John Lindsay Quotes

#1. I am particularly fond of John Lindsay's suggestion that political commercials be banned from television as we now ban cigarette and liquor commercials.

Neil Postman

#2. The charge that liberal candidates don't connect with or understand the values and beliefs of regular Americans is embedded in old epithets like 'limousine liberal,' which I first heard aimed at New York Mayor John Lindsay in 1969.

Jeff Greenfield

#3. The city fought a $300 million, 18-year war on graffiti. New York Mayor John Lindsay declared war in 1972, and the battle for the transit system came later.

Adam Mansbach

#4. Lindsay is unique in that she's a star in creating. She'll create something out of nothing, either for herself or her teammates. She's the Steve Nash of the WNBA.

John Whisenant

#5. So trying to come to America from the wrong country is a crime?

Ibi Zoboi

#6. I'm definitely more interested in technologies that are more accessible, that are as accessible as possible.

John Lindsay

#7. Those who suppress freedom always do so in the name of law and order.

John Lindsay

#8. I remember once when I told Lindsay Anderson at a party that acting was just a sophisticated way of playing cowboys and Indians he almost had a fit.

John Hurt

#9. Elvis was incredibly cooperative. He would try anything. He wasn't a diva, no prima donna. When it came to work, he was a workhorse.

Jerry Leiber

#10. The way we see things is constantly changing. At the moment the way we see things has been left a lot to the camera. That shouldn't necessarily be.

David Hockney

#11. I understand well the peculiar guilt of tragedy's survivors.

Kate Morton

#12. Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

#13. The miniskirt enables young ladies to run faster, and because of it, they may have to.

John Lindsay

#14. Technology tends to fuel the imagination. People with a technological bent can get excited by sometimes the most hazardous technologies, if they think they can harness them safely.

John Lindsay

#15. There are men - now in power in this country - who do not respect dissent, who cannot cope with turmoil, and who believe that the people of America are ready to support repression as long as it is done with a quiet voice and a business suit.

John Lindsay

#16. New York has total depth in every area. Washington has only politics; after that, the second biggest thing is white marble.

John Lindsay

#17. Why is being a nerd so bad?
saying " I noticed you're a nerd is like saying hey, I noticed you'd rather be intelligent that stupid, that you'd rather be thoughtful than be vapid, that you believe that there are things that matter more than the arrest record of Lindsay Lohan

John Green

#18. New York was something like a circus performer walking a tightrope an juggling at the same time ... It could barely maintain its position, but an movement would tip the whole balance.

John Lindsay

#19. Not only is New York City the nation's melting pot, it is also the casserole, the chafing dish and the charcoal grill.

John Lindsay

#20. I like the analogy that the way that we live in Western Society, the energy that we consume in the form of fossil fuels, is the energy equivalent in pre-fossil fuel terms of having 500 slaves.

John Lindsay

#21. And always John, who is my own Gilbert Blythe, my real life Mr. Darcy, and the love of my life.

Lindsay Eland

#22. I try to build the things so that they're fairly indestructible. I've learned from my mistakes and some of those units, even if human life disappears from the planet, will still be recognizable a thousand years from now abandoned somewhere in the woods.

John Lindsay

#23. Technology has to be accessible otherwise it enslaves us, and I'm not really in favour of that.

John Lindsay

#24. Civilization does everything for the mind and favors it entirely at the expense of the body.

Napoleon Bonaparte

#25. The soil of Palestine still enjoys her sabbaths, and only waits for the return of her
banished children, and the application of industry, commensurate with her agricultural
capabilities, to burst once more into universal luxuriance, and be all that she ever was
in the days of Solomon.

John Lindsay

#26. These girls play tennis first and foremost, the fact that many of them are very glamorous is a major bonus for any promoter.

John Lindsay