Cities never flourish alone. They have to be trading with other cities.

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.

Your original self is worth more than your imitation of someone else.

Happiness doesn't depend on any external conditions, it is governed by our mental attitude.

Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us.

I waited and waited, and when no message came, I knew it must have been from you.

Cheerfulness is an offshoot of goodness and of wisdom.

The yellow star? Oh well, what of it? You dont die of it.

If I didn't do this well, I just wouldn't have anything to do... I can't cook, and I'd be a terrible housewife.

In my sophomore year, a kid told me that the secret to getting women is to play really, really hard to get. I followed his advice, and I didn't have so much as a date that year.

It's not so important who starts the game but who finishes it.

I think the fashion industry, as a result of globalization, has undergone a uniformity. I'm not saying that's good or that's bad but that is my observation.