Average Quote by Thomas Adams

When you want to take over a city, you have to destroy the illusion of safety it provides. You have to hit the large…

— Ilona Andrews

Cities need to act aggressively to hit their housing goals - that's what I'm doing. But I think you want to ensure that you…

— Kevin Faulconer

The biggest thing growing cities need to do is minimize barriers to development so that as long as someone is doing good urbanism, they…

— Alex Steffen

Farmers and people who make a living from the land are finding it impossible to survive. So the first step is to get out…

— Mohsin Hamid

Strengthen the rural areas and you will find less people migrating to urban areas. You give them opportunity, self respect & self confidence, they…

— Bunker Roy

It's a difficult task to deal with cities. But with some original ways of getting things done, with some basic commandments, you can really…

— Eduardo Paes

What kind of town do we want in the future, and how are we going to plan on that?

— Peter Berg

I want to make a city that can run smoothly with anyone in charge, even without a mayor in place.

— Park Won-soon

For my part, I plan to work out a fair and adequate redistribution of city services to all city neighborhoods.

— Jane Byrne

The single most important thing a city can do is provide a community where interesting, smart people want to live with their families.

— Malcolm Gladwell

There's a lot that the city can do, and it depends on having a partnership with community members who are living the realities.

— Michelle Wu

Build the roads and the jobs follow.

— Tommy Thompson