Quotes about cities
cities drawing civilization
The test of civilization is the power of drawing the most benefit out of cities. Ralph Waldo Emerson
cities want found
Whilst we want cities as the centres where the best things are found, cities degrade us by magnifying trifles.
cities giving water
But hospitality must be for service, and not for show, or it pulls down the host. The brave soul rates itself too high to value itself by the splendor of its table and draperies. It gives what it hath, and all it hath, but its own majesty can lend a better grace to bannocks and fair water than belong to city feasts.
cities saint tire
If we tire of the saints, Shakspeare is our city of refuge.
cities may taste
The clergyman who lives in the city may have piety, but he must have taste.
cities land care
Cities of mortals woe-begone Fantastic care derides, But in the serious landscape lone Stern benefit abides.
cities big-cities bigs
Science will liberate us from the chains of big cities and lead us back to nature. Lennart Meri
cities theatre news
When I'm through with the Lee Greenwood Theatre, I won't do anything else in entertainment. Maybe I'll become an ambassador for the United States maybe I'll get into television, some news anchoring or something in a major city. Certainly the visibility would interest me a little bit. But someplace that would allow me to sit still certainly. Lee Greenwood
cities nuclear china
China's ability to deliver nuclear warheads on American cities is expanding. Lee H. Hamilton
cities world adequate
Having viewed slum clearance projects in most major cities of the world may I state that you have conceived and created in the Johannesburg townships what is probably the most impressive and adequate resettlement activity in existence. L. Ron Hubbard
cities people
The city's full of people who you just see around. Terry Pratchett
cities worst-enemy dying
Ankh-Morpork! Pearl of cities! This is not a completely accurate description, of course — it was not round and shiny — but even its worst enemies would agree that if you had to liken Ankh-Morpork to anything, then it might as well be a piece of rubbish covered with the diseased secretions of a dying mollusc.
cities sunrise captains
The Captain of the Watch says if you're still in the City by sunrise he will personally have you buried alive.
cities arrows bystanders
These weren't encouraged in the city, since the heft and throw of a longbow's arrow could send it through an innocent bystander a hundred yards away instead of the innocent bystander at whom it was aimed.
cities glasses pieces
The cities swept about me like dead leaves, leaves that were brightly colored but torn away from the branches. I would have stopped, but I was pursued by something. It always came upon me unawares, taking me altogether by surprise. Perhaps it was a familiar bit of music. Perhaps it was only a piece of transparent glass. Tennessee Williams
cities new-orleans elegance
New Orleans is a city of elegance, beauty, and refinement. Tom Piazza
cities
There's this thing of you can live in a city and be completely alone, not notice anything going on around you. Simon Pegg
cities people world
London is one of the most exciting cities in the world with so many fantastic pubs and restaurants. I would urge people to get out there and see as much as possible. Richard Branson
cities machines
The City is an addictive machine from which there is no escape Rem Koolhaas
cities creating guarantees
Nigeria was a blank on the map - there weren't even any maps. The US State Department, everyone said don't go there. It was courageous of Harvard University: the notion was that we would match Harvard students with Nigerian students, so that every student would have a guide, creating a guarantee of intimacy with the city.
cities quality identity
We say we want to create beauty, identity, quality, singularity. And yet, maybe in truth these cities that we have are desired. Maybe their very characterlessness provides the best context for living.
cities asia trends
Asia is still dominated by skyscrapers. I hope that, in European cities, it will become a declining trend. They were almost never necessary.
cities tools use
We use tools such as email, not just as a way to keep in daily touch with family members who live in other cities, but also as a way to keep in touch with staff and members of the public. Tipper Gore
cities oklahoma-city no-sympathy
I understand what they felt in Oklahoma City. I have no sympathy for them. Timothy McVeigh
cities people important
Moscow has an energy. Which is important. The city and the people all have an energy. It's quite different from what everybody knows in Los Angeles, but it has an energy. People have an energy. Timur Bekmambetov
cities house athens
In cities like Athens, poor houses lined narrow and tortuous streets in spite of luxurious public buildings. Stephen Gardiner
cities america new-orleans
New Orleans is unlike any city in America. Its cultural diversity is woven into the food, the music, the architecture - even the local superstitions. It's a sensory experience on all levels and there's a story lurking around every corner. Ruta Sepetys
cities people population
There are eleven or twelve or thirteen cities in China with populations of over 10 million people and most people in the West have never even heard of these cities. Roger Corman
cities new-orleans water
You can't vote that water out of the city of New Orleans. Russel Honore
cities looks bigs
When you're from Weir, Mississippi, almost everywhere you go looks like the big city. Roy Oswalt
cities employee committed
I am also committed to providing city employees with housing assistance. Thomas Menino
cities giving diversity
Diversity gives our city a competitive edge.
cities city-streets failing
The streets and alleys of the ward were notoriously filthy, and the contractors habitually neglected them, not failing, however, to draw their regular payments from the city treasury. Ray Stannard Baker