Quotes about cities
cities sacred firsts
The first time I went to see a Second City show, I was in awe of everything. I just wanted to touch the same stage that Gilda Radner had walked on. It was sacred ground. Tina Fey
cities decay way
Miami, in many ways, is a quintessentially American city. The juxtaposition of showy wealth with dire pennilessness, the tussle of glitz and decay doesnt come any more marked than here. Tibor Fischer
cities people teeth
The Lower City is MINE, Its People are MINE. If I Find Them That's Doing All This Kidnapping And Murdering, They'd Best Pray For Mercy, Because Once I Get My Teeth In 'Em I Will NEVER Let Them Go. Tamora Pierce
cities world nests
Humans turn the places they live into great crowded piles of mud and stone, like the nests termites build--but what happens when in all the world there are termite hills left but no bush? Tad Williams
cities paris proud
Look at London or Paris: they're both filthy. You don't get that in Tokyo. The proud residents look after their city. Tadao Ando
cities venice water
[On Venice:] A wondrous city of fairest carving, reflected in gleaming waters swirled to new patterning by every passing gondola. Sylvia Pankhurst
cities wicked bell-jar
Don't let the wicked city get you down. Sylvia Plath
cities people different
I really love living in cities where the people living above, below and next to you are from totally different worlds to you. Rupert Friend
cities american-cities
L.A. is my American city. Tom Ford
cities boston theatre
I'm definitely nervous and excited. I feel like I've been playing off-Broadway, not to say that Boston doesn't have a great theatre district or great theatre, but it's not going to Broadway; it's just a different city. Todd English
cities individuality parks
I love the fact that there is now a skate park in almost every city, but it will always have a rebellious/underground edge to it because it is based on individuality. Tony Hawk
cities fruit seven
I hear Seven Cities natives grow fruit just so they can eat the larvae in them. Steven Erikson
cities careers two
I had, like, two goals in my career: One was to try to get into 'Second City.' When I moved to Chicago, my goal was to try to work at 'Second City.' And beyond that, my goal was to make enough money as an actor to not do anything else but act, not have to go and wait tables again. Steve Carell
cities people milan
In Italy, I am almost seen as German for my workaholism. Also I am from Milan, the city where people work the hardest. Work, work, work - I am almost German. Silvio Berlusconi
cities
I live in too many cities. Shirley MacLaine
cities people interesting
When time permits, I try to see interesting people in the cities I visit. In Seattle, I met Paul Allen, the co-founder of Microsoft, who is shy in personality but flamboyant in his philanthropy. Steven Pinker
cities america design
Buffalo is one of America's great designed cities. The interweaving of great architecture, landscape architecture and important historic sites makes Buffalo a must see destination for preservationists, designers, history buffs, and anyone wishing to see an inspiring example of American design. Richard Moe
cities romance atmosphere
There are certain romances that belong in certain cities, in a certain atmosphere, in a certain time. Sammy Davis, Jr.
cities america states
I had traveled 10 states and played over 50 cities by the time I was 4.
cities community soul
When the Stranger says: "What is the meaning of this city? Do you huddle close together because you love each other?" What will you answer? "We all dwell together To make money from each other"? or "This is a community"? Oh my soul, be prepared for the coming of the Stranger. Be prepared for him who knows how to ask questions. T. S. Eliot
cities rivers house
I journeyed to London, to the timekept City, Where the River flows, with foreign flotations. There I was told: we have too many churches, And too few chop-houses.
cities feet peers
Look at the bark of a redwood, and you see moss. If you peer beneath the bits and pieces of the moss, you'll see toads, small insects, a whole host of life that prospers in that miniature environment. A lumberman will look at a forest and see so many board feet of lumber. I see a living city. Sylvia Earle
cities empathy joy
The photographer is an armed version of the solitary walker reconnoitering, stalking, cruising the urban inferno, the voyeuristic stroller who discovers the city as a landscape of voluptuous extremes. Adept of the joys of watching, connoisseur of empathy, the flâneur finds the world 'picturesque. Susan Sontag
cities mind together
You all say you need us. Well, maybe you do, but not to help, with the millions of bubbly new minds about to be unleashed, with all the cities coming awake at last. Together, you're more than enough to change the world without us. So from now on, David and I are here to stand in your way. You see, freedom has a way of destroying things. Scott Westerfeld
cities fool
Out here, you find out that the city fools you about how things really work.
cities growth doe
Not only does the proportion of the poor increase with the growth of the city, but their condition becomes more wretched.
cities worst
As a rule, our largest cities are the worst governed.
cities riches poverty
The rich are richer, and the poor are poorer, in the city than elsewhere; and, as a rule, the greater are the riches of the rich and the poverty of the poor.
cities house world
Provided that the City of London remains, as it is at present, the clearing-house of the world, any other nation may be its workshop. Joseph Chamberlain
cities moscow littles
If you've been to Moscow, it's a really exciting and great city, but it still feels like you should be a little careful about which way you're going to step. Kenneth Branagh
cities terror-attacks mumbai
Terror attacks in Mumbai have grown due to increase in the population of the north Indians in the city. Raj Thackeray
cities rivers way
Let the river roll which way it will, cities will rise on its banks. Ralph Waldo Emerson
cities clothes errors
Observe how every truth and every error, each a thought of someone's mind, clothes itself with societies, houses, cities, language, ceremonies, newspapers