I thought religion would eventually wither away and we'd all be worshiping at the altar of science.

Cities have the capability of providing something for everybody, only because, and only when, they are created by everybody.

Streets and their sidewalks-the main public places of a city-are its most vital organs.

Designing a dream city is easy; rebuilding a living one takes imagination.

There is no logic that can be superimposed on the city; people make it, and it is to them, not buildings, that we must fit our plans.

Intricate minglings of different uses in cities are not a form of chaos. On the contrary, they represent a complex and highly developed form of order.

While you are looking, you might as well also listen, linger and think about what you see.

The ballet of the good city sidewalk never repeats itself from place to place, and in any one place is always replete with new improvisations.

This is something everyone knows: A well-used city street is apt to be a safe street. A deserted city street is apt to be unsafe.

People must take a modicum of public responsibility for each other even if they have no ties to each other.

This is what a city is, bits and pieces that supplement each other and support each other.

I was cured in my new infamy of all the tired wisdom of age. I would never weary into that tired state again---I swore to myself, I would always be this raw, wet child hereafter...

Life is the only game in which the object of the game is to learn the rules.

We should be more modest in our belief that we can impose democracy on a country through military force.

Vote against anything introduced with a "re" in it, especially reforms, reorganizations, and recodifications. This usually means going back to something that failed once and is likely to do so again.

Barmaid, bring a pitcher, another round of brew. Honey, why don't we get drunk and screw?

You evah hear of a magic screw?' I cough back a laugh. 'No. No, sir.

I've reached the age where anyone who lets me talk seems like an old By listening to my memories, you have become part of them.

The priority of the Trump administration is to secure the border and deport criminal aliens; people who are not just here illegally but who are violent criminals. That's the goal.

Alexander Hamilton originated the put and take system in our national treasury: the taxpayers put it in, and the politicians take it out