Knowledge is more important than space.

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.

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.

My mother says we’re supposed to make mistakes. That’s the way we learn.” Rocky Ryan in Bully At Ambush Corner.

Somewhere on the Earth tonight, my Tylla, there is a Man with a Lever, which, when he pulls it, Will Save The World. The man is now unemployed. His switch gathers dust. He himself plays pinochle.

The finest emotion of which we are capable is the mystic emotion.

Profits, like sausages... are esteemed most by those who know least about what goes into them.

We have to decide why terrorism is a new threat. There has always been terrorism.

You know what the difference is between a dream and a goal?... A plan.

I always enjoy myself fighting in Mississippi. I enjoy myself fighting anywhere.

My soul found ease and rest in the companionship of books.

So-called 'undesirables' are not the problem. It is the measures taken to combat them that is the problem.