It's hard not to empathize with the mayor's anger, given the injustices he'd suffered, but righteous anger rarely leads to wise policy.

Great cities are not static, they constantly change and take the world along with them.

Knowledge is more important than space.

An economist's definition of hatred is the willingness to pay a price to inflict harm on others.

Some places will, however, be left behind. Not every city will succeed, because not every city has been adept at adapting to the age of information, in which ideas are the ultimate creator of wealth.

I'm tired of entirely new things, " Tremaine said. "I don't understand most of the old things yet.

Home is a fairy tale, the kind where children are lost in the woods, found, cooked and eaten.

He was of the faith chiefly in the sense that the Church he currently did not attend was Catholic.

The rock biz is the low end of the creative world. Faces come and go so fast.

I'm a workaholic. I also go to the gym a lot - it's my new thing. Yes, I am a compulsive person.

The human body is a machine that winds up its own springs: it is a living image of the perpetual motion.

Keep your hand on the helm.

the days of our lives vanish utterly, more insubstantial than if they had been invented. Fiction can seem more enduring than reality.

That double-headed monster of damnation and salvation--Time.

Everybody laughs the same in every language because laughter is a universal connection.