Quotes about cities
cities mexico mexico-city
I've always thought Mexico City was incredibly dynamic. Greg Kinnear
cities people water
It wasn't until I lived in the countryside that I began to understand the life of the countryside and the people in it and trees and water. Just learning about water is an education for a city person. Grace Paley
cities oxford space
There's something rather wonderful about the fact that Oxford is a very small city that contains most of the cultural and metropolitan facilities you could want, in terms of bookshops, theatre, cinema, conversation. But it's near enough to London to get here in an hour, and it's near enough to huge open spaces without which I would go insane. Mark Haddon
cities scotland parent
My parents were both from Scotland, but had been resident in Lower Canada some time before their marriage, which took place in Montreal; and in that city I spent most of my life. Maria Monk
cities careers actors
I never thought of myself as a comedic actor. I didn't go to Second City, that's not my background, I'm not a comic, I studied theater and my career when I started was a lot of dramatic stuff. Paul Rudd
cities goes-on way
Infrastructure creates the form of a city and enables life to go on in a city, in a certain way. Paul Goldberger
cities community village
When a village ceases to be a community, it becomes oppressive in its narrow conformity. So one becomes an individual and migrates to the city. There, finding others like-minded, one re-establishes a village community. Nowadays only New Yorkers are yokels. Paul Goodman
cities outsiders walks
We're outsiders, and so when we walk through the city, we're there and not there at the same time, participating and observing simultaneously. Paul Auster
cities manhattan three
Manhattan... capital of the 20th century, a city that has fascinated me for more than three decades. Jurgen Habermas
cities use ifs
Mixed use is what cities are all about. If you dont have mixed use, you dont have cities. Joseph Rykwert
cities impossible architecture
The price of property in city centres is making it impossible, particularly in the big cities, for any kind of social mix to take place. It's castrating the whole notion of city life
cities ideas mind
A single idea from the human mind can build cities. An idea can transform the world and rewrite all the rules. Leonardo DiCaprio
cities bully rugby
Rugby is a good occasion for keeping thirty bullies far from the center of the city. Oscar Wilde
cities sanctuary immigration
Federal funding for cities who consider themselves sanctuary cities should be reduced. Mitt Romney
cities advice excellence
The Athenians are right to accept advice from anyone, since it is incumbent on everyone to share in that sort of excellence, or else there can be no city at all. Protagoras
cities broken noses
Loving Chicago is like loving a woman with a broken nose. Nelson Algren
cities shortcuts needs
Having a place out of the city is a shortcut toward the mental reset I need. Rachel Maddow
cities purpose grants
What is the purpose of a city if not to grant the greatest of gifts, anonymity? Rabih Alameddine
cities names liberty
Anyone who becomes master of a city accustomed to freedom and does not destroy it may expect to be destroyed by it; for such a city may always justify rebellion in the name of liberty and its ancient institutions. Niccolo Machiavelli
cities forever
To live in a city is to be forever flinching, Jenny Offill
cities apples evil
In the fairy tale, an incomprehensible happiness rests upon an incomprehensible condition. A box is opened and all evils fly out. A word is forgotten and cities perish. A lamp is lit and love flies away. An apple is eaten and the hope of God is gone. Gilbert K. Chesterton
cities desert polish
Polish comes from the cities; wisdom from the desert. Frank Herbert
cities goes-on schedules
I dont go on tour tours - I just go randomly to cities to do shows if I have an opening in my schedule. Harland Williams
cities guy grew
I grew up on Don Knotts and Jerry Lewis and all the guys from Second City.
cities african-american portland
For starters, Portland isn't a great city to live in if you're a young, African American male with a lot of money, Greg Oden
cities curiosity mirth
If you suppress the exorbitant love of pleasure and money, idle curiosity, iniquitous pursuits and wanton mirth, what a stillness would there be in the greatest cities. Jean de la Bruyere
cities world revolution
The cities of the world are concentric, isomorphic, synchronic. Only one exists and you are always in the same one. It's the effect of their permanent revolution, their intense circulation, their instantaneous magnetism. Jean Baudrillard
cities paris culture
Outside of Paris, there is no hope for the cultured. Moliere
cities paper rooms
In city rooms and in the bars where newspeople drink, you can find out what's going on. You can't find it in the papers. Molly Ivins
cities people england
I was born in Bradford, a city in the north of England that God forgot about. A place where most people never leave, but if they do, they certainly never go back. Natalia Kills
cities people potatoes
People in towns are always preoccupied. 'Have I missed the bus? Have I forgotten the potatoes? Can I get across the road? Nancy Mitford
cities blood lasts
I will continue to defend Najaf as it is the holiest place. I will remain in the city until the last drop of my blood has been spilled. Muqtada al Sadr
cities atmosphere way
The city atmosphere certainly has improved her. Some way she doesn't seem like the same woman. Kate Chopin