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Lewis Mumford Quotes: Don't take the will for the deed; get the deed.
         

Don't take the will for the deed; get the deed.


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A certain amount of opposition is a great help to a man. Kites rise against, not with, the wind.

A certain amount of opposition is a great help to a man. Kites rise against, not with, the wind.



Traditionalists are pessimists about the future and optimists about the past.

Traditionalists are pessimists about the future and optimists about the past.



The cities and mansions that people dream of are those in which they finally live.

The cities and mansions that people dream of are those in which they finally live.



Adding highway lanes to deal with traffic congestion is like loosening your belt to cure obesity.

Adding highway lanes to deal with traffic congestion is like loosening your belt to cure obesity.



A day spent without the sight or sound of beauty, the contemplation of mystery, or the search of truth or perfection is a poverty-stricken day; and a succession of such days is fatal to human life.

A day spent without the sight or sound of beauty, the contemplation of mystery, or the search of truth or perfection is a poverty-stricken day; and a succession of such days is fatal to human life.



Every generation revolts against its fathers and makes friends with its grandfathers.

Every generation revolts against its fathers and makes friends with its grandfathers.



A man of courage never needs weapons, but he may need bail.

A man of courage never needs weapons, but he may need bail.



Forget the damned motor car and build the cities for lovers and friends.

Forget the damned motor car and build the cities for lovers and friends.



Restore human legs as a means of travel. Pedestrians rely on food for fuel and need no special parking facilities.

Restore human legs as a means of travel. Pedestrians rely on food for fuel and need no special parking facilities.



To curb the machine and limit art to handicraft is a denial of opportunity.

To curb the machine and limit art to handicraft is a denial of opportunity.





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In Ethiopia, the problem is that you don't know who's who. You don't know who to trust. You don't have any freedom.



Either accept people for what they are, or don't. So, in other words, man, if people don't know me, I think they do themself an injustice. Because, as a whole, I think I'm a good person.

Either accept people for what they are, or don't. So, in other words, man, if people don't know me, I think they do themself an injustice. Because, as a whole, I think I'm a good person.



And where, on earth, dwell hope and truth? In childhood's uncorrupted heart; Alas! too soon to guileless youth The world doth its dark code impart!

And where, on earth, dwell hope and truth? In childhood's uncorrupted heart; Alas! too soon to guileless youth The world doth its dark code impart!



We take our international responsibilities very seriously and will not withdraw our troops from Iraq... Otherwise, the victims of terror in Madrid will have died in vain.

We take our international responsibilities very seriously and will not withdraw our troops from Iraq... Otherwise, the victims of terror in Madrid will have died in vain.



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