Quote by Lewis Mumford
Traditionalists are pessimists about the future and optimists abou

Traditionalists are pessimists about the future and optimists about the past. – Lewis Mumford

Other quotes by Lewis Mumford

Forget the damned motor car and build the cities for lovers and friends. – Lewis Mumford

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car
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A society that gives to one class all the opportunities for leisure, and to another all the burdens of work, dooms both classes to spiritual sterility. – Lewis Mumford

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Miscellaneous
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The artist does not illustrate science (but) he frequently responds to the same interests that a scientist does. – Lewis Mumford

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Science
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Other Quotes from
Future
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Planning is bringing the future into the present so that you can do something about it now. – Alan Lakein

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Future

How paramount the future is to the present when one is surrounded by children. – Charles Darwin

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Future

The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time. – Dean Acheson

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Future

While I take inspiration from the past, like most Americans, I live for the future. – Ronald Reagan

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Future

Random Quotes

How simple it is to see that we can only be happy now, and there will never be a time when it is not now. – Gerald Jampolsky

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Happiness

I cant comprehend that Im in the film of Les Miserables. Its one of those dreams I thought would be unattainable for someone like me, who came from nowhere. – Samantha Barks

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Dreams

Where large sums of money are concerned, it is advisable to trust nobody. – Agatha Christie

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Money

Taste this, and be henceforth among the Gods thyself a Goddess. – John Milton

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Temptation