a civilization with a history that is thousands of years old.The diversity of India, of our civilization, is actually a… — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
A more diverse force is a stronger force. A more diverse mindset makes you a stronger force. If you have the same… — Ray Mabus Copy Share Image
The diversity in the faculties of men, from which the rights of property originate, is not less an insuperable obstacle to an… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Absolutely the greatest challenges in dealing with discrimination are with the larger group who needs to consider how they think and act… — Eleanor Holmes Norton Copy Share Image
Life - all life - is in the service of life. Necessary nutrients are made available to life by life in greater… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
Another merit of home is that it preserves the diversity between individuals. If we were all alike, it might be convenient for… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Like nearly every other electoral subgroup in U.S. polling, 'Asian' is a label that masks the diversity among its peoples-perhaps even more… — Alex Wagner Copy Share Image
Diversity and independence are important because the best collective decisions are the product of disagreement and contest, not consensus or compromise. — James Surowiecki Copy Share Image
“This book would be a great addition to a classroom library, especially considering its emphases on timeless and critical topics like discrimination… — Sharon Lovejoy Copy Share Image
It is our job to ensure everyone feels included and empowered. We are living in a world that is increasingly diverse, and… — Margo Georgiadis Copy Share Image
I am not in favor of caste, nor separation of the brotherhood of mankind, and would as willingly live among white men… — Martin Delany Copy Share Image
I want diversity to be at the very heart of the BBC and not delivered by some other party with increased government… — Lenny Henry Copy Share Image
In everything that moves through the universe, I see my own body, and in everything that governs the universe, my own soul.… — Zhang Zai Copy Share Image
The cutting of primeval forest and other disasters, fueled by the demands of growing human populations, are the overriding threat to biological… — E. O. Wilson Copy Share Image
For such a small country, Britain packs in an amazing diversity of landscapes: coastline, lakes, mountains, rolling countryside, villages and great cities. — Rory Bremner Copy Share Image
“Variety is precious when it expresses nature more richly by developing various aspects of it; but the variety that consists in producing… — Antonin Sertillanges Copy Share Image
For Christians, who believe they are created in the image of God, it is the Godhead, diversity in unity and the three-in-oneness… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
I've always found diversity more interesting than specialisation. I like mixing it up across years, within days, within weeks - that's what… — Chris Liddell Copy Share Image
We should not and cannot change all our differences. Each of us brings from our own background things which we should share.… — Georgie Anne Geyer Copy Share Image
Without the gift of flowers and the infinite diversity of their fruits, man and bird, if they had continued to exist at… — Loren Eiseley Copy Share Image