Quotes about cities
cities new-orleans atmosphere
New Orleans may well have been the most liberal Deep South city in 1954 because of its large Creole population, the influence of the French, and its cosmopolitan atmosphere. Constance Baker Motley
cities together london
Avery fine city; the four principal streets are the fairest for breadth, and the finest built that I have ever seen in one city together? In a word,'tis the cleanest and beautifullest, and best built city in Britain, London excepted. Daniel Defoe
cities killing members
[I]n all mammalian species that have so far been carefully studied, the rate at which their members engage in the killing of conspecifics is several thousand times greater than the highest homicide rate in any American city. Daniel Dennett
cities edinburgh used
Edinburgh used to be a haughty city. Alexander McCall Smith
cities black crime
I know that statistically, it has been proven that there is a tremendous amount of black on black crime within the inner cities. Alex Haley
cities numbers what-matters
It doesn't matter the numbers, it doesn't matter the records, it doesn't matter the money that you make. What matters is to raise that trophy and to be able to bring that smile to the city of St. Louis. Albert Pujols
cities guatemala chiefs
I wasnt privy to all of the intelligence that was coming in about Guatemala, but I did see the traffic that was coming in from Guatemala City, because it was very relevant to me, and of course I exchanged what I had with the chief of station in Guatemala City. E. Howard Hunt
cities lakes type
A facade of skyscrapers facing a lake and behind the facade, every type of dubiousness. E. M. Forster
cities political house
Isn't it amazing that the Germans call their city halls 'rat houses'? That's what we should call our city halls! Drew Carey
cities keys giving
Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks. Doug Larson
cities air quality
In cities no one notices specific dying. Dying is a quality of the air. It's everywhere and nowhere. Don DeLillo
cities hurricanes traffic
Traffic accidents have increased 100 percent in the city since the hurricane. Don Kelly
cities advice pathways
So here's my advice to city planners. Make your city runnable. Runners are the first wave of troops bringing human activity back to the urban core of any city. Where we go, others will follow. The connection between runnability and livability is so clear (at least to me), that it's surprising that new developments consistently leave pathways out of the plans... Don Kardong
cities abstraction
Washington isn't a city, it's an abstraction. Dylan Thomas
cities hip-hop slides
Slide slide slippity-slide When you're living in a city it's do or die Coolio
cities shopping moscow
I absolutely fell in love with Moscow. It's one of those places where you can't help but trip over history at every turn. It's a city of enormous contradictions. Within a few yards of Lenin's Tomb is some of the most expensive shopping in the world. Daniel Silva
cities shopping car
Swingers are all from the suburbs and consequently brain-addled by car pools, shopping malls, and welcome wagons. Cynthia Heimel
cities hollywood roommate
I keep a pretty low profile. I live in Culver City with some roommates. I don't do the whole 'Hollywood' thing. Cory Monteith
cities comfort convenience
By comparison with other less hectic days, the city is unconfortable and inconvenient; but New Yorkers tempramentally do not crave comfort and convenience - if they did they would live elsewhere. E. B. White
cities isis mexico
They (#ISIS) are going to be bombing American cities coming across from Mexico. Duncan Hunter
cities two atlantic-city
I'll tell you, it's Big Business. If there is one word to describe Atlantic City, it's Big Business. Or two words – Big Business. Donald Trump
cities america criminals
It seems that in Baltimore, one of the most violent cities in America, jurors are far more reluctant to convict criminal defendants than in the suburban enclaves that ring the city. David Simon
cities feet addresses
Look in every city or any town. Travel by foot, or train or plane. Do not settle until there is love. For there, there will be the address of your happiness. David Paul
cities towns factories
I always loved smokestack industry, and I love towns or cities that have grown up around factories. David Lynch
cities urbanization rights
The freedom to make and remake our cities and ourselves is, I want to argue, one of the most precious yet most neglected of our human rights. David Harvey
cities skylines
I've always been drawn to city skylines. Dave Haywood
cities people reliability
When you're in your twenties in a new city where no one's from here, we're all sort of orphans. The only people that you can count on our bunch of people that you work with and that you know. You're only as good as the reliability of that latticework. Dave Eggers
cities dancing people
But that in any city, in any cluster of people, there a few people who are awake at this hour, who are both awake and dancing, and it’s here that we need to be.
cities memorial gone
Gone is not forgotten, but our lives cannot be a memorial. This city cannot be a memorial. This city has to be a city. Our lives have to be our lives. David Levithan
cities house wealth
Virtue cannot dwell with wealth either in a city or in a house. Diogenes
cities culture made
A culture, we all know, is made by its cities. Derek Walcott
cities chicago strange
Chicago has a strange metaphysical elegance of death about it. Claes Oldenburg
cities mind cuisine
If I were trapped in one city and had to eat one nation's cuisine for the rest of my life, I would not mind eating Japanese. I adore Japanese food. I love it. Anthony Bourdain