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title: "43 City People Quotes by 40 authors"
description: "Browse 43 City People quotes by 40 authors. Discover the best City People sayings and thoughts."
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> [“They were born in the city from people born elsewhere.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dionne-brand/they-were-born-in-the-city-from-people-born-elsewhere/)

[Dionne Brand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dionne-brand/)

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> [Transit builds a city that people choose to live in.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betsy-hodges/transit-builds-a-city-that-people-choose-to-live-in/)

[Betsy Hodges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betsy-hodges/)

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> [The only city people are those born so.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-ade/the-only-city-people-are-those-born-so/)

[George Ade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-ade/)

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> [The city's full of people who you just see around.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/the-city-s-full-of-people-who-you-just-see-around/)

[Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/)

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> [What is the city but the people?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/what-is-the-city-but-the-people/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

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> [“Emerald City. Not all the people could go to congratulate”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/l-frank-baum/emerald-city-not-all-the-people-could-go-to-congratulate/)

[L. Frank Baum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/l-frank-baum/)

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> [City people make most of the fuss about the charms of country life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mason-cooley/city-people-make-most-of-the-fuss-about-the-charms-of-country-life/)

[Mason Cooley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mason-cooley/)

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> [I love the city and the people of Munich. I have many great friends there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-purdy/i-love-the-city-and-the-people-of-munich-i-have-many-great-friends/)

[Steve Purdy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-purdy/)

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> [Even city people have ancestors who had their hands in the dirt.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlene-carter/even-city-people-have-ancestors-who-had-their-hands-in-the-dirt/)

[Carlene Carter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlene-carter/)

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> [I definitely grew up with a lot of venom and distaste for city people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-ferriss/i-definitely-grew-up-with-a-lot-of-venom-and-distaste-for-city-people/)

[Tim Ferriss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-ferriss/)

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> [New York is a city where people are ambitious. They want things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/candace-bushnell/new-york-is-a-city-where-people-are-ambitious-they-want-things/)

[Candace Bushnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/candace-bushnell/)

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> [City people. They may know how to street fight but they don't know how to wade through manure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/city-people-they-may-know-how-to-street-fight-but-they-don-t-know-how/)

[Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/)

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> [I want to live in a city where people who make the rules have to live by them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-firrell/i-want-to-live-in-a-city-where-people-who-make-the-rules-have-to-live/)

[Martin Firrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-firrell/)

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> [I'll just say this. There was no way we were going to lose at home on this day in this in this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-coughlin/i-ll-just-say-this-there-was-no-way-we-were-going-to-lose-at-home-on/)

[Tom Coughlin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-coughlin/)

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> [There is no logic that can be superimposed on the city; people make it, and it is to them, not buildings, that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-jacobs/there-is-no-logic-that-can-be-superimposed-on-the-city-people-make-it/)

[Jane Jacobs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-jacobs/)

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> [The most important part of a city is its people. In fact, people for me are like little cities. When you meet…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarnath-banerjee/the-most-important-part-of-a-city-is-its-people-in-fact-people-for-me/)

[Sarnath Banerjee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarnath-banerjee/)

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> [City people try to buy time as a rule, when they can, whereas country people are prepared to kill time, although both…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-hoagland/city-people-try-to-buy-time-as-a-rule-when-they-can-whereas-country/)

[Edward Hoagland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-hoagland/)

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> [Berlin is in a state of transition. There are lots of people who don't stay here. They pass through. They might not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raf-simons/berlin-is-in-a-state-of-transition-there-are-lots-of-people-who-don-t/)

[Raf Simons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raf-simons/)

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> [Here in the big city people spend their time thinking about work and about money; they don't give some value to friendships…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adriana-lima/here-in-the-big-city-people-spend-their-time-thinking-about-work-and/)

[Adriana Lima](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adriana-lima/)

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> [Cities are for people. A city is where people come to work and raise their families and to spend their money and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-norquist/cities-are-for-people-a-city-is-where-people-come-to-work-and-raise/)

John Norquist

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> [Here's what I see all across this great city - people working together to make Boston a better place to live and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-menino/here-s-what-i-see-all-across-this-great-city-people-working-together/)

[Thomas Menino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-menino/)

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> [City people live the city. We live in L.A., New York, we live in places where it's chaotic and you never know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-cooper/city-people-live-the-city-we-live-in-l-a-new-york-we-live-in-places/)

[Alice Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-cooper/)

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> [That the sight of people attracts still other people, is something that city planners and city architectural designers seem to find incomprehensible.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-jacobs/that-the-sight-of-people-attracts-still-other-people-is-something/)

[Jane Jacobs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-jacobs/)

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> [The toughest part for me is the city - the people. They've got burgers named after me in Orlando, they've got a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dwight-howard/the-toughest-part-for-me-is-the-city-the-people-they-ve-got-burgers/)

[Dwight Howard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dwight-howard/)

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> [Well, very long ago, on the spot where the Wild Wood waves now, before ever it had planted itself and grown up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-grahame/well-very-long-ago-on-the-spot-where-the-wild-wood-waves-now-before/)

[Kenneth Grahame](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-grahame/)

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> [I love my city and I feel like the majority of the people that are in the city are people from other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/regina-king/i-love-my-city-and-i-feel-like-the-majority-of-the-people-that-are-in/)

[Regina King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/regina-king/)

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> [“This is, however, about showing the whole world that we as a city and as a people are able to acknowledge, understand,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-landrieu/this-is-however-about-showing-the-whole-world-that-we-as-a-city-and/)

[Mitch Landrieu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-landrieu/)

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> [Reformers have long observed city people loitering on busy corners, hanging around in candy stores and bars and drinking soda popon stoops,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-jacobs/reformers-have-long-observed-city-people-loitering-on-busy-corners/)

[Jane Jacobs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-jacobs/)

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> [People of this world, look upon this city and see that you should not and cannot abandon this city and this people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernst-reuter/people-of-this-world-look-upon-this-city-and-see-that-you-should-not/)

Ernst Reuter

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> [Shanghai was a peculiar city: so many people; everyone seemed to be working all the time. The skyline was beautiful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yung-lean/shanghai-was-a-peculiar-city-so-many-people-everyone-seemed-to-be/)

[Yung Lean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yung-lean/)

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> [When you're in the city, all you see is people. It gets more competitive, people become more introverted.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kt-tunstall/when-you-re-in-the-city-all-you-see-is-people-it-gets-more/)

[KT Tunstall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kt-tunstall/)

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> [Cincinnati is a prettier city than people give it credit for, I like it here, like the people. They're so polite.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joey-votto/cincinnati-is-a-prettier-city-than-people-give-it-credit-for-i-like/)

[Joey Votto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joey-votto/)

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> [I love the city and the people here. I've been with them for many years and I fought alongside them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-paisley/i-love-the-city-and-the-people-here-i-ve-been-with-them-for-many/)

[Bob Paisley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-paisley/)

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> [Derbies are always special, special games and moments for the city and the people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marco-silva/derbies-are-always-special-special-games-and-moments-for-the-city-and/)

[Marco Silva](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marco-silva/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/653/marco-silva-6011_always_derbies-are-always-special-special-games_474530.jpg)

> [“Fill this city of mine with people as, You filled the river with fishes O Lord.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quli-qutub-shah/fill-this-city-of-mine-with-people-as-you-filled-the-river-with/)

Quli Qutub Shah

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> [In the country, people are kind. In the city, people are hard an' cold, like the concrete and steel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-cliff/in-the-country-people-are-kind-in-the-city-people-are-hard-an-cold/)

[Jimmy Cliff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-cliff/)

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> [I'll walk around the city, and people will come up to me and say, 'Hi,' or 'Keep up the good work,' or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryan-howard/i-ll-walk-around-the-city-and-people-will-come-up-to-me-and-say-hi-or/)

[Ryan Howard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryan-howard/)

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> [Well, very long ago, on the spot where the Wild Wood waves now, before ever it had planted itself and grown up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-grahame/well-very-long-ago-on-the-spot-where-the-wild-wood-waves-now-before-2/)

[Kenneth Grahame](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-grahame/)

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> [Food is a very quick way to understand the rising cost of living in the city, because people remember the cost of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zohran-mamdani/food-is-a-very-quick-way-to-understand-the-rising-cost-of-living-in/)

[Zohran Mamdani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zohran-mamdani/)

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> [Children are a kind of indicator species. If we can build a successful city for children, we will have a successful city…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/enrique-penalosa/children-are-a-kind-of-indicator-species-if-we-can-build-a-successful/)

[Enrique Penalosa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/enrique-penalosa/)

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                        "text": "Shanghai was a peculiar city: so many people; everyone seemed to be working all the time. The skyline was beautiful.",
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