Quote by John Ciardi
A neighborhood is a residential area that is changing for the wors

A neighborhood is a residential area that is changing for the worse. – John Ciardi

Other quotes by John Ciardi

A university is what a college becomes when the faculty loses interest in the students. – John Ciardi

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College
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Every parent is at some time the father of the unreturned prodigal, with nothing to do but keep his house open to hope. – John Ciardi

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dad
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Other Quotes from
City Life, Cities
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I found Rome brick, I left it marble. – Caesar Augustus

Cities, like cats, will reveal themselves at night. – Rupert Brooke

In the small town each citizen had done something in his own way to build the community. The town booster had a vision of the future which he tried to fulfill. The suburb dweller by contrast started with the future – Daniel J. Boorstin

Random Quotes

The printing press is either the greatest blessing or the greatest curse of modern times, sometimes one forgets which it is. – James Barrie

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Reading

Eventually you realize that certain people are never going to notice you, and certain others are going to find you no matter where you hide. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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How True!

A song has a few rights the same as ordinary citizens… if it happens to feel like flying where humans cannot fly… to scale mountains that are not there, who shall stop it? – Charles Ives

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Music

There is a child in every one of us who is still a trick-or-treater looking for a brightly-lit front porch. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Halloween