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A plan that everyone dislikes for different reasons is a success. A plan everyone dislikes for the same reason is a failure. A plan that… — Richard Carlson
Every public action which is not customary, either is wrong or, if it is right, is a dangerous precedent. It follows that nothing should ever… — Francis Cornford
The suburb is a place where someone cuts down all the trees to build houses, and then names the streets after the trees. — Bill Vaughan
Architects and engineers are among the most fortunate of men since they build their own monuments with public consent, public approval and often public money. — Unknown Author
A noble, logical diagram once recorded will never die. — Daniel Burnham
By far the greatest and most admirable form of wisdom is that needed to plan and beautify cities and human communities. — Socrates
If a policeman must know the Constitution, then why not a planner? — William J. Brennan
Those who plan do better than those who do not plan, even should they rarely stick to their plan. — Winston Churchill
I've often thought that if planners were botanists, zoologists, geologists, and people who know about the earth, we would have much more wisdom in such… — William O. Douglas
A thousand policemen directing traffic cannot tell you why you come or where you go. — Thomas Stearns Eliot
A land full of places that are not worth caring about may soon be a nation and a way of life that is not worth… — James Howard Kunstler
Poor planning or poor execution of plans is simply to let some force other than reason shape reality. — Robert McNamara
Do not try to make circumstances fit your plans. Make plans that fit the circumstances. — George S. Patton
Americans are in the habit of never walking if they can ride. — Louis-Philippe I of France
The outcome of the city will depend on the race between the automobile and the elevator, and anyone who bets on the elevator is crazy. — Frank Lloyd Wright
Because they [Americans] want to be thought of as a rich nation, they are very ashamed of this place [Appalachia] that has come to represent… — Silas House
I want to bring softness and refinement to an urban, feminine wardrobe and to help the woman show her character and individuality through her unique… — Catherine Malandrino
I wanted to show the history and strength of all kinds of black women. Working women, country women, urban women, great women in the history… — Elizabeth Catlett
The jarring change going from an urban environment to an extremely remote natural environment is extremely inspiring. It's constantly stimulating, it's like a slap in… — Carter Burwell
However, don't let these statistics mislead you, gang violence is not limited to California and or big urban areas - that might have been true… — Bob Filner
Perhaps if human desire is said out loud, the urban planes, the prisons, the architectural mirrors will take off, as airplanes do. The black planes… — Kathy Acker
A free press is not a privilege but an organic necessity in a great society. ... A great society is simply a big and complicated… — Walter Lippmann
We are producing urban places which are disjointed and disconnected and not worthy of our civilisation — Moshe Safdie
In his study of Atlanta over the last 60 years, Kevin Kruse convincingly describes the critical connections between race, Sun Belt suburbanization, the rise of… — Dan Carter
When school district officials literally laughed at the notion that the Me Generation — this was the label for my generation — would jump at… — Wendy Kopp

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