Gentrifying Cities Quotes & Sayings

I grew to judge every purchase by how many bronze screws I could buy for the boat if I didn't spend on this or made do without that. — Lin Pardey

General relativity is the cornerstone of cosmology and astrophysics. It has also provided the conceptual basis for string theory and other attempts to unify all the forces of nature in terms of geometrical structures. — Paul Davies

Oriel didn't move. But inside of his head, all was movement, like a river running over rapids, searching for the way through, trying routes around rocks and over shallows, a turbulence of thought more rapid than he could follow. Griff, he knew, would do and say nothing until he heard Oriel's choice. — Cynthia Voigt

At work, or anywhere in life, people should be a team, working for the best of all, not protecting individual egos. — Jay Woodman

It's easy to forgive people who have never done anything to make us angry. People who do make us angry, however, are our most important teachers. They indicate the limits to our capacity for forgiveness. "Holding grievances is an attack on God's plan for salvation." The decision to let go our grievances against other people is the decision to see ourselves as we truly are, because any darkness we let blind us to another's perfection also blinds us to our own. It can be very hard to let go of your perception of someone's guilt when you know that by every standard of ethics, morality, or integrity, you're right to find fault with them. But the Course asks, "Do you prefer that you be right or happy? — Marianne Williamson

Even when I'm tired, when I come home and think about catching up on my sleep, I'd rather stay up and hold my daughters. — Charlie Haas

How sweet the words of Truth, breathed from the lips of Love. — James Beattie

One of the best things I found out about Detroit is that bears have started returning to the city. When bears are gentrifying your neighborhood and opening Thai restaurants, that's a poor neighborhood. — Eugene Mirman

The people who talk most about the need to regulate guns are also usually the same people who know the least about them. Ask these gun prohibitionists about the Second Amendment and they'll usually mention hunting or sport shooting. — Glenn Beck

Power perceived is power achieved. — Brad Thor

None of the pants ever fit me, unless I head into the Maternity section, so I buy mostly sacklike dresses and Cosby sweaters. — Lena Dunham

Where beams of imagination play,
The memory's soft figures melt away. — Alexander Pope

The irony of loneliness is that everybody shares it from time to time. — Lil B

Regarding his friend's insight after losing her spouse to cancer: "She told me she had plenty of people to do things with but nobody to do nothing with. — Peter Bach

It's a question of prudence. Nobody has a high opinion of fishwives but who would dare offend them while walking through the fish market. — Nicolas Chamfort