Livable Quotations

One has a responsibility to clean up one's space and make it livable as far as one's own resources go. That includes not only material resources, but psychological resources: the commitment of time and a portion of your mind to something when you'd rather be doing something else.

Along with a livable wage, many parents are desperate for quality affordable child care.

I am not proposing that we bring our oil and auto industries to a screeching halt. There is still time to begin a series of gradual steps toward new transportation and energy policies, livable cities, and more humane, efficient transit systems.

The Italians have long known what makes a livable town or city.

Life is livable because we know that whatever we go most of the people we meet will be restrained in their actions towards us by an almost instinctive network of taboos

Nothing is going to just stop ... The Lower Woodward Program was really about more than the Super Bowl. It was about the transition of the city of Detroit into something we can all be proud of, to make it more livable and enjoyable and an exciting place to be.

Many of these people have never, ever had a livable wage. It will also give them benefits like paid time off and those kinds of things that most people look for in a job.

There are no quick fixes. But we need to work together to make our lives more livable and to make our children and ourselves more successful as people.

Today, I will go out and thank God for the gift of the sun which has kept the planet warm, livable and bright ? (???)

We're proposing a new model of housing, to replace 20,000 FEMA trailers in our communities with something akin to the Katrina Cottage. They're more livable and more in keeping with our coastal architecture. They're safer and can be anchored on elevated foundations.

My philosophy is, if you do a simple, livable design, it will stand out. So many designers like to do layer upon layer. We take a much more simple approach.

Our vision is for Sacramento to be the most livable city in America. We're trying to identify and put together choices for the public and decision-makers, and we want to do smart growth.

It is nothing short of baffling to me how a city like Melbourne, where I struggle to find accessible facilities on a very regular basis, could be considered the most livable city in the world. I suppose it all depends on what makes a city 'livable' for you.

The quality of experiences in the early years matters, ... child care facilities that meet high standards and offer employees a livable wage remain woefully inadequate.

When they finally got it shut down it was livable in there.

We have become weak as a union, giving in to a series of rollbacks and buy-outs at a time when the entertainment industry is recording record profits; profits that will continue to grow with new technology, ... If we truly expect to earn our livings as actors, we need to stand up and fight for a fair and livable wage.

We want shorter contracts, because the times change. And we haven't had a pay raise since 1997. That's what this whole strike is about is unfair labor practices. We're asking for a livable wage.

Do we need to raise taxes at this stage? I don't know. Do we need to do something to make sure they (city employees) have a livable wage? Absolutely.

Earth Day should encourage us to reflect on what we are doing to make our planet a more sustainable and livable place.

I urge all residents returning to use extreme caution if they return and to consider delaying their return until safer and more livable conditions are established.

It was a livable number, ... It encouraged some bargain hunters to go to work.

With clean water, if you submerge a house for a week, it's not going to be livable anymore. It would be very difficult to get those contaminants out of the houses.

This is not a livable place. We do not have water yet. We do not have power yet. All we have is a mess.

I'm really not livable with when I'm rehearsing because I'm living the character.

The cost overruns for the Big Dig look outrageous to us now ... but many big projects of the past have cost much more than the original estimates, ... (But) cities really don't have much choice. Americans have chosen to live in cities; we have no choice but to keep them livable. And despite the enormous headaches that Bostonians are experiencing now ... in 20 years they're going to be proud as hell, because they'll have the most beautiful and livable downtown in the country.

in trying to visualize and dream a dream of a livable L.A.

They just want livable wages and a realistic per diem. I had to live with my parents until the day I got a major league job. Nobody's going to want to take these jobs.

You've got to pay a livable wage, ... We've got some excellent staff that are turning things around.

It's locally led so the national teams are responding to local input. Style does give those things character, but above and beyond, that is creating livable communities. We want to create urban centers that curb urban sprawl.

It's a real showcase of how older historical homes can be transformed into 21st century livable homes. It shows that you don't have to tear down what we value from the past.

It's not exactly a livable amount of money. It's frustrating because we're not asking for the world. We're asking to treat us equally as we go year-to-year and make it so that your most qualified people can survive.

We have a big role to play in developing livable communities.

All of the money is being plowed into infrastructure, ... If you haven't dealt with the fundamentals of what's a livable community, how do you create private-sector jobs. If you haven't focused on that, it's not sustainable.