Urban Quotes · Page 4

Creating your own urban farm is as simple as planting your flowerbeds with edibles.

— Greg Peterson

I read more books for research purposes, whether its a fictionalized biography of Johannes Gutenberg or a stack of urban fantasies.

— Jim C. Hines

Poor planning or poor execution of plans is simply to let some force other than reason shape reality.

— Robert McNamara

Not many sounds in life, and I include all urban and all rural sounds, exceed in interest a knock at the door.

— Charles Lamb

Those who plan do better than those who do not plan, even should they rarely stick to their plan.

— Winston Churchill

I don't spend a lot of time in nature. Probably less than most people that live in urban Texas.

— Shane Carruth

If you read only one memoir by a disaffected, urban, 20-something Jewish girl this year, make it this one. Shukert rocks the…

— Gary Shteyngart

Hey I think the urban meyer rule is in effect right now, When the going gets tough..QUIT.

— Maurice Jones-Drew

Sadly, in this country - maybe this is in the history of the world, really - it's the urban experience versus the…

— Walton Goggins

The drugs are just growing all around the country, and so, it all feeds into problems that are not just urban, but…

— David Brooks

It's only in acting where I've heard in auditions, 'Can you black it up a little bit? Can you make her a…

— Yvonne Orji

I think I'm a full-time artist, a full-time urban planner, and a full-time preacher with an aspiration of no longer needing any…

— Theaster Gates

I don't like the word 'urban' because I think it's a bit of a generalisation and they use it to class music,…

— Taio Cruz

There is no magical solution because urban traffic congestion arises from the fact that a lot of people want to be in…

— William J. Mitchell

The artistic element of Manhattan has kind of moved to Brooklyn. Has it changed it? Yeah. Has it ruined it? I would…

— Julian Casablancas

Strengthening local airports in Iowa is important for economic development and improving the quality of life our rural areas and urban communities

— Chuck Grassley

I'm 13 to 17, 18 years old; I thought that's what the world was like. It never occurred to me that this…

— Marcus Miller

I realized how far-reaching the effect of hip hop was when I walked by a jewelry store named Bling in a small,…

— Steve Stoute

Kindness is a virtue neither modern nor urban. One almost unlearns it in a city. Towns have their own beatitude; they are…

— Phyllis McGinley

I used to hate the urban environment and the urban din. But I realize now that it's really not that much different…

— Gordon Hempton

Deeply disturbing in a way that only the most honest stories are, YACCUB is a fiercely written, daring journey through America's urban…

— Brandon Massey

In the traditional urban novel, there is only survival or not. The suburban idea, the conformist idea, that agony can be seen…

— Jane Smiley

When I thought about Detroit, I would think big city, very urban - not a lot of places to walk around, not…

— Erin Cummings

Young poets worry that their experiences - whether urban or rural, immigrant or native, small town, suburb, or big city - aren't…

— Allison Joseph

There's something about the authenticity that Hollywood is missing when it comes to urban culture.

— Russell Simmons

Australia has an economic interest in ensuring our cities have 21st century urban rail transport to reduce traffic congestion.

— Anthony Albanese

We were the first urban school system in the country to wire all of our schools for the Internet.

— Thomas Menino

What I need is an Urban Thesaurus. I know what money is what I need is 600 different ways to say it.

— Gary Gulman

The [Democratic] party's become an urban party, and they don't get rural America. They don't get agriculture.

— Collin Peterson

I love Urban Fantasy, even though I'm inevitably compared to 'Supernatural,' only a little more edgy.

— Rob Thurman

Ultimately, stable growth will ensure that urban and rural incomes increase and people's lives improve.

— Li Keqiang

My guitar playing is a synthesis of traditional American acoustic style and Urban Pop and RB.

— John Oates

Electric cars are going to be very important for urban transportation.

— Carlos Ghosn

“Are you mad? Something needs to be done. I cannot just go for a walk like every other day. Our world is…

— Tricia Copeland

My biggest challenge is to not do urban movies for the rest of my life, those alpha hoodies.

— John Boyega

Hip-hop is a worldwide culture. We have permeated every urban environment.

— KRS-One

Urban retrofitting: creating different sorts of spaces and uses out of places that are already there.

— Alex Steffen

Most educated Indians are bilingual. Amongst the urban elite though, there is a disdain for regional languages. That's unfortunate.

— Amish Tripathi

Urban nature is like living with mass conditions. It sometimes feels like a myth & you are its scribe.

— Eileen Myles

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