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

I urge people not to think in terms of "solutions," but in terms of intelligent responses to the quandaries and predicaments that we face. And there are intelligent responses that we can bring forth. But when I hear the word "solution," I always suspect that there's a hidden agenda there. And the hidden agenda is: "Please, can you please tell us how we can keep on living exactly the way we're living now, without having to really change our behavior very much?" And that's sort of what's going on in this country. And it's not going to work.

It is worth remembering that our cities occupy important sites, and therefore some kind of settlement is liable to be there.

It pays to remember that societies get what they deserve, not what they expect.

I think we'll see a leveling off and then a contraction of population, not a continued upward trend.

Despite the obvious damage now visible in the entropic desolation of every American home town, Wal-Mart managed to install itself in the pantheon of American Dream icons, along with apple pie, motherhood, and Coca Cola.

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