As a remedy to life in society I would suggest the big city. Nowadays, it is the only desert within our means. — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
It must be terribly odd if you spend most of your time on somewhere like Shetland and come to a big city. — Douglas Henshall Copy Share Image
“A little tranquil lake is more significant to my life than any big city in the world” — Munia Khan Copy Share Image
I'm accepting I'm not living that younger, dreamed version of myself in the big city. — Paula Cole Copy Share Image
I grew up in New York City. We used to diss Long Island and Jersey. Every big city has its own suburb… — Max Joseph Copy Share Image
“She’d rather be anonymous in a big city than infamous in a small town.” — Lorelei James Copy Share Image
The volunteering spirit of Londoners is part of what makes this the best big city on earth. — Boris Johnson Copy Share Image
Right now, in every big city ghetto, tens of thousands of yesterday's and today's school dropouts are keeping body and soul together… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
I love Chicago. It was an awesome place to grow up. It's a big city but it doesn't feel like one. I… — Chris McCaughan Copy Share Image
You can learn all about the human condition from covering the crime beat in a big city - you don't need to… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
L.A. is such a big city, and there's so much going on. I mean, you know you're in L.A. when you can… — Cassie Steele Copy Share Image
I've shot a lot of places, and I've produced. I always thought, 'Gosh, when you shoot in a big city, it's so… — Scott Bakula Copy Share Image
What I really like is that Chicago is a big city: it has a large market, and you are exposed to everything,… — Jalen Rose Copy Share Image
In the Big City, different feels good, like blazing a trail. In a small town, though, different can feel like trying real… — Hank Green Copy Share Image
In those early years in New York when I was a stranger in a big city, it was the companionship and later… — Ernst Mayr Copy Share Image
One thing I do like about L.A. is the fact that you can be - whether you're famous or it's just a… — Julia Holter Copy Share Image
“The clock ticked away toward seven; news circulated that the tuxedo-clad Marlboro Man had arrived. He’d spent the day with his groomsmen… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
I walked down Paseo del Prado, losing myself to the sights, sounds, and dense magic of the city. There's something weirdly calming… — Kate Klise Copy Share Image
It was difficult for me to understand that, when you're kind to someone in a big city, a lot of the time,… — Jaime King Copy Share Image
“New York City is legendary for sleeping around. There's hot tail everywhere and it's such a big city that two-timing and even… — Zack Love Copy Share Image
“The hardhearted person never sees people as a people, but rather as mere objects or as impersonal cogs in an ever-turning wheel.… — Martin Luther King Jr Copy Share Image
I come from a very small rural village in northern Germany, and being an actor never even seemed like a possibility. I… — Diane Kruger Copy Share Image
L.A. is a big city that has a lot of music in it but is not necessarily known for it. A lot… — Kamasi Washington Copy Share Image
“A CITY IS AS much a state of mind as a place—a set of perceptions of place. On the last train home… — Ian McDonald Copy Share Image
“Berlin. November 18, 1917. Sunday. I think Grosz has something demonic in him. This new Berlin art in general, Grosz, Becher, Benn,… — Harry Kessler Copy Share Image
“There is always someone in the world waiting for someone else, whether in the middle of the desert or in the heart… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“Don't worry," she whispered. "You're going to make it." "I know." His whisper came so quietly, and sounded so impossibly sad, that… — Lauren Kate Copy Share Image
“Paris is a city that might well be spoken of in the plural, as the Greeks used to speak of Athens, for… — Julien Green Copy Share Image
I've spent most of my life in L.A. and I'm still amazed at things that I don't know about the place. There… — Michael C. McMillen Copy Share Image
“Looking at and 'appreciating' art has been understood as an instrument (or at best a result) of upward mobility, in which owning… — Lucy R. Lippard Copy Share Image
“Nobody is ever made happy by winning the lottery, buying a house, getting a promotion or even finding true love. People are… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“San Francisco’s a big city, but it can feel like a small town in some ways,” he offered.” — Alice Clayton Copy Share Image
in the big city nobody has time to make friends. The big city is a big solitude. — Vicki Baum Copy Share Image
“You shouldn't be wandering around in such a big city all by yourself. Even if it is Seattle.” — Nenia Campbell Copy Share Image
I'm pretty much a London boy, and it was a big enough city to try and conquer. — Lennie James Copy Share Image
I always think that in a big city, anything is possible, including reinventing yourself. — Caroline Leavitt Copy Share Image
So I don't know a lot of London but I know it's a big city, it's a wonderful city. — Joao Felix Copy Share Image
