Allan Jacobs quotes

“Streets moderate the form and structure and comfort of urban communities.”
-- Allan Jacobs

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“If we can develop and design streets so that they are wonderful, fulfilling places to be - community-building places, attractive for all people - then we will have successfully designed about one-third of the city directly and will have had an immense impact on the rest.”
-- Allan Jacobs

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“No great city has ever been known for its abundant supply of parking.”
-- Allan Jacobs

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“Given a limited budget, the most effective expenditure of funds to improve a street would probably be on trees.”
-- Allan Jacobs

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“It is the local community that needs to own the commitment to education.”

“The house has to serve comfort. The work of art is revolutionary; the house is conservative.”

“Thanks be to God, not--only for 'rivers of endless joys above, but for 'rills of comfort here below.'”

Source : ADONIRAM JUDSON (1854). “RECORDS OF THE LIFE, CHARACTER, AND ACHIEVEMENTS”, p.96

“That's a big part of my life - doing things that I'm not prepared to do. Doing things that I don't know how to do, and keep doing them until I get good at them. I always try to put myself out of my comfort zone and out of my depth, and hopefully somewhere along the line I'll catch up.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com

“There is a percentage of people who want to be a little bit outside their comfort zone and I am one of them, someone who lives on the edge.”

Source : "Alain Robert: 'French Spiderman' on his death-defying stunts". Interview with Stefanie Blendis, Rosie Tomkins, Teo Kermeliotis, www.cnn.com. April 21, 2010.

“The ideals which have always shone before me and filled me with the joy of living are goodness, beauty, and truth. To make a goal of comfort or happiness has never appealed to me; a system of ethics built on this basis would be sufficient only for a herd of cattle.”

“I live a very quiet life, although I'm very urban and a diehard New Yorker”

“The jarring change going from an urban environment to an extremely remote natural environment is extremely inspiring. It's constantly stimulating, it's like a slap in the face.”

“I have my own production company called Urban Dreams.”

“Urban nature is like living with mass conditions. It sometimes feels like a myth & you are its scribe.”