An endless number of green buildings doesn't make a sustainable city.

First life, then spaces, then buildings - the other way around never works.

A good city is like a good party - people stay longer than really necessary, because they are enjoying themselves.

Cultures and climates differ all over the world, but people are the same. They’ll gather in public if you give them a good place to do it.

Only architecture that considers human scale and interaction is successful architecture.

A good city is like a good party. People don't want to leave early.

Something happens because something happens because something happens

If you make more roads, you will have more traffic.

Make it nice where you are, and put the density on top.

Never make a decision while in the state of anger.

Why should I deem myself to be a chisel, when I could be the artist?

Go through your phone book, call people and ask them to drive you to the airport. The ones who will drive you are your true friends. The rest aren't bad people; they're just acquaintances.

I enjoy walking by myself on the same paths where, as a little boy, I delighted in following my father around.

Time is more valuable than money, because time is irreplaceable.

We will have taken one giant step forward when we face this reality: Powerful people never teach powerless people how to take their power away from them.

It's a matter of fact that Senator Obama has spent more money on negative ads than any political campaign in history.

I find it somewhat liberating to jump, to dive into things that are the opposite of me.

Sentences that begin with "all women" are never, never true.

I think, am sure, a brother's love exceeds All the world's loves in its unworldliness.