(48 quotes found)
“It is not easy to steal where the landlord is a thief”
Irish Sayings
“So cheat your landlord if you can and must, but do not try to shortchange the Muse. It cannot be done. You can't fake quality any more than you can fake a good meal.”
William S. Burroughs
“Grub, ho! now cried the landlord, flinging open a door, and in we went to breakfast.”
Herman Melville
“Give a landlord an inch and he'll build an apartment house”
Saul Antin
“Companies that made lead pigments decades and decades ago can hardly be held (responsible) because a small group of landlords refuse to obey the law and maintain”
Bonnie Campbell
“It is what they (landlords and agents) do not tell them (potential renters).”
Carl Harris
“I think a lot of leases have come up, and with these older leases, when the landlord comes in and when they want higher rents, the renters can't afford it,”
Betsy Gotbaum
“I really can't say for sure what the consensus might be at this time. Obviously, the (landlord ordinance) is not a good one because it violates state law. I think we need to start off with that premise with anything we do.”
Councilman Van Pearlberg
“We believed we had a deal with the landlord and even had the paperwork drawn up.”
Bill Higgins
“Landlords need to be more accountable for the people in their buildings. It is not OK to have four or five or six or 10 people sleeping in an apartment designed for three, and it's not good for the community.”
Dan Becker
