I have to believe SF writers will continue to inspire the public to have faith in - to demand! - a future that is at least as big and bold as the past.


Edward M. Lerner

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We have to change from 'ego-architecture' to 'eco-architecture.'
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A city grows like an organism. It is a structure of living and working together a mix of functions.
JAIME LERNER
The secret to the city is integration. Every area of the city should combine work, leisure and cultu...
JAIME LERNER
I think [the science] is actually ahead of schedule,
RICHARD LERNER
This administration has broken faith with the people of America. They have squandered the immense go...
SENATOR EDWARD M KENNEDY
They civilize what's pretty By puttin' up a city Where nothin' that's Pretty can grow.... They civil...
ALAN JAY LERNER
You write a hit the same way you write a flop.
ALAN JAY LERNER
With a little bit of luck, you'll never work!
ALAN JAY LERNER
Why can't a woman be more like a man?
ALAN JAY LERNER
It's not a pretty face, I grant you. But underneath its flabby exterior is an enormous lack of chara...
ALAN JAY LERNER
Back home everyone said I didn't have any talent. They might be saying the same thing here but it so...
ALAN JAY LERNER
An Englishman's way of speaking absolutely classifies him.
ALAN JAY LERNER
Anger is a tool for change when it challenges us to become more of an expert on the self and less of...
HARRIET GOLDHOR LERNER
Coughing in the theater is not a respiratory ailment. It is a criticism.
ALAN JAY LERNER
It's not a pretty face, I grant you. But underneath its flabby exterior is an enormous lack of c...
ALAN JAY LERNER
Almost Like Being in Love
ALAN JAY LERNER
I've grown accustomed to the trace / Of something in the air, / Accustomed to her face.
ALAN JAY LERNER
A schedule so tight that it would only work if I didn't sleep on Monday nights.
ALAN JAY LERNER
I'm getting married in the morning! / Ding dong! the bells are gonna chime. / Pull out the stopper! ...
ALAN JAY LERNER
An Englishman's way of speaking absolutely classifies him
ALAN JAY LERNER
Why can't a woman be more like a man? / Men are so honest, so thoroughly square; / Eternally noble, ...
ALAN JAY LERNER
You're an egghead with two yolks.
ALAN JAY LERNER
Men die but an idea does not.
ALAN JAY LERNER
You write a hit the same way you write a flop
ALAN JAY LERNER
When you get really mad, you often have very large cardiovascular responses.
DR. JENNIFER LERNER
When you get really mad, you also have really large cardiovascular responses.
DR. JENNIFER LERNER
Anger triggers a sense of certainty as well as a sense of control.
DR. JENNIFER LERNER
Angry people are actually not just more optimistic than fearful people, they're optimistic in an abs...
DR. JENNIFER LERNER
Back home everyone said I didn't have any talent. They might be saying the same thing here but i...
ALAN JAY LERNER
With a little bit of luck, you'll never work!
ALAN JAY LERNER
Why can't a woman be more like a man?
ALAN JAY LERNER
An Englishman's way of speaking absolutely classifies him.
ALAN JAY LERNER
A schedule so tight that it would only work if I didn't sleep on Monday nights.
ALAN JAY LERNER