"It may be that we have become so……" — Jane Jacobs
"It may be that we have become so feckless as a people that we no longer care how things do work, but only what kind of quick, easy outer impression they give. If so, there is little hope for our cities or probably for much else in our society. But I do not think this is so."
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Jane Jacobs
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57 Quotes by Jane Jacobs
Jane Jacobs has 57 quotes on this site.
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The trouble with paternalists is that they want to make impossibly profound changes, and they choose impossibly superficial means for…
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Everyone is aware that tremendous numbers of people concentrate in city downtowns and that, if they did not, there would…
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There is no logic that can be superimposed on the city; people make it, and it is to them, not…
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Neighborhoods built up all at once change little physically over the years as a rule...[Residents] regret that the neighborhood has…
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Automobiles are often conveniently tagged as the villains responsible for the ills of cities and the disappointments and futilities of…
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Traffic congestion is caused by vehicles, not by people in themselves.
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I have been dwelling upon downtowns. This is not because mixtures of primary uses are unneeded elsewhere in cities. On…
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Dull, inert cities, it is true, do contain the seeds of their own destruction and little else. But lively, diverse,…
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Whenever and wherever societies have flourished and prospered rather than stagnated and decayed, creative and workable cities have been at…
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In our American cities, we need all kinds of diversity.
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As in the pseudoscience of bloodletting, just so in the pseudoscience of city rebuilding and planning, years of learning and…
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Intricate minglings of different uses in cities are not a form of chaos. On the contrary, they represent a complex…
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When you care about human beings, you do your best to not repress and to not let people to repress…
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I know how the American people care for that democratic principle. They want to see their vote respected. As we…
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The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently;…
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There's love, and certainly children you care about more than yourself. But nevertheless, we're alone in our heads.
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I don't care who you are, you're going to choke in certain matches. You get to a point where your…
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People are not going to care about animal conservation unless they think that animals are worthwhile.
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It is that range of biodiversity that we must care for - the whole thing - rather than just one…
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I'm absolutely strict about it. When I land, I put my watch right, and I don't care what I feel…
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Hunting, fishing, drawing, and music occupied my every moment. Cares I knew not, and cared naught about them.
— John James Audubon
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On landing at New York I caught the yellow fever. The kind man who commanded the ship that brought me…
— John James Audubon
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The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you…
— Marcus Aurelius
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An engaged woman is always more agreeable than a disengaged. She is satisfied with herself. Her cares are over, and…
— Jane Austen
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