Duany Quotes

#1. We are all trying to make it the best way we know how, so when we look at each other as individuals and nations, we should do so with compassion.

Ger Duany

#2. There is currently more sprawl covering American soil than was ever intended by its inventors. While there are some people who truly enjoy living in this environment, there are many others who would prefer to walk to school, bicycle to work, or simply spend less time in the car.

Andres Duany

#3. Christ quickens none but the dead. Why do not the papists attain to this grace of justification? They never see themselves wholly dead, but join some life to the natural estate of man. Therefore Christ quickens them not.

Richard Sibbes

#4. I always want to be in love, always. It's like being a tuning fork.

Edna O'Brien

#5. That we should establish ourselves in a sense of GOD's Presence, by continually conversing with Him. That it was a shameful thing to quit His conversation, to think of trifles and fooleries.

Brother Lawrence

#6. I knew that I was smart enough to learn. I knew that I could learn, if I could just go to school and not hear gunshots.

Ger Duany

#7. We live today in cities and suburbs whose form and character we did not choose. They were imposed upon us, by federal policy, local zoning laws, and the demands of the automobile.

Andres Duany

#8. Not much more can happen to you after you lose your reputation and your wife.

John N. Mitchell

#9. All around the world, there is corruption, tribalism and division, as many find it easier to pick on those that are different, which is why we need to hold tightly to the good in this world.

Ger Duany

#10. We want peace and development in all 10 states of South Sudan - we don't want military backing.

Ger Duany

#11. It takes an extraordinary toll on me to re-live my experiences, the horrors of my past and the pain I had to endure. And yet, I believe remembering is the only way to promote healing, to promote awareness and accountability.

Ger Duany

#12. I used to have to save my allowances to buy a quart of rubber to make a mask, and it's how I spent all my free time.

Rick Baker

#13. If these influences are reversed - and they can be - an environment designed around the true needs of individuals, conducive to the formation of community and preservation of the landscape, becomes possible.

Andres Duany

#14. Even the classic American main street, with its mixed-use buildings right up against the sidewalk, is now illegal in most municipalities. Somewhere along the way, through a series of small and well-intentioned steps, traditional towns became a crime in America.

Andres Duany

#15. My wish is to be a catalyst, to push for solutions, to broker peace talks, to ensure accountability, especially for those who committed and are still organizing unspeakable crimes.

Ger Duany

#16. I was born into Sudan's civil war, and before I could read or write, I was using an AK47 in the conflict between the Muslim north and Animist/Christian south over the land and natural resources.

Ger Duany

#17. It was never easy, but I always tried my best and kept complaints out of my heart by holding tightly onto the hope that one day, I would read and write.

Ger Duany

#18. The problem is that one cannot easily build Charleston anymore, because it is against the law. Similarly, Boston's Beacon Hill, Nantucket, Santa Fe, Carmel - all of these well-known places, many of which have become tourist destinations, exist in direct violation of current zoning ordinances.

Andres Duany

#19. Become so wrapped up in something that you forget to be afraid.

Lady Bird Johnson

#20. In the cool weak light the nightflames all had died, and the silent streets echoed death and desolation. Worlorn's day. Yet it was twilight.

George R R Martin

#21. You just have to take control of your own performance.

Damian Lewis

#22. I would not call it a difficult life, really. I just had a lot of challenges at a very young age.

Ger Duany

#23. Kick him when he's down, he's easier to reach.

Scott Hall