Bill Johnson Quotes

We wanted to bring attention to the fact that we had so many deals taking place that we could have made change for the better for all people, and we felt that we would be a catalyst to bring this to attention to society.

I play to lift a city, and raise a banner.

Working on the film really made me confront my opinions about change and gentrification.

I really do believe that mayors have the political position to really change people's lives.

Like all things, cities must change - even a city as enamoured of the past and memory as D.C.

You can not only do great things for an urban core by moving your employee base there, you're also going to be a better business.

I've been sort of gentrification-obsessed. Right before I left Oakland in 2012, I was feeling it. Now I go back sporadically, and the change is drastic.

If you know what changes a heart, you know what changes the world.

Change in society is of secondary importance; that will come about naturally, inevitably, when you as a human being bring about the change in yourself.

The city [ LA] is kind of going through an interesting transition; sort of renaissance time where there is so much going on here. I think it's really exciting to be here.

Our cities need to change, fast. Tactical Urbanism is a guided tour of solutions created when local people decide they can't wait for politics to catch up before they improve their neighborhoods. This weathervane book deserves a place on any urbanist's bookshelf.

I've seen young people raise hundreds of thousands of dollars to fix a problem in their community. I've seen young people raise hundreds of thousands of dollars to dig wells in Africa. I've seen young people pass laws, largely impacting their communities. They do have the power to change the world.

Hillary Clinton's been talking about the inner cities for 25 years. Nothing's going to ever happen.

Having viewed slum clearance projects in most major cities of the world may I state that you have conceived and created in the Johannesburg townships what is probably the most impressive and adequate resettlement activity in existence.

You can never have an impact on society if you have not changed yourself.

I'm not dismissing prostitutes, but a lot has changed. This so-called gentrification, it can never be stopped.

Never underestimate the power of a city to regenerate.

Development must be such that it positively transforms the lives of the common people.

I'll be a president that will turn our inner cities around and will give strength to people and will give economics to people and will bring jobs back.

Inspire other communities and cities to reinvent themselves.

Only changed people can change the world. Start with yourself.

Whyte's work remains a living and usable handbook for improving our cities, our countryside, and our lives.

LA is such a crumbling mess of a city. Basically in all my years of travelling, I haven't found another city in the western world that interest me as much as Los Angeles - which might sound like heresy, but most cities, history has already happened and the people living there are sort of living on the bones of the thousand years of history that's already happened there. Whereas LA is always reinventing itself.

We're going to do a lot of work on the inner cities, I have great people lined up to help.

Designing a dream city is easy; rebuilding a living one takes imagination.