Cities Quotes

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I received a grant from The Ford Foundation to write a book for kids about urban perception, or how people experience cities, but I kept… — Norton Juster
Women smirk at baldness. How adorable would they find it if they began to lose their breasts in their late twenties? If both tits just… — Augusten Burroughs
Not until the beginning of the 20th century did Europe's urban populations finally become self-sustaining: before then, constant immigration of healthy peasants from the countryside… — Jared Diamond
Poverty and the rule of race that is called apartheid drive the Transkeian migrant from security on the land to work in the cities, and… — Ruth First
Your rainbow panorama enters into a dialogue with the existing architecture and reinforces what is assured beforehand, that is to say the view of the… — Olafur Eliasson
I discovered Los Angeles in the late 90s. The city was not at its best at the time, but I fell for it right away.… — Hedi Slimane
When people meet me, many times they're very surprised because they expect someone who is kind of wacky with seven piercings and very hip and… — Augusten Burroughs
Permaculture is a design system for creating sustainable human environments...Permaculture uses the inherent qualities of plants and animals combined with the natural characteristics of landscapes… — Bill Mollison
A farm regulated to production of raw commodities is not a farm at all. It is a temporary blip until the land is used up,… — Joel Salatin
We live in a world where our social system is old, our language is old, the way we acquire goods and services is outdated, our… — Jacque Fresco
The Venus Project is not about new cities or new architecture. It's about a way of thinking — Jacque Fresco
Working with drug addicts, alcoholics, and so-called juvenile delinquents in New York City convinced me that instead of working with individuals, more effective methods would… — Jacque Fresco
If there's a group like Amish people, that want to live their own lifestyle â€“ they don't want to live in our city â€“ they… — Jacque Fresco
Architects are mostly self-centered and their buildings express their ego. Â [They are] not social buildings to make it more comfortable for people - to… — Jacque Fresco
There's no such thing as designing the perfect utopian city. Everything is subject to change. There are no final frontiers. — Jacque Fresco
And off in the far distance, the gold on the wings of the angel atop the bell tower of San Marco flashed in the sun,… — Donna Leon
Any city has to give some thought to its ambition and brand in order to set sustainability goals. — Ginni Rometty
The international game has changed for bidding cities. — Peter Ueberroth
A just city should favor justice and the just, hate tyranny and injustice, and give them both their just deserts. — Al-Farabi
Once one concedes that a single world government is not necessary, then where does one logically stop at the permissibility of separate states? If Canada… — Murray Rothbard

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