Cities Quotes · Page 17

I first saw the light in the city of Boston in the year 1857.

— Edward Bellamy

The City is an addictive machine from which there is no escape

— Rem Koolhaas

The city of Atlanta has always had a good spirit.

— Anonymous

A culture, we all know, is made by its cities.

— Derek Walcott

A City that parlies is half gotten. [A city that parleys is half gotten.]

— George Herbert

Diversity gives our city a competitive edge.

— Thomas Menino

Until you have wasted time in a city, you cannot pretend to know it well.

— Julian Green

My city too turnt up, Ill take a fine for that.

— Masai Ujiri

Candidate Obama promised to fundamentally transform America and that's one promise he has kept. Turning a shining city on a hill into…

— Sarah Palin

The attacks on our police and the terrorism of our cities threaten our very way of life.

— Donald Trump

Fields and trees are not willing to teach me anything; but this can be effected by men residing in the city.

— Plato

The Hamptons are usually filled with what I had hoped to leave behind in New York City.

— Mario Batali

I probably get it trimmed once every two months or so. I've just been going to the salon in the city, and…

— Noah Syndergaard

The outcome of the city will depend on the race between the automobile and the elevator, and anyone who bets on the…

— Frank Lloyd Wright

New York now leads the world's great cities in the number of people around whom you shouldn't make a sudden move.

— David Letterman

A man may be in as just possession of the truth as of a city, and yet be forced to surrender.

— Thomas Browne

I try to run every time I'm in a new city or country - you just put your shoes on and go.…

— Eva Longoria

In the fairy tale, an incomprehensible happiness rests upon an incomprehensible condition. A box is opened and all evils fly out. A…

— Anonymous

I feel like I'm adapting to society. I went feral a little bit. I found that when I would get back to…

— Luke Temple

[On Addis Ababa:] Among the city's handicaps are an immaturity for which no one can be blamed, as it was founded only…

— Dervla Murphy

When I got up this morning the sea was full of sun pennies - and now it all seems to be covered…

— Mary Ann Shaffer

The knowledge that refuge is available, when and if needed, makes the silent inferno of the desert more easily bearable. Mountains complement…

— Edward Abbey

New Haven cultivates ... an open gloom that seems happy to acknowledge disrepair and the superfluity of appearance. ... I realized that…

— Sara Suleri

Building sustainable cities - and a sustainable future - will need open dialogue among all branches of national, regional and local government.…

— Ban Ki-moon

All buildings, large or small, public or private, have a public face, a facade; they therefore, without exception, have a positive or…

— Leon Krier

I enjoy Chicago as one of the great American cities. When I come here and take a taxi from the airport, I…

— Kehinde Wiley

As the world's 'most dynamic' cities seek to manage their own urban growth, American state and local officials have much to offer.…

— Robert Hormats

It's a romantic view of Canada. It's like Michael Moore saying we don't lock our doors in Canada. I lock my door…

— Philippe Falardeau

I really like to have a coffee shop next door and be able to smoke a cigarette. I'm a city person; I…

— Daniel Espinosa

I really don't work a whole lot as far as touring, but I do stand-up every night of my life, no matter…

— Daniel Tosh

I am persuaded to think that any climate change is bad because of the investments and adaptations that have been made by…

— Fred Singer

Regarding The Music Man, Jay Nordlinger wrote: The Music Man (for which Willson also wrote the lyrics) is an astonishing creation. It…

— Meredith Willson

I found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of marble.

— Augustus

Everybody now thinks that Nashville is the coolest city in America,

— Dave Grohl

Every city is always changing, on its own trajectory.

— Olafur Eliasson

A city with all the personality of a paper cup. (On Los Angeles)

— Raymond Chandler

You are losing because blacks are getting their civil rights in the cities.

— David Remnick

The virtue of the country is that it makes you thirsty for the city.

— Sam Waterston

We are bored in the city, there is no longer any Temple of the Sun.

— Ivan Chtcheglov

Jerusalem is a port city on the shore of eternity.

— Yehuda Amichai