One symbol of lack of democracy is to have cars parked on the sidewalk.

An advanced city is not one where even the poor use cars, but rather one where even the rich use public transport.

If we’re going to talk about transport, I would say that the great city is not the one that has highways, but one where a child on a tricycle or bicycle can go safely everywhere.

A bikeway is a symbol that shows that a citizen on a $30 bicycle is equally important as a citizen on a $30,000 car.

The essence of the conflict today, really, is cars versus people…We can have a city that is very friendly to cars, or a city that is very friendly to people. We cannot have both.

Children are a kind of indicator species. If we can build a successful city for children, we will have a successful city for all people.

In every detail a city should reflect that human beings are sacred and that they are equal.

Public space is for living, doing business, kissing, and playing. Its value can't be measured with economics or mathematics; it must be felt with the soul.

A protected bicycle lane in the city in a developing country is a powerful symbol, showing that a citizen on the $30 bicycle is as important as one in a $30,000 car

God made us walking animals - pedestrians. As a fish needs to swim, a bird to fly, a deer to run, we need to walk, not in order to survive, but to be happy.

Urban transport is a political and not a technical issue. The technical aspects are very simple. The difficult decisions relate to who is going to benefit from the models adopted.

Wanting him to come back before anyone notices part of the world has not moved since he left.

A mountain still in the distance can appear as a molehill.

The biggest ingredient in a best friend is someone whose actions you respect and who you can truly be yourself around.

I see myself as a climber and an activist.

If you are exercising to that point it is not doing you any good in terms of fitness, as it is all lactic acid and you can get injured but I think coaches were seeing how far you'd go for the team.

I tried to picture a female version of Jim and got Jim in a dress instead. The image was disturbing.

I saw the lightnings gleaming rod. Reach forth and write upon the sky The awful autograph of God.

Hate is a strong word. I don't really try to hate anything. Yeah, you could say I have a complicated, domestic relationship with America for sure.

That government is not a necessary good but an unavoidable evil.

You can tell how smart people are by what they laugh at.