Educated people Quote by Thomas L. Friedman

Cities can be the engine of social equity and economic opportunity. They can help us reduce our carbon footprint and protect the global environment.…

— Ban Ki-moon

Cities can become the engines that fuel our nation's growth and prosperity, and they can be wide gateways for families to achieve their own…

— Cory Booker

Cities offer us powerful leverage on our most stubborn, wasteful practices. Long commutes in our cars, big power bills from our energy-hogging buildings, shopping…

— Alex Steffen

All through organized history, if you wanted prosperity you had to have cities. Cities are places that attract new people with new ideas.

— Jane Jacobs

Attracting business to a city is of huge benefit for taxes, jobs, purchasing of homes and home goods.

— Hilary Farr

Cities are central to the shaping and delivery of national policy objectives, and in return, they are the places where social, environmental, and economic…

— Mark Walport

There's no getting around the fact that some cities face long odds, and governments and societies are going to be confronted with some hard…

— Richard Florida

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

“Cities require connectivity rather than territory in order to drive their economic stability and growth.”

— James Scott, Senior Fellow, Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology

As the world's 'most dynamic' cities seek to manage their own urban growth, American state and local officials have much to offer. Our mayors…

— Robert Hormats

While infrastructure is of course important, it must be part of a bigger vision. The point is not to simply dig ditches but to…

— Mariana Mazzucato

Some remain great cities, but they shouldn't stand still. They should move in the direction of a knowledge-oriented society. Most cities have to do…

— Charles Landry