"Cities are responsible for the vast majority of the creation of the economy. They're also places into which we pour the vast majority of resources, the vast majority of energy and the places where a huge percentage of the decisions about how systems are built and how products designed, etc., happen."

-- Alex Steffen

#Cities Quotes #Decision Quotes #Energy Quotes

“It is better to not even try it than to endure the ramifications of either quitting smoking or dying.”
“Things are still in early stages, but one can imagine that as we build up and systematize our theories of these associations, and try to boil them down to their core, the result might point us toward the sort of fundamental principles I advocate.”
“The worship of false gods is always an outgrowth of spiritual deception.”
“I want to be remembered as a ballplayer who gave all he had to give.”
“We know more than we can tell.”

Source : Michael Polanyi, Amartya Sen (2009). “The Tacit Dimension”, p.4, University of Chicago Press
“You can fool a person into going to see a movie with a good trailer.”
“Love provides the motive for obeying the commands of the law, but the law provides specific direction for exercising love.”
“Just how do I design if not with prototyping? An excellent question. The short answer is 'on paper.'”

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