Daniel Burnham Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“Make no little plans. They have no magic to stir one's blood and probably themselves will not be realized. Make big plans; aim high in hope and work; remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will never die, but long after we are gone will be a living thing, asserting itself with ever-growing insistency.”
-- Daniel BurnhamSource : Commercial Club of Chicago, Daniel Hudson Burnham, Edward Herbert Bennett (1970). “Plan of Chicago”, Da Capo Pr
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“Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men's blood.”
-- Daniel BurnhamSource : Quoted in Collier's, 6 July 1912
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“Scuttle no small plans. They have no magic to stir single issue individuals into a group of people against everything.”
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“Make big plans; aim high in hope and work, remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will not die.”
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“A noble, logical diagram once recorded will never die.”
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“The only way to handle big business is to delegate, delegate, delegate.”
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“Let your watchword be order and your beacon beauty.”
-- Daniel BurnhamSource : Commercial Club of Chicago, Daniel Hudson Burnham, Edward Herbert Bennett (1970). “Plan of Chicago”, Da Capo Pr
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“Very often a change of self is needed more than a change of scene.”
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“Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be.”
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“When you get to my age life seems little more than one long march to and from the lavatory.”
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“It's hard to say what I want my legacy to be when I'm long gone.”
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“You either die a hero or live long enough to become the villain.”
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