Cities Quotes · Page 45

I grew up in suburban New York City and London, England, where my dad was working.

— J. C. Chandor

Desire is making people build ships and cities, has made men conquer nations... and it can defeat that nicotine

— Napoleon Hill

Negro leaders sought to negotiate with the city fathers. But the political leaders consistently refused to engage in good-faith negotiation.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

I didn't know the city at all, but I was so happy to be in New York I cried. I was so…

— Greta Gerwig

It is worth remembering that our cities occupy important sites, and therefore some kind of settlement is liable to be there.

— James Howard Kunstler

I understand the intensity of the supporters. I wonder how they could turn up for work on Monday morning after we lost…

— Alex Ferguson

E-mail is a modern Penny Post: the world is a single city with a single postal rate.

— Anne Fadiman

It doesn't have to be the Grand Canyon, it could be a city street, it could be the face of another human…

— A.C. Grayling

By comparison with other less hectic days, the city is unconfortable and inconvenient; but New Yorkers tempramentally do not crave comfort and…

— E. B. White

If we're going to the Silent City, you might want to get dressed. I mean, I appreciate the bra-and-panties look, but I…

— Cassandra Clare

HELPED are those who love the entire cosmos rather than their own tiny country, city, or farm, for to them will be…

— Alice Walker

We can't all work in the inner city. And, I don't even think that it is incumbent upon an African-American intellectual to…

— Henry Louis Gates

I just feel that getting out there physically and protecting New York, putting my arms around everyone and protecting them... to see…

— Sigourney Weaver

I went to Paterson Public School No. 6. At the time, it was the worst school in the city. Ain't nobody want…

— Fetty Wap

Nor shall the seeker reach his goal unless he sacrifice all things. That is, whatever he has seen, and heard, and understood…

— Bahá'u'lláh

Any Reform Bill which is worth a moment's thought, or the smallest effort to carry it, must at least double, and it…

— John Bright

In coming to Atlantic City, we believed strongly that we were right. In fact, it was just right for us to come…

— Fannie Lou Hamer

There is such a difference between the pursuits of men in great cities that one part of the inhabitants lives to little…

— Samuel Johnson

I had written a book called "Boston Boy" some years ago, and that took me from the time I could speak, I…

— Nat Hentoff

Some of the nations of Europe who believe in the one wife system have actually forbidden a plurality of wives by their…

— Orson Pratt

And I imagine... with great pleasure... all the horrible stirrings of the nonmanifested to bring forth the scream which creates the universe.…

— Anonymous

Because our right to worship freely and safely, that right was denied to Christians in Charleston, South Carolina, and that was denied…

— Barack Obama

The city as a center where, any day in any year, there may be a fresh encounter with a new talent, a…

— Margaret Mead

In Cuba the elections for the powers of the State comes from the people, first it comes from meetings of the citizens…

— Alejandro Castro Espin

Great Homer's birthplace seven rival cities claim, Too mighty such monopoly of Fame.

— Thomas Seward

The poverty found in rural areas has some characteristics that are very different from the poverty found in inner cities.

— Marco Rubio

I mean, do you know what you get when you call a suicide hotline in New York city? A busy signal. Literally.

— Brian K. Vaughan

What we have to do as a nation, and London as a city, is to get behind that figure and think what…

— Ian Blair

Vancouver is the most wonderful place. I put it up there with San Francisco and Sydney as a kind of magic sort…

— Terence Stamp

I loathe crowds. I especially dont like cities. A city involves biomass. And biomass gets to me.

— Alan Garner

I see the city as an organism, shaped through time by the little humans having habits and doing millions of stuff in…

— Olivier Theyskens

I hike a lot. The view and the air up in the hills are much greater than the hustle and bustle of…

— Inbar Lavi

A great city is the place to escape the true drama of provincial life, and find solace in fantasy.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

How much should the state be involved in regulating the growth in communities when you already have a county doing it, or…

— Rick Scott

In armies, navies, cities, or families, in nature herself, nothing more relaxes good order than misery.

— Herman Melville

Rome has not seen a modern building in more than half a century. It is a city frozen in time.

— Richard Meier

In both houses of Congress, bipartisan legislation has been introduced to ensure that the rights of states and cities to make drone…

— Robin Hayes

...the mayor should not be advancing a policy that encourages [illegal] immigrants to think of New York City as their safe haven.

— Ed Koch

That's the great thing about the 'Sin City' movies. Each little slot is incredibly meaningful, and each character has their own moment.

— Juno Temple

A thin grey fog hung over the city, and the streets were very cold; for summer was in England.

— Rudyard Kipling