Quotes about cities
cities riches poverty
The rich are richer, and the poor are poorer, in the city than elsewhere; and, as a rule, the greater are the riches of the rich and the poverty of the poor.
cities rivers way
Let the river roll which way it will, cities will rise on its banks. Ralph Waldo Emerson
cities clothes errors
Observe how every truth and every error, each a thought of someone's mind, clothes itself with societies, houses, cities, language, ceremonies, newspapers
cities drawing civilization
The test of civilization is the power of drawing the most benefit out of cities.
cities want found
Whilst we want cities as the centres where the best things are found, cities degrade us by magnifying trifles.
cities giving water
But hospitality must be for service, and not for show, or it pulls down the host. The brave soul rates itself too high to value itself by the splendor of its table and draperies. It gives what it hath, and all it hath, but its own majesty can lend a better grace to bannocks and fair water than belong to city feasts.
cities saint tire
If we tire of the saints, Shakspeare is our city of refuge.
cities may taste
The clergyman who lives in the city may have piety, but he must have taste.
cities land care
Cities of mortals woe-begone Fantastic care derides, But in the serious landscape lone Stern benefit abides.
cities big-cities bigs
Science will liberate us from the chains of big cities and lead us back to nature. Lennart Meri
cities theatre news
When I'm through with the Lee Greenwood Theatre, I won't do anything else in entertainment. Maybe I'll become an ambassador for the United States maybe I'll get into television, some news anchoring or something in a major city. Certainly the visibility would interest me a little bit. But someplace that would allow me to sit still certainly. Lee Greenwood
cities nuclear china
China's ability to deliver nuclear warheads on American cities is expanding. Lee H. Hamilton
cities world adequate
Having viewed slum clearance projects in most major cities of the world may I state that you have conceived and created in the Johannesburg townships what is probably the most impressive and adequate resettlement activity in existence. L. Ron Hubbard
cities important needs
We need some contact with the things we sprang from. We need nature at least as a part of the context of our lives. Without cities we cannot be civilized. Without nature, without wilderness even, we are compelled to renounce an important part of our heritage. Joseph Wood Krutch
cities shopping museums
Dallas is a huge city. Great shopping, great restaurants, great museums. Julie Gonzalo
cities today energy
Cities are magical things. You know the energy in them. You have to walk the streets in any borough here and you can see between what was in this city in the 1970's and where it is today and how much more energy there is and how much more just sheer.
cities vienna culture
The streets of Vienna are paved with culture, the streets of other cities with asphalt. Karl Kraus
cities rome stones
I came to Rome when it was a city of stone ... and left it a city of marble Julius Caesar
cities wasted-time wells
Until you have wasted time in a city, you cannot pretend to know it well. Julian Green
cities rivers challenges
The United States is a world unto itself. We have mountains, we have deserts, we have a river that equals the Yangtze River, that equals the Nile. We have the greatest cities in the world - among the greatest cities in the world. We have a large population. We have challenges. We have an indigenous population. Paul Theroux
cities quality quebec
My quality of life here in Quebec City is extraordinary. Patrick Roy
cities flying bullets
She’d survived the Drowned Cities because she wasn’t anything like Mouse. When the bullets started flying and warlords started making examples of peacekeeper collaborators, Mahlia had kept her head down, instead of standing up like Mouse. She’d looked out for herself, first. And because of that, she’d survived. Paolo Bacigalupi
cities people political
There was great political uncertainty in South Asia at the time of the Buddha. The older small tribal societies were cracking up and gave way to bigger states. There was much more trade and travel going on than before. To people in the cities the experience of living in a small place where you knew everyone and governed your affairs by consensual democracy had been lost. Pankaj Mishra
cities heaven london
Hell is a city much like London A populous and smoky city Percy Bysshe Shelley
cities mexico born
I was born in Mexico, I am from Mexico City. Paulina Rubio
cities commerce shops
The life of Liverpool is commerce; it is a city of warehouses and shops. Katharine Lee Bates
cities political way
In Washington, the public and the private intertwine in such a way that they can't be easily separated. This is the city where the personal and the political are most closely linked. Katharine Graham
cities lunch numbers
What a large number of factors constitute a single human being! How very many layers we operate on, and how very many influences we receive from our minds, our bodies, our histories, our families, our cities, our souls and our lunches! Elizabeth Gilbert
cities stupidity intelligence
I come from the Town of Stupidity; it lieth about four degrees beyond the City of Destruction. John Bunyan
cities people utopia
Some people consider utopia to be derived from nature. For some people, utopia is the city. Joel Sternfeld
cities instinct persons
I'm not an outdoors person by instinct or nature. I'm more of a city person. Jim Sturgess
cities drug age
I take drugs just because in the 20th century in a technological age living in the city there are certain drugs you have to take just to keep yourself normal like a caveman. Just to bring yourself up or down, but to attain equilibrium you need to take certain drugs. They don't getcha high even, they just getcha normal. Lou Reed
cities stuff enjoyed
Once I was in the city, I really enjoyed it. Just to experience things. There was so much new stuff. Madeleine Peyroux