The global phenomenon of poverty tourism - or 'poorism' - has become increasingly popular during the past few years. Tourists pay to… — Leslie Jamison Copy Share Image
Mary Baker Eddy is said to have had a phone installed in her coffin just in case she happened to wake up.… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
Each of us-adult or child-must earn nature's gift by knowing nature directly, however difficult it may be to glean that knowledge in… — Richard Louv Copy Share Image
With my films, I'm targeting the urban multiplexes, the sophisticated media-savvy young crowd. — Ram Gopal Varma Copy Share Image
The economic distress of America's inner cities may be the most pressing issue facing the nation. The lack of businesses and jobs… — Michael Porter Copy Share Image
Not until the beginning of the 20th century did Europe's urban populations finally become self-sustaining: before then, constant immigration of healthy peasants… — Jared Diamond Copy Share Image
“Christian name hell! I'm naming my son just what he is. I'm a whore and he is my son. If he grows… — Donald Goines Copy Share Image
I live in New York, and the only live animals you see are cockroaches, rats and pigeons, which I admire immensely. When… — Isabella Rossellini Copy Share Image
Hey I think the urban meyer rule is in effect right now, When the going gets tough..QUIT. — Maurice Jones-Drew Copy Share Image
The real problems are cultural. The problems of the people who take drugs as a cultural trap - I think there's a… — Jerry Garcia Copy Share Image
My guitar playing is a synthesis of traditional American acoustic style and Urban Pop and R&B. — John Oates Copy Share Image
I think there's no question that the barriers, the fences and in certain urban areas, the walls, have had an important effect… — Alan Bersin Copy Share Image
A thousand policemen directing traffic cannot tell you why you come or where you go. — T. S. Eliot Copy Share Image
[T]he final step in becoming an urban farmer is the naming of your farm, even if your name is simply for the… — Greg Peterson Copy Share Image
Streets moderate the form and structure and comfort of urban communities. — Allan Jacobs Copy Share Image
By far the greatest and most admirable form of wisdom is that needed to plan and beautify cities and human communities. — Socrates Copy Share Image
I often look around me and think about this specific place in time, and what things will endure and become objects of… — Mark Ryden Copy Share Image
Cities originally surrounded by a wall can produce an urban population cut off from the surrounding fields and from agriculture altogether. At… — Yehuda Levi Copy Share Image
Kindness is a virtue neither modern nor urban. One almost unlearns it in a city. Towns have their own beatitude; they are… — Phyllis McGinley Copy Share Image
So Socrates was a kind of gadfly. He was a sort of philosophical urban gorilla hanging around in the middle of Athens,… — Rebecca Goldstein Copy Share Image
I try to encourage young people to follow their dreams. Even if you're born in an urban community it's always something available… — Adrienne Bailon Copy Share Image
Building a smarter grid has long been a key part of our government's plan to modernize our energy infrastructure and provide clean,… — Bob Chiarelli Copy Share Image
I look up to Rihanna and Rita Ora. They obviously wear a lot of gold jewelry and have this urban feel to… — Becky G Copy Share Image
I did Urban Zen for myself, to make clothes for me and my friends, a similar philosophy to when I started Donna… — Donna Karan Copy Share Image