"The essence of the conflict today, really, is cars versus peopleâ€¦We can have a city that is very friendly to cars, or a city that is very friendly to people. We cannot have both."

-- Enrique Penalosa

#Essence Quotes #Cities Quotes #People Quotes

“I love a microphone and a big crowd; I'm an entertainer, I guess.”
“So few grown women like their lives.”
“The notion that as a man grows older his illusions leave him is not quite true. What is true is that his early illusions are supplanted by new, and to him, equally convincing illusions.”

Source : George Jean Nathan, Charles Angoff (1998). “The World of George Jean Nathan: Essays, Reviews, & Commentary”, Hal Leonard Corporation
“If God were to exist for the entire humanity, he would be profoundly vile, as he allows the existence of unfathomable sin, stupidity, madness, and misery for no reason than his own despicable enjoyment. God exists though, not for all humanity, but for a one chosen man - a philosopher - who is bound to answer the greatest philosophical question, the question about the nature of the questioner's existence, which progressively quenches the divine vanity.”
“A lot of learned men think people really are the food theyve eaten.”
“When we both experienced the love that consumes, we shared in the Absolute. The Absolute shows each of us who we really are; it is an enormous web of cause and effect, where every small gesture made by one person affects the life of someone else. This morning, that slice of the Absolute was still very much alive in my soul. I was seeing not only you but everything there is in the world, unlimited by space or time.”
“Keep trying until you have no more chances left.”
“I'm not a craftsman of graphics or art or film. I'm more of an idea generator and manufacturer.”

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