"It's hard to win an argument with a smart person, but it's damn near impossible to win an argument with a stupid person."
~Bill Murray

"Every so often a bird gets up and flies some place it's drawn to. I don't suppose it could tell you why, but it does it anyway." Ian Hibell, 1934-2008

Whenever a street is widened, a few more [cars] are able to trickle in, with the net result that they and not the general public are benefited. Congestion has not been relieved, nor will it be by any such public improvement until adequate restrictive measures are adopted. A 1926 NYC TRAFFIC COMMISSION REPORT

Urban transport is a political and not a technical issue. The technical aspects are very simple. The difficult decisions relate to who is going to benefit from the models adopted. ENRIQUE PEÑALOSA

It is difficult to design a space that will not attract people. What is remarkable is how often this has been accomplished. WILLIAM H. WHYTE

I believe very strongly that the cities that pay attention—really pay attention —to quality of life will be the cities that thrive in the 21st century. RICHARD M. DALEY

It’s really wonderful to wake up in a city where everyday you realize that today the city is a little bit better than yesterday. JAN GEHL

The importance of pedestrian public spaces cannot be measured, but most other important things in life cannot be measured either…pedestrian places are essential to a city’s happiness. ENRIQUE PEÑALOSA

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. ALAN JACOBS

"...besieged by thieves and robbers and beggars with all sorts of plans and pleas for possession of some coveted treasure of water, timber, pasture, rights of way, etc. Nothing dollarable is safe, however guarded...."
John Muir

"WOW. First of all, GREAT question.
That I get to do on a daily basis? Probably walk to work. I think that's about the coolest thing that there is. Or take my bike. If you can walk to work or take your bike on a daily basis, I think that's just about the coolest thing that there is. Every morning I listen to the traffic on the radio, and they talk about how they are jammed and I just laugh. I love traffic. I love traffic reports because I'm not in any of them."

-Jerry Seinfeld
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Don’t buy upgrades, ride up grades. – Eddy Mercx

Love it.
Keep adding them as you see fit, folks.

Shut up legs. ~ Jens Voigt

As long as I breathe, I attack. ~ Bernard Hinault

If you brake, you don't win. ~ Mario Cipollini

Don’t buy upgrades, ride up grades. – Eddy Mercx

It doesn’t get any easier, you just get faster. – Greg Lemond

The one I close all my emails with(definitely posted here):

Life is like riding a bicycle. In order to keep you balance, you must keep moving. ~ Albert Einstein

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Edit:

Thanks, Michael.