The true measure of a city is its soul. This is the restless energy that doesn't wait for political leadership.

True creative cities produce the legacy of an idea that does what funding cannot do: to foster.

A city without passion is just a city of artistic events.

In the future, all cities will be distinguished by one thing only. The nature of their enthusiasm.

Toronto is a city that has yet to fall in love with itself.

A city's greatness is manifest in a people confident in their ability to take risks, to encounter

A city's art must give the impression that art is as indispensable a thing as water, or food.

A strategist is one who helps people relax into their creative skills. People won't rally unless an idea is beautiful... Everyone is hanging on every word... Amazing.

When civic leaders are in love with their cities they are listened to; they are credible.

It wasn't who a person believed himself to be or what he pretended he would do in a given situation. It was what he did when he got there that defined him.

What the culture of get rich quick does to our people is People don’t believe that hard work is worth it.

A broken vessel cannot hold anything within itself, therefore only something supernatural can hold itself within a broken vessel.

We're not in an information age anymore. We're in the information management age.

Identity issues are hardwired into the way I think about character - it's almost as if I can't get away from them even if I want to.

I'm not a very good advertisement for the American school system.

This is the new politics. Personal responsibility. Not leaving it to others. I am my planet's keeper.

There is a lot of comedy in magic, and magic going wrong, and also it is a dramatic subject.

I have served the Liberal cause for twenty-two years. That ought to be long enough for anyones lifetime.

So many affluent men are faced with finding love problems. I'm sure beautiful, affluent women are faced with the same things sometimes.