"What if we fail to stop the erosion of cities by automobiles? ... In that case America will hardly need to ponder a mystery that has troubled men for millennia. What is the purpose of life? For us, the answer will be clear, established and for all practical purposes indisputable. The purpose of life is to produce and consume automobiles."

-- Jane Jacobs

#Men Quotes #America Quotes #Erosion Quotes

“I'm quite a rational person. I'm not very superstitious, but I really do enjoy horror as a genre.”
“No person ever gave me nothing but God.”
“I fear getting things wrong and messing up, and this makes no rational sense. When I'm mindful and awake, I know mistakes are part of a creative process. But when I become disconnected, I can be incredibly mean and hard on myself.”

Source : "Jaime Murray: Taking Care of Heart, Mind, and Body". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“My son called to me that God was inside his red fire engine. He wanted to show me. I did move as fast as I could, spilling like water through the kitchen door into a summer day, but God had left by the time I got there. My son smiled, told me I'd missed him by seconds.”

Source : Deborah Keenan (2011). “Willow Room, Green Door: New and Selected Poems”, p.85, Milkweed Editions
“I started reading and learned that we don't need any of it - meat, dairy products. We get everything we need without those things - except maybe B12, but there's this whole controversy that maybe we're only getting B12 because the animals are being fed B12 supplements.”
“There isn't a single person or landscape or subject which doesn't possess some interest, although it may not be immediately apparent. When a painter discovers this hidden treasure, other people are immediately struck by its beauty.”
“Unfortunately, in war, there are casualties, including among the civilian population.”
“You win all the Tucsons, all the Kemps, all the Iron City Opens you can, nobody remembers. You win a Masters, nobody ever forgets”

You may also like:

Edward Glaeser
Economist
Eric Kierans
Canadian Politician
Jan Gehl
Architect
John Kenneth Galbraith
Economist
Le Corbusier
Architect
Lewis Mumford
Historian
Richard Florida
Professor
Robert Moses
Architect
William H. Whyte
Journalist