Best Neighborhood Wisdom

606 Neighborhood quotes by 504 unique authors

Travel is the only context in which some people ever look around. If we spent half the energy looking at our own neighborhoods, we'd probably… — Lucy R. Lippard
As a child growing up in pre-gentrification Boerum Hill, Brooklyn, I went everywhere by bicycle. My bike was in many ways the key to my… — Jonathan Lethem
We can make this a more peaceful century if we cherish non-violence and concern for others’ well-being. It is possible. If the individual is happier,… — Dalai Lama
Cities are beautiful because they are created slowly; they are made by time. A city is born from a tangle of monuments and infrastructures ,… — Renzo Piano
Cleanliness is not next to godliness. It isn't even in the same neighborhood. — Erma Bombeck
I think the education system is great just the way it is. There's kids in my neighborhood in Los Angeles, seven years old, that can… — Kevin Nealon
I don't live in a fancy neighborhood. — Judah Friedlander
You have to work from one point to go to another. So I admire work ethic, I think it should be reinforced through our neighborhoods, that everybody… — Tupac Shakur
The reason most of the children are having problems in any inner-city neighborhood is because they don't see enough positive role models in their own… — Marla Gibbs
I have a lightsaber at my front door for home protection. I have an 800-watt electric skateboard that I use to run errands in my… — Nathan Fillion
Mac Rebennack, better known as Dr. John, once told me that when a brass band plays at a small club back up in one of… — Tom Piazza
Scripture starts with the particular and then universalizes it. You are called to love your concrete individual neighbor and then to realize that every individual… — Peter Kreeft
When the world seems large and complex, we need to remember that great world ideals all begin in some home neighborhood. — Konrad Adenauer
In this new war, our enemy's platoons infiltrate our borders, quietly blending in with visiting tourists, students, and workers. They move unnoticed through our cities,… — John Ashcroft
We have to restore power to the family, to the neighborhood, and the community with a non-market principle, a principle of equality, of charity, of… — Jerry Brown
But my friends, these people in Egypt have stood by us in a tough, tough neighborhood. — Roger Wicker
Last night we had three small zucchini for dinner that were grown within fifty feet of our back door. I estimate they cost somewhere in… — Andy Rooney
If we wish to rebuild our cities, we must first rebuild our neighborhoods. — Harvey Milk
It seems to me that at 19 or 20, a young man is burning to be great at something. I was. You have a vision… — Art Garfunkel
I grew up in a racially mixed neighborhood. So going over to friends' houses for dinner, their parents listened to Al Green and Luther Ingram.… — Justin Townes Earle
Try to take for a mate a person of your own neighborhood. — Hesiod
I always loved the way music made me feel. I did sports at school and all, but when I got home, it was just music.… — Dr. Dre
To work for better understanding among people, one does not have to be a former president sitting at a fancy conference room table. Peace can… — Jimmy Carter
I am acquainted with a wife and mother who is chained securely at the present time to a life-style of murmuring and criticism. She is… — Marvin J. Ashton
You know, when I was a young boy I used to play baseball in my back yard or in the street with my brothers or… — Robin Yount

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