Author Index: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Christian de Duve Quote: 'Overcrowded cities are spawning increasingly lawless ...'

Related Quotes

wave surf water sea spray wind
I don't like all suburbs, just like I don't like all parts of cities.


Richard Hayne
Tags: Like Just Parts
An education system where student selection is based on credit capacity and not merit capacity and where graduating students are no longer indebted to the nation, but increasingly indebted to the Australian Taxation Office - that's no way to improve the quality of education.
Gough Whitlam
The fact is that in too many communities in cities in Britain gangs now have become completely rooted into these communities and they destroy them around them.
Iain Duncan Smith
Tags: Them Many Now
We have the means and the capacity to deal with our problems, if only we can find the political will.
Kofi Annan
Tags: Our Will Only
wave sun water ocean sea sky
Don't waste a moment of energy looking around at what other people are doing.


Stephnie Weir
It's a difficult task to deal with cities. But with some original ways of getting things done, with some basic commandments, you can really get cities to be a great, great place to live.
Eduardo Paes
Tags: Great You Get
Here's the deal: I believe - and I attempt to live my life this way - we all have more time than we think we do. We all waste so much time.
Hill Harper
Tags: Time Think More
civetta pelmo dolomites alpine
I always loved smokestack industry, and I love towns or cities that have grown up around factories.


David Lynch
Tags: Up Always Love
There's no reason why children in inner cities or rural areas do not receive the same quality education or opportunities as those in suburbs or wealthy neighborhoods. If we truly believe in giving all citizens a chance to pursue happiness and pursue their goals, then we cannot continue to marginalize entire groups of people.
Al Sharpton
So many people go through life, and they never deal with their own issues, no matter what the issues are - ours happen to be gender identity. But, how many people go through life and just waste an entire life 'cause they'd never deal with themselves to be who they are.
Caitlyn Jenner
Tags: People Just Who
I try to take a weekly digital Sabbath, batch my emails so I deal with them a few times a day rather than constantly, and increasingly give myself permission to ignore unsolicited communiques. I try, too, to give others more slack. The respond-now culture is a two-way street. I'm trying to be more mindful of that.
Noreena Hertz
Tags: More Them Than
mirror lake gosausee schladming
I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them.


Ian Fleming
Tags: Them Trying Days
Personally, my twenties were a complete waste of time. Professionally, I hope some good came of them.
Sharon Horgan
Tags: Time Good Hope
I'm absolutely convinced that the threat we face now, the idea of a terrorist in the middle of one of our cities with a nuclear weapon, is very real and that we have to use extraordinary measures to deal with it.
Dick Cheney
Tags: Very Our Now
clammy waterfall water nature
I don't have faith in young people any more. I don't waste time trying to communicate with them.


Vivienne Westwood
Tags: Time Faith People
Anorexia taught me to love life and to realise that starving yourself to death is a bloody waste of time. It's awful, and it hurts so many people around you. It's a terribly selfish thing to do.
Celia Imrie
Tags: Time Death You
I do think there is a great deal of caricature around the House of Commons. It is just that kind of place.
Charles Kennedy
Tags: Great Think Just
I've been very passionate about renewable energy for many years, particularly solar energy and its capacity to bring abundant clean, sustainable energy to millions around the globe.
Richard Branson
Tags: About Very Been
When the human race neglects its weaker members, when the family neglects its weakest one - it's the first blow in a suicidal movement. I see the neglect in cities around the country, in poor white children in West Virginia and Virginia and Kentucky - in the big cities, too, for that matter.
Maya Angelou
Tags: Family See First
Mr. Speaker, from hurricanes and floods in Latin America to earthquakes in Asia, natural disasters are increasingly becoming a regular feature of life for large numbers of people around the globe.
Earl Blumenauer