Big Quote by Alex Steffen

Cities are responsible for the vast majority of the creation of the economy. They're also places into which we pour the vast majority of…

— Alex Steffen

As the world's 'most dynamic' cities seek to manage their own urban growth, American state and local officials have much to offer. Our mayors…

— Robert Hormats

We cannot afford merely to sit down and deplore the evils of city life as inevitable, when cities are constantly growing, both absolutely and…

— Theodore Roosevelt

All through organized history, if you wanted prosperity you had to have cities. Cities are places that attract new people with new ideas.

— Jane Jacobs

Cities are the origins of global warming, impact on the environment, health, pollution, disease, finance, economies, energy are all problems that are confronted by…

— Geoffrey West

There's no getting around the fact that some cities face long odds, and governments and societies are going to be confronted with some hard…

— Richard Florida

Cities can be the engine of social equity and economic opportunity. They can help us reduce our carbon footprint and protect the global environment.…

— Ban Ki-moon

How people move around their city is a big deal. It affects productivity, security, health, and global warming, among other things.

— Jens Martin Skibsted

Cities are central to the shaping and delivery of national policy objectives, and in return, they are the places where social, environmental, and economic…

— Mark Walport

Cities can become the engines that fuel our nation's growth and prosperity, and they can be wide gateways for families to achieve their own…

— Cory Booker

Cities are important because that's where the majority of the world's population lives and an even bigger share of the global economy resides.

— Jens Martin Skibsted

Cities are complex and contain just about any thing or concept ever invented by humans. How the city is built, its topography, and how…

— Jens Martin Skibsted