City Quotes · Page 39

Towns have to evolve. Towns have to grow up. But not at the expense of the real people.

— Alexandra C. Pelosi

“I could have the entire fucking city helping me, but if you’re not with me I will be alone.”

— Alison G. Bailey

In every city, I had my favorite place. In Baltimore, it was Sabatino's.

— Bruno Sammartino

I grew up in Liverpool, a port city very similar to Bristol in many regards, with a blue team and a red…

— Joey Barton

Paris is not a city I should care to approach for the first time after I had passed forty.

— Carl Van Vechten

Annexation is probably the most valuable tool a city has to ensure orderly growth and development.

— Jeff Hawkins

There's great theatre in New York City, but no New York City in theatre.

— Laurence Fishburne

Starting at 16 in Australia at Riot City Wrestling, I learned a lot about myself and wrestling in general.

— Rhea Ripley

All the fans who see me ride through the city are laughing. They can't believe the manager of Leipzig is skateboarding! They…

— Julian Nagelsmann

I am quite familiar with the vibrant theatre scene in Bengaluru, as I keep coming back to the city with my plays.…

— Ranvir Shorey

“They built a city of their dreams, with a thriving gift economy and vibrant culture that encouraged all participants to let loose…

— Jonathan Talat Phillips

Ask me trivia on 'Sex and the City,' and I will know it. I rewatch it every year. Samantha? Charlotte? Those are…

— John David Washington

The world of contemporary art has, in a way, exponentially expanded in the last couple of decades, and almost every major city…

— Thomas Heatherwick

I took one class at Second City called Improv for Actors, and that was it, and that was only because my agent…

— Timothy Simons

I'm from the south side of Nigeria, a place called Port Harcourt City... No one ever makes it out of there. I…

— Burna Boy

I think Baltimore suffers from nostalgia and it keeps us from being honest in talking about what really happened here. A place…

— Laura Lippman

I can remember crying in the Kippax at Maine Road when City were relegated to the old First Division in 1996. Dropping…

— Ricky Hatton

In the 1970s in New York, everyone slept till noon. It was a grungy, dangerous, bankrupt city without normal services most of…

— Edmund White

“But there was nothing. No village or town as far as her eyes could strain. Nowhere for her saviours to come from…

— Craig Hallam

Filming in India was one big adventure. For 'The Cheetah Girls', we were in Mumbai for two weeks, then Rajasthan for six…

— Michael Steger

After the season cut short by COVID, Chelsea became interested in me, and despite having qualified for the Champions League with Rennes,…

— Edouard Mendy

I grew up in the D.C. suburbs, and what I like about that place is that there's not a strong regional affect…

— Rumaan Alam

I love everything about Philadelphia, and its food is like the city itself: real-deal, hearty, and without pretension. We've always had an…

— Lisa Scottoline

I love the ocean, wide-open space and trees, but I'm not a gardener or anything like that. I think I may be,…

— David Duchovny

We come from Second City where you're taught if you make your fellow stage partner look good, that makes you look good.

— Ian Gomez

I see less difference between a city and a swamp than formerly.

— Henry David Thoreau

Attracting business to a city is of huge benefit for taxes, jobs, purchasing of homes and home goods.

— Hilary Farr

A typical native New Yorker, I'm prone to wearing the city's unofficial sartorial color: black.

— Amanda Hearst

Oklahoma City loves their Thunder and the Thunder loves them.

— Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

On an ideal Saturday night, I'll go to the New York City Ballet, where my friends play percussion.

— Molly Yeh

The City is, in terms of its basic functioning, a far-off country of which we know little.

— John Lanchester

Munich is a great city and everybody is treating me very well.

— Douglas Costa

It's all about connectivity - not just technical connectivity but geographic connectivity. That's what makes a city go.

— Dan Gilbert

I am naturally very disappointed to have lost my job but immensely proud to have served as Norwich City's manager.

— Chris Hughton

Whenever I visit a city, I like to see what classical music concerts are on offer.

— Park Chan-wook

The way you get to explore a city when you are on shoot is so different from when you are there as…

— Rasika Dugal

New York City is the center of the world. There is an energy here. People from all over the world feel at…

— Salt Bae

You gotta see what the town's about. That's the only way you can really meet people and get a feel for each…

— Jani Lane

I love theater. That's what I did in Mexico City. I did a lot of musical theater, and it's where my heart…

— Jaime Camil

I just saw the movie 'Vicky Cristina Barcelona' and fell in love with that city.

— Cheryl Burke