“Until we're educating every kid in a fantastic way, until every inner city is cleaned up, there is no shortage of things to do.” WayKidsSuccessInspiringMoneyBusinessCitiesEducationCreativityFantasyFantasticThings To DoShortageInner City Author:Bill Gates
“Cities need old buildings so badly it is probably impossible for vigorous streets and districts to grow without them.... for really new ideas of any kind--no matter how ultimately profitable or otherwise successful some of them might prove to be--there is no leeway for such chancy trial, error and experimentation in the high-overhead economy of new construction. Old ideas can sometimes use new buildings. New ideas must use old buildings.” NeedsKindIdeasSometimesMatterUseMightGrowsBusinessCitiesEconomySuccessfulImpossibleStreetsBuildingProveErrorsTrialsConstructionNew IdeasProfitableVigorousExperimentationOverheadOld IdeasOld Buildings Author:Jane Jacobs
“The more people who own little businesses of their own, the safer our country will be, and the better off its cities and towns; for the people who have a stake in their country and their community are its best citizens.” PeopleLittlesCountryCommunityBusinessCitiesCitizensTownsOur CountryStakesBetter OffCities And Towns Author:John Hancock
“In the great city of San Francisco, where I used to live, at 2 in the morning every other Victorian house has somebody who is writing the great American novel. And the city is not loaded with James Joyces or Virginia Woolfs. But entrepreneurship is about distorted views of reality.” WritingRealityUsedHouseViewsBusinessCitiesMorningNovelEntrepreneurshipSan FranciscoVirginiaLoadedVictorianGreat AmericanGreat CitiesJoyce Author:Tom Peters
“We are in danger of making our cities places where business goes on but where life, in its real sense, is lost.” RealLostBusinessCitiesDangerGoes OnCity LifeCities At Night Author:Hubert H. Humphrey
“Behind every small business, there's a story worth knowing. All the corner shops in our towns and cities, the restaurants, cleaners, gyms, hair salons, hardware stores - these didn't come out of nowhere.” StoriesBusinessCitiesBehindsKnowingHairTownsCornersStoresRestaurantsShopsGymSmall BusinessCleanersHardwareBusiness OwnersSalonsSmall Business OwnersOur Town Author:Paul Ryan