Quotes about cities
cities firsts towns
Chicago happened slowly, like a migraine. First they were driving through countryside, then, imperceptibly, the occasional town became a low suburban sprawl, and the sprawl became the city. Neil Gaiman
cities healthy london
Note for Americans and other aliens: Milton Keynes is a new city approximately halfway between London and Birmingham. It was built to be modern, efficient, healthy, and, all in all, a pleasant place to live. Many Britons find this amusing.
cities people evening
Cities are for people. A city is where people come to work and raise their families and to spend their money and to walk in the evening. It is not a traffic corridor. John Norquist
cities program devalue
The highway program devalues the tax base of a city.
cities america europe
Highways dont belong in cities. Period. Europe didnt do it. America did. And our cities have paid the price.
cities fans looks
I must admit, even my fans everywhere I go in the world - just this week I was in London and Glasgow and the week before I was in Des Moines - my fans all look the same in all those cities - they look great! John Waters
cities film made
I probably would have made [films] anywhere. Every city has something they're ashamed of. I would have made films about it and turned it into something positive.
cities mountain use
American cities are like badger holes, ringed with trash--all of them--surrounded by piles of wrecked and rusting automobiles, and almost smothered in rubbish. Everything we use comes in boxes, cartons, bins, the so-called packaging we love so much. The mountain of things we throw away are much greater than the things we use. John Steinbeck
cities paris san-francisco
Once I knew the City very well, spent my attic days there, while others were being a lost generation in Paris, I fledged in San Francisco, climbed its hills. slept in its parks, worked on its docks, marched and shouted in its revolts~ It had been to me in the days of my poverty and it did not resent my temporary solvency.
cities important world
Berlin is one of my favorite cities in the world. I feel like the energy is very youthful. It has such an important history, including its recent history of unification. Mark Zuckerberg
cities evil growing
We cannot afford merely to sit down and deplore the evils of city life as inevitable, when cities are constantly growing, both absolutely and relatively. We must set ourselves vigorously about the task of improving them; and this task is now well begun. Theodore Roosevelt
cities israel mind
In my mind the city of Ariel is a thorn in Israel's side and a serious obstacle to peace. Theodore Bikel
cities littles arabia
I cannot fiddle, but I can make a great state from a little city. Themistocles
cities long way
Short or long to Goblin City? The straight way's short But the long way's pretty... Terry Jones
cities los-angeles my-favorite
I spend a lot of time in Los Angeles, but I probably wouldn't say it's my favorite city. Terry O'Quinn
cities tyrants age
Technically, the city of Ankh-Morpork is a Tyranny, which is not always the same thing as a monarchy, and in fact even the post of Tyrant has been somewhat redefined by the incumbent, Lord Vetinari, as the only form of democracy that works. Everyone is entitled to vote, unless disqualified by reason of age or not being Lord Vetinari. Terry Pratchett
cities weakness wells
The anonymity of the city is one of its strengths as well as - carried too far - one of its weaknesses. Margaret Mead
cities childhood way
The way in which each human infant is transformed into the finished adult, into the complicated individual version of his city and his century is one of the most fascinating studies open to the curious minded.
cities canada looks
When I stand on a street in a Canadian city and look across the street, it couldn't be anywhere but Canada, but how can I prove it?
cities government president
If a hurricane strikes, we can blame the president for not being there; we can blame Congress and FEMA; we can blame the state governments; but in the end, it's the mayors and the local city governments that have to be prepared for emergencies and be prepared to act. Michael Bloomberg
cities world would-be
You are safer here tonight than you would be on the streets of any other city in the world.
cities towers culture
Societies raise their grandest monuments to what their cultures value most highly. As the tallest buildings in a city noted for tall buildings, the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center were certainly monumental. Michael Mandelbaum
cities mayors resources
That's what mayors do. They lobby Congress to provide resources for their city Maxine Waters
cities quiet contradiction
A quiet city is a contradiction in terms. It is a thing uncanny, spectral. Max Beerbohm
cities community african-american
There's no question that there's been a breach in the trust between urban - especially urban community, African-American and minority communities and the police in major American cities. Mark Shields
cities flood
Washington is a city of money. It's a flood of money.
cities danger mates
There isn’t a person in this city more dangerous than a wolf whose mate is in danger. Patricia Briggs
cities kansas-city able
I was able to work with the best musicians in Kansas City starting when I was really young Pat Metheny
cities accepting bigs
I'm accepting I'm not living that younger, dreamed version of myself in the big city. Paula Cole
cities bolivia extraordinary
La Paz, Bolivia, is the most extraordinary city. Phil Keoghan
cities done dallas
Dallas is a positive, get-it done city. Laura Miller
cities able living-in-the-city
I like living in the city, but I like being able to get out of it as and when I like. Laura Marling
cities jewels southern
Cesky Krumlov, the little jewel box of a city in southern Bohemia. Laini Taylor