"I will never be cynical again about people."

-- Dick Ebersol

#People Quotes #Cynical Quotes

“Cities are not problems. They are solutions.”

Source : "Maverick mayor: 'Eco-architecture not ego-architecture!'". Interview with Zara Bilgrami, www.cnn.com. June 6, 2008.
“The only two good words that can be said for a hurricane are that it gives sufficient warning of its approach, and that it blows from one point of the compass at a time.”
“People exaggerate their confidence in their plans - something we call the planning fallacy... The existence of the plan tends to induce overconfidence.”
“When not writing and directing, my bread and butter comes from acting and stunt work. I've been fortunate enough to be part of some amazing productions.”
“Because I am a woman, I must make unusual efforts to succeed. If I fail, no one will say, 'She doesn't have what it takes'; They will say, 'Women don't have what it takes.'”
“Morality is seldom a safe guide for human conduct.”

Source : Penelope Fitzgerald (1978). “The Bookshop”, p.100, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“You have to remember that west of Winnipeg the ridings the Liberals hold are dominated by people who are either recent Asian immigrants or recent migrants from eastern Canada; people who live in ghettos and are not integrated into Western Canadian society.”
“Words pale and lose their savor while pain is always new.”

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