Quotes about cities
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 roots feet
My first day in Chicago, September 4, 1983. I set foot in this city, and just walking down the street, it was like roots, like the motherland. I knew I belonged here. Oprah Winfrey
cities littles stuff
I see the city as an organism, shaped through time by the little humans having habits and doing millions of stuff in and out of it. Olivier Theyskens
cities people bird
The time will come when people will travel in stages moved by steam engines from one city to another, almost as fast as birds can fly, 15 or 20 miles an hour…. Oliver Evans
cities looks look-up
Exile is terrible to those who have, as it were, a circumscribed habitation; but not to those who look upon the whole globe but as one city. Marcus Tullius Cicero
cities heaven age
The impulse which directs to right conduct, and deters from crime, is not only older than the ages of nations and cities, but coeval with that Divine Being who sees and rules both heaven and earth.
cities soho london
On my Instagram, I'm always keeping a record of things being pulled down in Soho and shutters being closed. Every city - and London more than anywhere - has got to be a vibrant mix of all different things. We can't allow it to become a monoculture. Marc Almond
cities people want
I see the people in Detroit are very - they're like a lot of cities, but they're very proud to be from there and they really want to see change and they really want to see good things happen. Kid Rock
cities may clubs
I may have left Liverpool but the city and club will always be part of me. Kenny Dalglish
cities community environmental
Environmental damage such as graffiti, fly-posting and general littering is a menace that is becoming all too prevalent, not just in inner cities but in many communities - urban and rural. Margaret Beckett
cities levels population
Geneva is a city where the living conditions and hospitality provided by both the population and authorities of Geneva - at all levels - are exemplary and greatly facilitate the work and daily life of WHO employees. Margaret Chan
cities feet desire
But you can build a future out of anything. A scrap, a flicker. The desire to go forward, slowly, one foot at a time. You can build an airy city out of ruins. Lauren Oliver
cities yellow bricks
The road to the City of Emeralds is paved with yellow brick. L. Frank Baum
cities government public-health
City governments ought to be abolished, if only as a public health measure. L. Neil Smith
cities perspective different
You can learn all about the human condition from covering the crime beat in a big city - you don't need to go to Beirut for that - but a foreign correspondent begins to understand poverty from a different perspective. P. J. O'Rourke
cities air remember
I'm old enough to remember when the air over American cities was a lot dirtier than it is now.
cities hands fans
Liverpool fans were great to me, I still live near the city and they always come up and shake my hand. Paul Ince
cities towns london
St. Paul's Loomed like a bubble o'er the town. Oscar Wilde
cities america criminals
I wonder that no criminal has ever pleaded the ugliness of your city as an excuse for his crimes.
cities light evil
Los Angeles is such a mysterious place because there's so much evil in that city, but there's also so much light. You can be totally alone on a hillside and I love that kind of secluded, deserted rawness. Lykke Li
cities paris people
Paris, though it's a very famous city, it's very small, so people always tell themselves, "We're gonna love each other in Paris." Louis Garrel
cities people islam
But when I reintroduced the Nation of Islam, and began to host meetings in cities and thousands and thousands of people come out. Louis Farrakhan
cities differences people
In a city that is barely getting by with its small budget, something like illegal immigration can be the difference from being able to provide the level of public service that people expect. Lou Barletta
cities found-dead forever
If a person is found dead here, a postmorten will always reveal whether he has spent less than three weeks in the city. That is the length of time it takes this pollution to invade the body, after which it is there forever. Liv Ullmann
cities trying lasts
It is hopeless for the occasional visitor to try to keep up with Chicago-she outgrows his prophecies faster than he can make them. She is always a novelty; for she is never the Chicago you saw when you passed through the last time. Mark Twain
cities doe purpose
Elevated locations imply elevated purposes, even in American cities departing as radically as Los Angeles does from the traditional planning patterns of the Eastern Seaboard. Martin Filler
cities league house
The work that launched Snohetta into the architectural big leagues was their Oslo Opera House, which will certainly rank among the firm's highlights whatever else they may do. Although this is by any measure a triumph of city planning, the building itself is not quite a masterpiece, though very fine indeed.
cities people musician
I'm always going to get more of a charge playing Chicago than I will Duluth or some place like that. Just because of the history and the people there are way more knowledgeable than a lot of other cities. It's an amazing music scene with some great bands and great musicians. Matt Cameron
cities venice doubt
The rationalist mind has always had its doubts about Venice. The watery city receives a dry inspection, as though it were a myth for the credulous- poets and honeymooners. Mary McCarthy
cities venice water
Venice, as a city, was a foundling, floating upon the waters like Moses in his basket among the bulrushes.
cities san-francisco bay-area
I fell in love with the most cordial and sociable city in the Union.
cities organization car
But just as elevators have changed the shape of buildings and cars have changed the shape of cities, bits will change the shape of organizations, be they companies, nations, or social structures. Nicholas Negroponte
cities firsts chicago
I wrote my first novel and my second novel in Chicago. It was the place where I became a writer. It's my favorite city. John Green