We might hope that the law as a profession does not vanish, because justice may vanish with it - but we could probably do with far fewer lawyers. Since I think agriculture will come back closer to the center of life, I think there will be many vocational opportunities there - especially with the so-called 'value-added' activities associated with food production. That's a windy way to say more local wine and cheese-makers - and probably fewer giant factories producing cheez doodles and Pepsi Cola.

The twentieth century was about getting around. The twenty-first century will be about staying in a place worth staying in.

I think water transport will see a revival. However, we're not going to replay the 20th century. The industrial city of that era will not be revived. Our cities are going to contract. Many of them will contract as a whole but densify at their core.

The skyscraper - any building over seven stories really - will come to be seen as an experimental building type that doesn't work well in an energy-starved economy.

At the heart of our misunderstanding and infantile behavior is the wish for a miracle cure.

The two elements of the suburban pattern that cause the greatest problems are the extreme separation of uses and the vast distances between things

America does not want change, except from the cash register at Wal-Mart.