Jane Jacobs Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
At NBC I wasn't really sure if the grandparents were going to get my sense of humor on a particular topic.
-
In a real sense, people who have read good literature have lived more than people who cannot or will not read. It is not true that we have only one life to live; if we can read, we can live as many more lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish.
-
We are so Post-Modern that we don't realize how Post-Modern we are anymore.
-
My parents are divorced, and seeing that was really painful for me. Really painful for me. But that's also a big part of why I'm intrigued by the dynamics between people – because I was close to something that fell apart.
-
I lived in a neighborhood where there weren't many kids. I had a couple sisters, but I was very much a loner. Whatever film I had seen that day or that week, I would completely find myself in that world.
-
I loved anything to do with animals from a very early age.
-
For years, I have repeatedly said that Maryland taxpayers were being overtaxed and overcharged.
-
The Irish Government can no longer stand by and see innocent people injured and perhaps worse.
-
The key step for an infielder is the first one... but before the ball is hit.
-
I'm the sort of person that doesn't really have specific 'inspiration.' It probably comes more from my doubts and my desires.
-
Luck consists largely of hanging on by your fingernails until things start to go your way.
-
If I was a state, I would like to see education left to the schools themselves, but I don't want the federal government involved in education. I think that it ends up setting standards that cost you time and money and don't make any difference in education. I want to stop that.
-
But a funny thing happened four years later. I was invited to play for an alumni team against the Red Wings.
-
You question yourself all the time as a footballer. You have to focus on the positives.
-
Books and harlots have their quarrels in public.
-
In the mind of Bill Clinton, political considerations outweigh even life-and-death matters of great concern to his own law-enforcement officials, not to mention the nation.
-
Everyone in business is tenacious and extremely aggressive. If you're not a 'now' person - do it right now - then you're not going to be successful. I like that kind of mentality.
-
Miami's not anybody's poor cousin. It's an aspiration to live in this town, not something you have to do to promote yourself like some of the larger cities.
-
For the most part, and even with Miz, the WWE superstars are so good to the fans and everything they do.
-
So, been attacked by any vampires yet?" "Not one." "Zombies? Giant spiders? Water monsters?" It's been really quiet on the supernatural front" "Too bad, 'cause I got attacked by a devil dog. It was not awesome.
-
The hardest thing [for me] is to 'just' agree, and that is what sparks creativity, the feeling that something can be better, the feeling that something's missing, the feeling that something's needed.
-
In wretched outcomes, the devil is in the details.
