I waited for the train at Coventry; I hung with grooms and porters on the bridge, To watch the three tall spires;… — Alfred Lord Tennyson Copy Share Image
So I turn once more to those who sneer at this my city, and I give them back the sneer and say… — Carl Sandburg Copy Share Image
In my 39 years on this earth, the Holy city of Makka had been the first time I had ever stood before… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
The attacks on the World Trade Center and the current economic recession, which is particularly powerful in New York City, have put… — David Rockefeller Copy Share Image
The secret to the city is integration. Every area of the city should combine work, leisure and culture. Separate these functions and… — Jaime Lerner Copy Share Image
I moved cities for about four months to try to provoke some inspiration and put myself in an uncomfortable situation where I… — Matt Wertz Copy Share Image
Men propound mathematical theorems in besieged cities, conduct metaphysical arguments in condemned cells, make jokes on the scaffold, discuss a new poem… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
You don't need jails, you get put a thousand miles into the middle of Australia, you can go wherever you want, go… — Gene Simmons Copy Share Image
President David O. McKay put it beautifully when he said, speaking of mothers, 'This ability and willingness properly to rear children, the… — H. Burke Peterson Copy Share Image
What has happened in the last generation is that Tijuana has become a new Third World capital - much to the chagrin… — Richard Rodriguez Copy Share Image
And yes,Percy,of course they are now in our United States. Look at your symbol,the eagle of Zeus. Look at the statue of… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
When I talk about the city, I talk about a city that elevates people, which is the strength of New York. We… — Sal Albanese Copy Share Image
America as did with Israel with its blessing has been turning away from God driving Him out of its public squares. Bring… — Jonathan Cahn Copy Share Image
“Books. They are lined up on shelves or stacked on a table. There they are wrapped up in their jackets, lines of… — David Almond Copy Share Image
Saigon was an addicted city, and we were the drug: the corruption of children, the mutilation of young men, the prostitution of… — James Fenton Copy Share Image
These cruel, wanton, indiscriminate bombings of London are, of course, a part of Hitler's invasion plans. He hopes, by killing large numbers… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
Thousands of Mexicans gathered in Mexico City to protest high food prices. The protest only lasted an hour, because everyone had to… — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
Just as language has no longer anything in common with the thing it names, so the movements of most of the people… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
You see for me, America is an idea. It is a stage for transformation. I felt when I came to Iowa City… — Bharati Mukherjee Copy Share Image
I have swallowed up girls and boys, women and men, kings and emperors, cities and realms," said the Lion. It didn't say… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I gave three quiet cheers for Minnesota. In Seattle a dusty inch of anything white and chilly means the city lapses into… — Cherie Priest Copy Share Image
Often when I walked alone in the mountains, I tried to make sense out of the two halves of my life. What… — Galen Rowell Copy Share Image
Some of us claim that New York City is the capital of the country, indeed the capital of the world. Now, that… — David Dinkins Copy Share Image
In science fiction, we dream. In order to colonize in space, to rebuild our cities, which are so far out of whack,… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
There are only a few places that I go where people recognize me anyway. I have to be at the right place,… — Davey Havok Copy Share Image
Sometimes when I'm traveling, I feel a little bit dislocated, especially the transitions you make when you're traveling - you go to… — Julia Kent Copy Share Image
People in LA seem to have no concept of the time outside of their city. I've been trained for thirty years in… — Matthew Vaughn Copy Share Image
In Islamic theology, the phallic symbol is very important. Your biggest phallic symbol is New York City and your tallest building will… — Isser Harel Copy Share Image
Look on the bee upon the wing 'mong flowers; How brave, how bright his life! then mark, him hiv'd, Cramp'd, cringing in… — Philip James Bailey Copy Share Image
The current administration has made the decision to cut dollars going for community development block grants, for various incentives to bring cities… — Stephanie Tubbs Jones Copy Share Image
My heart goes out to the people of the city of Boston. My thoughts and prayers are with the families who lost… — Matt Damon Copy Share Image
In a few hours one could cover that incalculable distance; from the winter country and homely neighbours, to the city where the… — Willa Cather Copy Share Image
Those 3,000 jobs in Sioux Falls, based on our population back then in Sioux Falls, would have taken 300,000 jobs in New… — Bill Janklow Copy Share Image
I have a place in Chicago and I get there as much as I can. The city is so unbelievably beautiful. It's… — Jeremy Piven Copy Share Image
[ New York ] is a place that worships incompetence particularly if it's combined with energy and paranoid self-confidence. Only in a… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
Milan, for me, is a city of discovery. You can find some amazing gardens behind some great houses; I also love finding… — Francisco Costa Copy Share Image
It's always exciting to see different cities I love, and go on tour buses. It's so much fun to travel. My favorite… — Jackie Evancho Copy Share Image
The great lesson to be learned in the battered towns of England and the ruined cities of Germany is that the best… — George C. Marshall Copy Share Image
I'm the young city bandit, hold myself down singlehanded For murder raps, I kick my thoughts alone, get remanded Born alone, die… — Nas Copy Share Image
New York City is just one node on the global cultural scene now. Social media reflects the state of the world, so… — Kenneth Goldsmith Copy Share Image
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