URBANITY, n. The kind of civility that urban observers ascribe to dwellers in all cities but New York. Its commonest expression is… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
As reforms have come into India, as India has started opening up, prosperity is increasing, as is demand for urban housing. — Kushal Pal Singh Copy Share Image
My biggest challenge is to not do urban movies for the rest of my life, those alpha hoodies. — John Boyega Copy Share Image
I don't necessarily think stories have functions any more than diamonds have functions, or the sky has a function... Stories exist. They… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
My girlfriend is a fashion designer. She has her own company called Rachel Antonoff. She is doing a collaboration with Urban Outfitters… — Nate Ruess Copy Share Image
I wanted to make sure the focus [in The Land] was on human beings themselves and their decisions, but still connected to… — Steven Caple Jr Copy Share Image
I hope to focus on what I'm passionate about because I think I'd do them best job on them - education, urban… — Jenna Bush Copy Share Image
The power of the print reviewer is one of those urban myths. There have always been shows that slipped under the critical… — Ben Brantley Copy Share Image
I think I'm a full-time artist, a full-time urban planner, and a full-time preacher with an aspiration of no longer needing any… — Theaster Gates Copy Share Image
“But believe it or not, I really do like to read. I don't think anyone can ever pull the wool over your… — Brandi L. Bates Copy Share Image
Every other word out of every other Chinese mouth is "development, development, development, development." And that's what they're talking about it -… — Charlie Rose Copy Share Image
People in Detroit aren't just urban gardening. They're starting a new mode of education. They're trying to give children the education to… — Grace Lee Boggs Copy Share Image
London is one of the most civilised places in the world for the procedure of making architecture and urban design. — Renzo Piano Copy Share Image
Laying siege to enemy-controlled cities allows attacking armies to keep their own casualties low by avoiding urban combat. — Walid Muallem Copy Share Image
I read more books for research purposes, whether it's a fictionalized biography of Johannes Gutenberg or a stack of urban fantasies. — Jim C. Hines Copy Share Image
Out of the Slow Food movement has grown something called the Slow Cities movement, which has started in Italy but has spread… — Carl Honore Copy Share Image
Instability mostly comes from the interface between the fact that the banks (or shadow banks) can create credit, money, and purchasing power… — Adair Turner, Baron Turner of Ecchinswell Copy Share Image
His [Donald Trump] urban policy is stop and frisk, law and order. And we need investment and development. — Jesse Jackson Copy Share Image
The auto industry must acknowledge that a rational transportation policy should seek a balance between individual convenience, the efficient use of limited… — Stewart Udall Copy Share Image
The decision to rely heavily on high-altitude air power, target urban infrastructure and repeatedly attack heavily populated towns and villages has reflected… — Seumas Milne Copy Share Image
Urban design as a discipline barely exists in most American and Canadian cities. In Singapore, there are innovative transportation strategies at work. — Moshe Safdie Copy Share Image
So, is there hope for a truly democratic Africa? Long answer: Only if continent-wide improvements in education, human rights and public health… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
It will be interesting to see if Seoul's urban vocabulary of numerous, ever-present interactive screens will translate to other cities such as… — Jan Chipchase Copy Share Image
Detroit is an urban hell. But even in this city of the dying auto industry, there is reason to hope, if they… — Charles Landry Copy Share Image