City Quotes · Page 58

As New York City kids, you lived fast and partied hard as teenagers - experiences that informed your design aesthetic.

— Julia Fox

A city is not gauged by its length and width, but by the broadness of its vision and the height of its…

— Herb Caen

There's this thing of you can live in a city and be completely alone, not notice anything going on around you.

— Simon Pegg

City Ballet remains a great company in perpetual artistic crisis.

— Robert Gottlieb

If you're a suburban kid, and you're 30 minutes from New York City, that's the luckiest thing in the world.

— Adam Pally

Food is my big connect to Old City, and I discovered the culture and history of the city by exploring food joints.

— Rana Daggubati

I love the city and the people here. I've been with them for many years and I fought alongside them.

— Bob Paisley

Instead of doing what everybody else does and sue the city of Los Angeles, I decided I was going to run for…

— Zoey Tur

When I get to Sacramento, I'm going to work my tail off trying to become a complete player and hopefully bring a…

— Willie Cauley-Stein

New York City should and must embrace crypto if it is to remain the financial capital of the world. We no longer…

— Ritchie Torres

But it is neither cannon nor bayonet that will do the worst damage to this city. No, this place will remember the…

— Knute Nelson

Aligning private development with community needs for equity and resiliency is one of the most powerful roles of city government.

— Michelle Wu

I grew up in a city - it's called Lawrence, Massachusetts. It's about half an hour north of Boston. When my parents…

— Statik Selektah

Why should I leave Ruleville, and why should I leave Mississippi? I go to the big city, and with the kind of…

— Fannie Lou Hamer

I think New Orleans is such a beautiful city. It looks like a fairytale when you walk through the French Quarter or…

— Anonymous

When I was in Barcelona, people thought I would join them, but that's not the case. Everyone knows that I think Barcelona…

— Frenkie de Jong

I was not afraid of the press or the militants. It was uncomfortable, but I was not afraid. With respect to the…

— Ed Koch

I have been dwelling upon downtowns. This is not because mixtures of primary uses are unneeded elsewhere in cities. On the contrary…

— Jane Jacobs

The Democratic Party is made up of trial lawyers, labor unions, government employees, big city political machines, the coercive utopians, the radical…

— Grover Norquist

When I was a prosecutor in Kansas City, my job was to fight for justice and safety for all citizens in my…

— Claire McCaskill

I wrote 'Marvels,' which was about a guy who had two daughters, and I wrote 'Astro City Volume 2 #1,' which was…

— Kurt Busiek

When we look at the situation in Ferguson, Missouri and the tragic death of Michael Brown, we are reminded of the importance…

— Al Sharpton

“...the City is what they want it to be: thriftless, warm, scary and full of amiable strangers. No wonder they forget pebbly…

— Toni Morrison

My brother and I did theater in high school, and were both in Pennsylvania Youth Theatre. It was awesome. When you go…

— Kate Micucci

I consider Ahmedabad lucky for me in many ways, as the city gives me inner peace.

— Sangram Singh

I want to stay in London. I am very happy here, and so are my family. I like the city.

— Luka Modric

As a remedy to life in society I would suggest the big city. Nowadays, it is the only desert within our means.

— Albert Camus

My first tattoo was on my right shoulder/tricep, it says 'The City of H-Town.'

— Riff Raff

As a kid from Texas, it always amazes me when city kids don't know how to ride a bike.

— Tamron Hall

I'm from Buffalo, which is a blue-collar city, and I've kind of embraced that.

— Chad Michael Murray

Frankly, any city person who doesn't think I deserve a white-collar salary as a farmer doesn't deserve my special food.

— Joel Salatin

My ultimate dream would be for Derry City to become champions of an all-Ireland league in a united Ireland.

— Martin McGuinness

Montreal is not what I'm used to. I'm used to big mountains and the outdoors. I'm not much of a city guy.

— Rory MacDonald

The main problem of living in the city that never sleeps that neither did I.

— Maria Dahvana Headley

I'm not a huge fan of North Carolina barbecue. I like Memphis style barbecue and Kansas City.

— Dale Earnhardt Jr

In the 1960s, if you could save $500, you had enough to move to another city and start a new life.

— John Waters

“I haven’t even been here an hour and already, Edinburgh is the city of my dreams.”

— Jacqueline E. Smith

Derbies are always special, special games and moments for the city and the people.

— Marco Silva

The anonymity of the city is one of its strengths as well as - carried too far - one of its weaknesses.

— Margaret Mead

Chicago's like Melbourne - there's a city center, there's public transport, and there's more of a cultural scene.

— Jesse Spencer