Quotes about cities
cities people stories
I have tried to remove weight, sometimes from people, sometimes from heavenly bodies, sometimes from cities; above all I have tried to remove weight from the structure of stories and from language. Italo Calvino
cities events nuclear
There isn't a single American city, in my estimation, that has sufficient plans for a nuclear terrorist event. Irwin Redlener
cities office community
The best way to get a sense of what kinds of emergencies might present themselves in your community is by contacting local chapters of the American Red Cross or offices of emergency management in the region or state. Most large cities will have their own offices of emergency management.
cities two car
I'm really enjoying living in Los Angeles. It's a great city to live in. I'm living a very suburban domesticated lifestyle out there - a two bedroomed little bungalow with two cars, and we're just driving around, going to meetings here and there - it's lovely! Ioan Gruffudd
cities pigeons facts
Pigeons are among the most maligned urban wildlife despite the fact that human beings brought them to our shores and turned them loose in our cities - not something that they chose. Ingrid Newkirk
cities san-francisco size
San Francisco is a city with the assets of a metropolis without the disadvantages of size and industry. Jack Kenny
cities long despair
American society as a whole can never achieve the outer-reaches of potential, so long as it tolerates the inner cities of despair. Jack Kemp
cities giving long
I swore I'd be in Chicago tomorrow, and made sure of that, taking a bus to Chicago, spending most of my money, and didn't give a damn, just as long as I'd be in Chicago tomorrow. Jack Kerouac
cities los-angeles brutal
LA is the loneliest and most brutal of American cities.
cities routine touring
Touring is very routine. You get to the city, you go to the hotel, you got to be at the hotel by a certain time - it's very routine. I'm not a very structured person, so when I get some structure, it's cool; it's good for me. J. Cole
cities course crowds deal expecting finish great host huge individual offers quite recognizes teams three time tour
Chattanooga is one of the three new host cities in the 2006 Tour. Our organization recognizes that Chattanooga offers a great deal of amenities and opportunities for the huge crowds we are expecting for the finish of the individual time trial. We know all the professional teams in the Tour will find the course from Chickamauga to Chattanooga quite challenging.
cities early games grind knew leading playing road tough trying
Before the season, we said there were going to be two tough stretches -- being on the road so much early and this one, where we are playing 10 games in 10 different cities leading into the break. We knew it would be tough. We're just trying to grind our way through. Flip Saunders
cities saving baltimore
The problem is, then you see immigrants saving cities in Baltimore and you see 40 Korean groceries get burned down. Greg Gutfeld
cities hitchhiking sanctuary
Sanctuary cities are a lot like hitchhiking. And the abstract, it feels really good until you feel dead.
cities diego feels port san spreading strongly wants wealth
If San Diego wants to be a destination, they have to have more than one place to have meetings. Spreading the wealth to other cities is something the port feels strongly about.
cities close contact heard listening lots taking trying
I haven't heard from Louisville, ... Lots of cities have made contact through the league. I know we're taking a look and listening to a few. But we're trying to get something close to Louisiana. George Shinn
cities city half injured jersey johnson last missed rookie season second short trying
He started at Johnson City (in the short season rookie league) last year, went to New Jersey, was injured and missed the second half of the season. He's still on the New Jersey (Spikes) roster but he's trying to make the Quad Cities team.
cities whole
She was there, and she was the whole city, and that’s that. J. D. Salinger
cities games home nfl playing team three
It is unprecedented to have an NFL team playing home games in three different cities in three different states.
cities dramatic numbers
It's a dramatic kind of change, and you see those numbers in other cities and other states.
cities fun great people travel
It's a fun way to live. A lot of people travel to great cities for fun, and this is a way you can have that as a lifestyle.
cities felt major takes tragedy
It usually takes a major tragedy for these things to come about, but not too many cities do this. I just felt it was needed.
cities council government grants improve learning mayors members talk
They are learning experiences, ... You find out what other cities are doing to improve their government and you find out what grants are available. You get to talk with other council members and mayors to see what they're doing to make things better.
cities cost customer giving networking noble prepared provide run services taxpayers vote wireless
They want to provide low-cost wireless services for their citizens?a noble act, but one which is going to cost taxpayers without giving them the right to vote on that kind of deployment, ... The cities are not prepared to run this kind of business. They don't know what customer service in networking is.
cities meaner means
It just means other cities are now being meaner than Las Vegas.
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
cities noise too-much
Three days in a city now and I'm quite flipped. There's too much noise. I just can't do with it. Lou Harrison
cities people office
A disk unbeknownst to the director can go to the producer in another city or in another office and that producer can edit behind the director's back much easier than in the old days. Since these dailies are now put on videotape, more kinds of people have access to dailies. John Frankenheimer
cities negotiation negotiating
The freedom of the city is not negotiable. We cannot negotiate with those who say, 'What's mine is mine and what's yours is negotiable.' John F. Kennedy
cities neglect peril
We will neglect our cities to our peril, for in neglecting them we neglect the nation.
cities people earth
Krakow is one of my favorite places on earth. It is a medieval city full of young people. A wonderful, striking combination. Jonathan Carroll
cities ideas mind
Cities force us to interact with strangers and with the strange. They pry the mind open. And that is why they are the idea that has unleashed so many of our new ideas. Jonah Lehrer