Quotes about cities
cities long mayors
As long as I am mayor of this city the great industries are secure. Frank Hague
cities half
A City that parlies is half gotten. [A city that parleys is half gotten.] George Herbert
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Cities seldome change Religion only.
cities sweat summertime
I'm not really looking forward to wearing a black rubber suit in the summertime in humid Chicago. If you see a pool of sweat through the city, follow it and you will find me. Christian Bale
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Every city began as a campsite - pg. 25 Chris Ware
cities judging style
That's the great thing about big cities: Nobody is judging. You really get a chance to show who you are with your style. Chris Paul
cities beavers manchester
Manchester City are defending like beavers Chris Kamara
cities light limits
Human sympathy has its limits, and we were contented to let all their tragic arguments fade with the city lights behind. F. Scott Fitzgerald
cities debt levels
More and more lower-middle-income families either live their lives in debt or leave the city altogether. The boom is strictly at the penthouse level. George Steiner
cities trying praxis
To be a European is to try to negotiate morally, intellectually and existentially the opposing statements and praxis of the city of Socrates and the city of Isaiah.
cities able different
It's totally different now, traveling to different meets and different cities and actually being able to enjoy the cities I'm in. Gail Devers
cities downtown linear
I have always thought that L.A. is a motor city that developed linear downtowns. Frank Gehry
cities use architecture
The idealism [in architecture] is in the formal arrangement, the relationship to the city, the use of materials that are available to me. That's where I say our powers are limited.
cities noble topics
Ay, rail at gaming - 'tis a rich topic, and affords noble declamation. Go, preach against it in the city - you'll find a congregation in every tavern. George Edward Moore
cities names liberty
You may name a bronze statue 'Liberty,' or a painted figure in a city hall 'Commerce,' or a marble form in a temple 'Athene' or 'Venus;' but what is really there is only a representation of a single woman. George Edward Woodberry
cities egypt everyday
I spent some time in France, visited Egypt and Mexico City. I hung out, biked around, planted some tomatoes. I did everything except wake up in a new town everyday. It was really boring. It's just life. Feist
cities giving joy
Three of the ten principles governing the City of Joy are (a) tell the truth, (b) stop waiting to be rescued, and (c) give away what you want the most. Eve Ensler
cities poor-neighborhoods detroit
One of the best things I found out about Detroit is that bears have started returning to the city. When bears are gentrifying your neighborhood and opening Thai restaurants, that's a poor neighborhood. Eugene Mirman
cities growth development
Annexation is probably the most valuable tool a city has to ensure orderly growth and development. Jeff Hawkins
cities paris mountain
A mountain in labour shouted so loud that everyone, summoned by the noise, ran up expecting that she would be delivered of a city bigger than Paris; she brought forth a mouse. Jean de La Fontaine
cities growing earth
No investment on earth is so safe, so sure, so certain to enrich its owners as undeveloped realty. I always advise my friends to place their savings in realty near a growing city. There is no such savings bank anywhere. Grover Cleveland
cities america culture
In America there's lot of cool cities, but in Canada there's, like, well, Vancouver, Toronto and Halifax may be cool, but they're so expensive. Montreal is the only city that's affordable but also has buses and culture. Grimes
cities people trying
I usually like to get people in because I don't have a band or anything. In cities where I have friends, I try to get them to come out and dance for me.
cities chicago needs
There was no need to inform us of the protocol involved. We were from Chicago and knew all about cement. Groucho Marx
cities rome weight
Rome is a place almost worn out by being looked at, a city collapsing under the weight of reference. Graham Joyce
cities insecurity twists
Insecurity twists meanings and poisons trust. In a closely beleaguered city every sentry is a potential traitor. Graham Greene
cities jerusalem half
Arab sovereignty in Jerusalem just cannot be. This city will not be divided-not half and half, not 60-40, not 75-25, nothing. Golda Meir
cities drug littles
From Sunbelt to Rustbelt, North to South, East to West, once-thriving cities have become little more than drug-infested slums. Gerald Celente
cities america world
Remember Motown? Not just the driving music that swept the nation and the world, but the vibrant energy of the Motor City itself, symbolizing the heyday of America. Today, a derelict Detroit is testament to what America has squandered and what it has become.
cities fiction-and-nonfiction towns
I've seen a lot of the United States, having stayed in so many different cities and towns for work. Hope Davis
cities age gunpowder
The peoples of the old world have their cities built for times gone by, when railroads and gunpowder were unknown. We can have cities for the new age that has come, adopted to its better conditions of use and ornament. We want, therefore, a city planning profession... Horace Bushnell
cities scotland want
I've always loved Scotland, and I'm not a huge fan of big cities, to be honest. I like them to dip into for a bit, but I'm not sure I would want to live in one again. Iain Banks
cities suffering cuba
Cuba was neo-colony of the United States and still suffers a blockade. So, therefore, the consumer goods and so forth, we don't have here, especially when you leave the city areas it's a spartan life. But what is impressive about it is what is coming about. It's the future that all these socialists look forward to. Huey Newton