Cities Quote by Anne Bradstreet

“We must, therefore, be here as strangers and pilgrims, that we may plainly declare that we seek a city above.”

Anne Bradstreet

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Flesh of my flesh, bone of my bone, I here, though there, yet both but one.

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If ever two were one, then surely we. If ever man were lov'd by wife, then thee; If ever wife was happy in a man, Compare with me, ye women, if you can I prize thy love more than whole mines of Gold. Or all the riches that the East doth hold. My love is such that rivers cannot quench,…

Anne Bradstreet

“Authority without wisdom is like a heavy axe without an edge, fitter to bruise than polish.”

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There is no object that we see; no action that we do; no good that we enjoy; no evil that we feel, or fear,…

Anne Bradstreet

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“Let such as say our sex is void of reason, Know it is slander now but once was treason.”

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What to my Saviour shall I giveWho freely hath done this for me?I'll serve him here whilst I shall liveAnd Loue him to Eternity

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The stones and trees, insensible to time, / Nor age nor wrinkle on their front are seen; / If Winter come, and greenness then…

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If ever two were one, then surely we. If ever man were loved by wife, then thee.

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Satan, that great angler, hath his sundry baits for sundry tempers of men, which they all catch greedily at, but few perceive the hook…

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“...And although thus short, we shorten many ways, Living so little while we are alive; In eating, drinking, sleeping, vain delight So unawares comes…

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I am obnoxious to each carping tongue who says my hand a needle better fits,

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My age I will not once lament, / But sing, my time so near is spent.

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Public infrastructure around the world is facing unprecedented stress, with hurricanes, cyclones, floods and forest fires all increasing in frequency and intensity. It's easy to imagine a future in which growing numbers of cities have their frail and long-neglected infrastructures knocked out by disasters and then are left to rot, their core services never repaired or rehabilitated.

Naomi Klein

Surely, if Mother Nature had been consulted, she would never have consented to building a city in New Orleans.

Mortimer Zuckerman

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Cities are 2% of the earth's crust, but they are 50% of the world's population.

Carlo Ratti

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A man could be a lover and defender of the wilderness without ever in his lifetime leaving the boundaries of asphalt, powerlines, and right-angled surfaces. We need wilderness whether or not we ever set foot in it. We need a refuge even though we may never need to set foot in it. We need the possibility of escape as surely…

Edward Abbey

All Germany was in turmoil. Revolutionaries seized power in the cities of Munich, Hanover and Cologne. One regional German government after another was toppled…

James Cross Giblin

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Nice is a city of ghosts and specters, but I hope not to become one of them right away.

Patrick Modiano

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I know of not one Republican candidate that would not appear publicly with Mitt Romney and I know many Democrats that don't even want…

Pete Sessions

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Just between you and me, shouldn’t the World Bank be encouraging MORE migration of the dirty industries to the LDCs [Less Developed Countries]?... I think the economic logic behind dumping a load of toxic waste in the lowest wage country is impeccable and we should face up to that... I’ve always though that under-populated countries in Africa are vastly UNDER-polluted,…

Lawrence Summers

We will neglect our cities to our peril, for in neglecting them we neglect the nation.

John F. Kennedy

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I didn't know the city at all, but I was so happy to be in New York I cried. I was so excited.

Greta Gerwig

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Outside of Paris, there is no hope for the cultured.

Moliere

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Dawn's faint breath breathes with your mouth at the ends of empty streets. Gray light your eyes, sweet drops of dawn on dark hills. Your steps and breath like the wind of dawn smother houses. The city shudders, Stones exhale— you are life, an awakening. Star lost in the light of dawn, trill of the breeze, warmth, breath— the night…

Cesare Pavese

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