Quotes about cities
cities water hart
There are natures that go to the streams of life in great cities as the hart goes to the water brooks. Philip Gilbert Hamerton
cities wings quality
In violence there is often the quality of yearning - the yearning for completion. For closure. For that which is absent and would if present bring to fulfillment. For the body without which the wing is a useless frozen ornament. ("A Short Guide To The City") Peter Straub
cities years rumor
A few years ago, a priest working in a slum section of a European city was asked why he was doing it, and replied, 'So that the rumor of God may not completely disappear. Peter L. Berger
cities half lasts
In February I secured permission to enter Osama bin Laden's compound in the northern Pakistani city of Abbottabad, where he was killed and where he had lived for the last half-decade of his life; the first, and only, journalist to do so. Peter Bergen
cities people los-angeles
I become friends with people in each city who can show me around. Like if someone came to Los Angeles they wouldn't really know where to go, so they'd have to call me up and then I'd show them around. Pauly Shore
cities voice century
Frank Sinatra was the voice of the 20th-century American city. Pete Hamill
cities gone ambassadors
Nick and I could become goodwill ambassadors for the city now that the porno shops on 42nd Street are gone. Must make mental note to contact mayor. Rachel Cohn
cities parks committees
I've been to every park in every city and not seen a statue to a committee. Gilbert K. Chesterton
cities circles people
The more I observed Washington, the more frequently I visited it, and the more people I interviewed there, the more I understood how prophetic L'Enfant was when he laid it out as a city that goes around in circles.
cities what-matters progress
How do we slow down what matters the most and speed up what benefits change and progress? We don't want to impede progress, but we are seeking reconnection to ourselves, to each other, and with the world. John Maeda
cities light taste
I went on to Cincinnati. I had got a taste of the big cities and them bright lights. I stayed there until I was about 18 or 19 and then I went on to Detroit. John Lee Hooker
cities san-francisco fog
I never dreamed I'd like any city as well as London. San Francisco is exciting, moody, exhilarating. I even love the muted fogs. Julie Christie
cities half barcelona
Here in Barcelona, it's the architects who built the buildings that made the city iconic who are the objects of admiration - not a bunch of half-witted monarchs. Julie Burchill
cities way chicago
An amusing city, Chicago, any way you look at it. I'm afraid we are in for the time of our lives. Karen Abbott
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 phones lines
Gerry?' Laurel had to strain to hear thought the noise on the other end of the line. 'Gerry? Where are you?' 'London. A phone booth on Fleet Street.' 'The city still has working phone booths?' 'It would appear so. Unless this is the Tardis, in which case I'm in serious trouble. Kate Morton
cities choices firsts
Should I eat first or accuse the Master of the City of murder? Choices, choices. -Anita Laurell K. Hamilton
cities new-orleans want
If you're open to it, New Orleans will teach you about yourself, but if you want to hide from who you really are, the city will help you do that, too.
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 strange countryside
I've always been sort of interested in the rural countryside. Things happen out there that are very strange to city dwellers. John Sandford
cities atmosphere conservative
I was wholeheartedly attracted to the conservative atmosphere that permeated the city of Washington. John Podhoretz
cities america people
Institutional United Methodism in America has given up on cities and given up on young people, so no surprise we are declining by nearly 100,000 annually. Mark Tooley
cities car traffic
None of the proposed inter-city solutions would have offered more frequent or more affordable service than existing options like bussing. Busses can also be easily re-routed around gas leaks, car accidents, or traffic congestion. Mark Noble
cities important needs
One important role for the city is to conduct studies to document areas of greatest need, and to facilitate coordination between our public and private transportation options to weave it into a dense tapestry of accessible and reliable transportation.
cities style hours
In the city, I wake bolt upright in the small hours, convinced that intruders are marauding through our apartment despite Swiss bank-style security arrangements. Mariella Frostrup
cities paris community
Paris is a wonderful city. I can't say I belong to an especially anglophone community. Marilyn Hacker