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.

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.

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.

Lowly, unpurposeful and random as they may appear, sidewalk contacts are the small change from which a city's wealth of public life may grow.

In your hands winteris a book with cloud pagesthat snow pearls of love.

Never underestimate the power of giving a book!

Now, I have big-money offers on three movies, and I have director approval. That's kind of scary,' he says. 'No directors have been attached. That's a lot of pressure on me

Every day I wake up and I realize how lucky I am to be living this life.

What is it that distinguishes man from animals? It is not his upright posture.

Doctors cut, burn, and torture the sick, and then demand of them an undeserved fee for such services.

The Pentagon banned the army from using Chinese-made berets. In a more veiled slap at the Chinese, the Pentagon also banned any alternative form of checkers.

Those who live by electronics die by electronics. Sic semper tyrannis.

Life will only make sense; and can only produce long-term happiness, peace and joy when embraced from the perspective of the soul.

It is going to be changed to straight P. Diddy. You could call me P. or Diddy, or P. Diddy. I just want something fresh, man.