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Geoffrey West Quotes

It’s hard to kill a city, but easy to kill a company Picture Quote #1

Cities tolerate crazy people. Companies don’t Picture Quote #1

Cities are the crucible of civilization Picture Quote #1

A city plays the role of a great big magnet that’s sucking people up Picture Quote #1

Exciting cities stay exciting, and boring cities stay boring Picture Quote #1

When I first saw California, it was extraordinary. Because I came from old, black, dark England, still recovering from World War II. I grew up with bomb sites everywhere Picture Quote #1

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I spent most of my career doing high-energy physics, quarks, dark matter, string theory and so on Picture Quote #1

Cities are the origins of global warming, impact on the environment, health, pollution, disease, finance, economies, energy are all problems that are confronted by having cities. That’s where they - all these problems come from Picture Quote #1

We form cities in order to enhance interaction, to facilitate growth, wealth creation, ideas, innovation, but in so doing, we create, from a physicist’s viewpoint, entropy Picture Quote #1

Slums could be thought of as the development of a special organ, or they could be thought of as a tumor that’s grown, and in some ways is unhealthy and could ultimately lead to the city’s destruction. My own feeling is that slums are probably a bit of both Picture Quote #1

When you look at a city, you know, it looks so unique. You feel this kind of uniqueness, you know, and especially if you go from a big city to a small city or if you go from one country to another. Cities look very different, often. They even feel very different. You know, and they are, of course. They certainly are Picture Quote #1

Your cells are not working as hard as your dog’s but harder than your horse’s. The bigger the animal, the less energy needed to sustain a gram of tissue Picture Quote #1

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Cities tolerate crazy people. Companies don’t Picture Quote #1

Cities are obvious metaphors for life. We call roads arteries and so forth Picture Quote #1

When people come together, they become much more productive Picture Quote #1

We form cities in order to enhance interaction, to facilitate growth, wealth creation, ideas, innovation, but in so doing, we create, from a physicists viewpoint, entropy Picture Quote #1

One of the remarkable things about slums is that they do develop their own social organization and economy and even culture that is, on some level, functional and in some cases, remarkably resilient. This is kind of amazing Picture Quote #1

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It’s hard to kill a city, but easy to kill a company (Geoffrey West Quotes) Cities tolerate crazy people. Companies don’t. (Geoffrey West Quotes) Cities are the crucible of civilization (Geoffrey West Quotes) A city plays the role of a great big magnet that’s sucking people up (Geoffrey West Quotes) Exciting cities stay exciting, and boring cities stay boring (Geoffrey West Quotes) When I first saw California, it was extraordinary. Because I came from old, black, dark England, still recovering from World War II. I grew up with bomb sites everywhere. (Geoffrey West Quotes) I spent most of my career doing high-energy physics, quarks, dark matter, string theory and so on (Geoffrey West Quotes) Cities are the origins of global warming, impact on the environment, health, pollution, disease, finance, economies, energy are all problems that are confronted by having cities. That’s where they - all these problems come from. (Geoffrey West Quotes) We form cities in order to enhance interaction, to facilitate growth, wealth creation, ideas, innovation, but in so doing, we create, from a physicist’s viewpoint, entropy. (Geoffrey West Quotes) Slums could be thought of as the development of a special organ, or they could be thought of as a tumor that’s grown, and in some ways is unhealthy and could ultimately lead to the city’s destruction. My own feeling is that slums are probably a bit of both. (Geoffrey West Quotes) When you look at a city, you know, it looks so unique. You feel this kind of uniqueness, you know, and especially if you go from a big city to a small city or if you go from one country to another. Cities look very different, often. They even feel very different. You know, and they are, of course. They certainly are. (Geoffrey West Quotes) Your cells are not working as hard as your dog’s but harder than your horse’s. The bigger the animal, the less energy needed to sustain a gram of tissue. (Geoffrey West Quotes) Cities tolerate crazy people. Companies don’t (Geoffrey West Quotes) Cities are obvious metaphors for life. We call roads arteries and so forth (Geoffrey West Quotes) When people come together, they become much more productive (Geoffrey West Quotes) We form cities in order to enhance interaction, to facilitate growth, wealth creation, ideas, innovation, but in so doing, we create, from a physicists viewpoint, entropy (Geoffrey West Quotes) One of the remarkable things about slums is that they do develop their own social organization and economy and even culture that is, on some level, functional and in some cases, remarkably resilient. This is kind of amazing (Geoffrey West Quotes)