"A city is a large community where people are lonesome together."

--

Herbert V. Prochnow

#Cities Quotes #People Quotes #Community Quotes

“People say it's not what happens in your life that matters, it's what you think happened. But this qualification, obviously, did not go far enough. It was quite possible that the central event of your life could be something that didn't happen, or something you thought didn't happen. Otherwise there'd be no need for fiction, there'd only be memoirs and histories...”
“America has had many other discoverers besides Columbus, but he seems to have made more satisfactory arrangements with the historians than any of the others.”
“One of the things I noticed more in this draft than in any recent drafts was the importance of the character issue. Players who had baggage, like Justice, fell much farther than his talent dictated. But a lot of coaches didn't want to take the chance.”
“The trouble with the sacred Individual is that he has no significance, except as he can acquire it from others, from the social whole.”
“Any idealism is a proper subject for art.”
“I speak Mandarin and can read and write a little. I took a few classes at Harvard to get better in my reading and writing skills.”
“I'm learning something all the time. That's the way I want it to go, and that's the way I'll go until I am no longer on this planet.”
“If you will please people, you must please them in their own way; and as you cannot make them what they should be, you must take them as they are.”

You may also like: