“I want to live and work in Chicago for the rest of my life. You know when you were growing up and you wanted to become president? What I want now is to be mayor of this damned town in ten years.” KnowsWantYearsWantedPresidentGrowing UpGrowingTenTownsChicagoMayors Author:William Petersen
“You can't very well live in a castle while your kin is on the poor side of town and barely have enough food. Some want you to get to the top and rely on you making it for them, too.” WantWellsEnoughSidesPoorTownsRelyCastles Author:Martha Reeves
“I don't want to live in Maine full time, but the physical beauty is very striking. It is the exact opposite of New York. When you walk through my small town to get a cup of coffee, you bump into five people you know.” PeopleKnowsWantWalksFiveNew YorkOppositesTownsCoffeeCupsSmall TownBumpsCoffee CupMainePhysical Beauty Author:Elizabeth Strout
“In small towns, bored teenagers turn their eyes longingly to the exciting doings in the big cities, pining for urban amenities like hipster bars and farmers' markets and indie-rock festivals. Like everyone else, they want the vibrant and they will not be denied.” WantBigsEyeTurnsCitiesRocksExcitingTownsBarsTeenagerBoredFarmersDeniedUrbanSmall TownFestivalsHipsterDoingsBig CitiesPiningAmenitiesIndie RockFarmers Markets Book:No Future for You: Salvos from the Baffler Source: No Future for You: Salvos from the Baffler
“So geographers, in Africa maps, With savage pictures fill their gaps, And o'er uninhabitable downs Place elephants for want of towns” WantTownsMapsGapsSavagesElephantsGeographers Author:Jonathan Swift
“You need a prince to make a town in an intellectual sense. Developers want to make money. If they cared about architecture, they'd become architects. I've had so many projects that never came off because they had no sponsor, and not because they were utopian. I just want to build a town that's normal.” IfsWantNeedsNormalProjectsIntellectualTownsArchitectureMaking MoneyArchitectUtopianDevelopersSponsors Author:Leon Krier
“If you want to understand what's happening to the situation in a town in Afghanistan, go down to the market. Is it vibrant? Is it safe? That will tell you an enormous amount about the security situation.” IfsWantSituationSecurityAmountSafeHappeningsTownsEnormousAfghanistan Author:Gus O'Donnell, Baron O'Donnell
“If you want to have world peace - peace in your family, peace in your town and peace in your own bedroom - you simply begin with whatever creates peace within yourself. This vibration will go out from you in waves, and these waves have a very positive impact on the world.” IfsWorldWantPositiveTownsImpactWaveAttractionLaw Of AttractionOur FamilyBedroomVibrationsVery PositivePositive ImpactPeace WithinOur TownImpact On The World Author:Christiane Northrup