Quotes about cities
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 paris people
As the lightness buoys me, I wonder if maybe she was right. Maybe it's not about looking hot for guys, but about feeling like a place acknowledged you, winked at you, accepted you. It's strange because, of all the people in all the cities, I'd have thought that to Parisians I'd be invisible, but apparently I'm not. Apparently in Paris, not only can I skate, but I practically qualify for the Olympics! Gayle Forman
cities missing chicago
I miss everything about Chicago, except January and February. Gary Cole
cities favourite-city berlin
Berlin is my favourite city. Logan Lerman
cities people half
In the rush of todays world, and with more than half of us now living in cities, the majority of people are less and less connected with the spectacle of nature. Louise Leakey
cities community loner
And there are loners in rural communities who, at the equinox, are said to don new garments and stroll down to the cities, where great beasts await them, fat and docile. Louis Aragon
cities talking trying
When all those city folks try to fix up my talking, all they do is mess me up. Loretta Lynn
cities shopping issues
Crime in the city streets is more than a political issue. It's a too rampant fact.... In Indianapolis they have come up with a most sensible, affordable approach to the problem. Policemen are assigned their police patrol cars for personal use after hours. They are encouraged to use the police car while taking the family shopping, to the movies, and everywhere one takes one's family. As a result, says the Police Chief's assistant, we may have as many as 400 cars on the street instead of 100 or so per shift. [And] the presence of the police car obviously indicates the proximity of policemen. Malcolm Forbes
cities tree parks
Street and park trees provide tremendous benefits to cities. Gavin Newsom
cities san-francisco government
As Mayor, I will lead city government, businesses, and community groups to support innovative projects that will make San Francisco streets and public places vibrant and healthy
cities san-francisco space
San Francisco lags behind other communities in providing a vital, vibrant and ecologically sustainable urban canopy, as well as open space in the city.
cities festivals documentary-films
We have a documentary film festival in Mexico. It's really original. It's called Ambulante, and it's a film festival that travels around several cities in Mexico. Gael Garcia Bernal
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 islands hawaii
I'd left Hawaii twice in my life, so I'd been on an island my whole life. I had no clue. I didn't know how to live in a city. Maggie Q
cities parks committees
I've been to every park in every city and not seen a statue to a committee. Gilbert K. Chesterton
cities nuclear economic
A terrorist nuclear detonation in a western city would destroy all economic confidence. John Bruton
cities effort kingdoms
Any Reform Bill which is worth a moment's thought, or the smallest effort to carry it, must at least double, and it ought to do much more than double, the representation of the metropolitan boroughs and of all the great cities of the United Kingdom. John Bright
cities soldier rockets
Most recently, terrorist forces have captured Israeli soldiers and fired rockets into Israeli cities - both unprovoked. These acts of aggression deserve the rapid and decisive response they received. John Boehner
cities together care
The first Care in building of Cities, is to make them airy and well perflated; infectious Distempers must necessarily be propagated amongst Mankind living close together. John Arbuthnot
cities mayors resources
That's what mayors do. They lobby Congress to provide resources for their city Maxine Waters
cities quiet contradiction
A quiet city is a contradiction in terms. It is a thing uncanny, spectral. Max Beerbohm
cities community african-american
There's no question that there's been a breach in the trust between urban - especially urban community, African-American and minority communities and the police in major American cities. Mark Shields
cities flood
Washington is a city of money. It's a flood of money.
cities europe large-cities
When we get piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe, we shall become as corrupt as Europe. Thomas Jefferson