Quotes about cities
cities people navy
I hope for the experience of people standing together, turning their backs to the city and facing this, and hearing the leaves rustle. Well, maybe it won't be as bucolic as at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, but I know you will feel removed from the city. Michael Arad
cities philadelphia rebuilding
I'd rather we were rebuilding Philadelphia, as opposed to Kabul...There are American cities with serious infrastructure problems and we're not addressing them. Mick Cornett
cities community leader
The bottom line is that we have entered an age when local communities need to invest in themselves. Federal and state dollars are becoming more and more scarce for American cities. Political and civic leaders in local communities need to make a compelling case for this investment.
cities choices succeed
If your city's being populated by highly educated twentysomething s with choices, you're probably going to succeed.
cities guy used
I always used to be more of a city guy, and more and more I'm starting to enjoy being in nature. Michiel Huisman
cities new-orleans missing
Although I miss my family and friends when I'm away from Amsterdam, I've never had that feeling of missing a city like I have with New Orleans. Especially for the music.
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 iphone people
LA isn’t a walking city, or a subway city, so if someone isn’t in my house or my car we’ll never be together, not even for a moment. And just to be absolutely sure of that, when I leave my car my iPhone escorts me, letting everyone else in the post office know that I’m not really with them, I’m with my own people, who are so hilarious that I can’t help smiling to myself as I text them back. Miranda July
cities firsts literature
We all become great explorers during our first few days in a new city, or a new love affair. Mignon McLaughlin
cities boring
Some cities are really boring and straight. Johnny Marr
cities house liberty
Behold now this vast city [London]; a city of refuge, the mansion-house of liberty, encompassed and surrounded with His protection. John Milton
cities boards band
You're asking if I'm happy? I've got 87 million in the bank, I've got a Rolls Royce, I've got 3 stalkers, I'm about to go on the board at Manchester City, I'm part of the greatest band in the world. Am I happy with that? No, I'm not! I want more! Noel Gallagher
cities people challenges
I like to try to shoot in the city in a way that allows the city to go about its business while we're shooting, and that's always a challenge because unfortunately people on the street don't know not to look in the camera or interact with the actors. Noah Baumbach
cities pay london
London grew into something huge and contradictory. It was a good place, and a fine city, but there is a price to be paid for all good places, and a price that all good places have to pay. Neil Gaiman
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.
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 america crime
We are the safest large city in America, but any crime rate is too high. Michael Bloomberg
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.
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 classical-music concerts
Whenever I visit a city, I like to see what classical music concerts are on offer. Park Chan-wook
cities trump
Every city has a Donald Trump; ours is just the Trumpiest. Padma Lakshmi
cities vision results
A city is not an accident but the result of coherent visions and aims. Leon Krier
cities numbers limits
A city can only be reconstructed in the form of urban quarters. A large or a small city can only be reorganized as a large or a small number of urban quarters; as a federation of autonomous quarters. Each quarter must have its own center, periphery and limit. Each quarter must be a city within a city.
cities facts skylines
In fact, the public will accept any city plan and skyline provided that its architecture is traditional.