Big Cities Quotes

90 quotes by 85 authors

As a remedy to life in society I would suggest the big city. Nowadays, it is the only desert within our means. — Albert Camus
One thing that's really interesting is not only the magnitude of the recent immigration into this country, but also its distribution and its investment in… — Kenneth Prewitt
Work hard, not in grunt work, but in chasing such opportunities and maximizing exposure to them. This makes living in big cities invaluable because you… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Through an unwieldy combination of big government, big military, big business, big labor and big cities, we have created an unworkable mega-nation which defies central… — Thomas Naylor
In the big city, if the man next door happens to be a slum landlord, a Mafia bag man, or a long distance runner, what… — Hal Higdon
Chicago seems a big city instead of merely a large place. — A J Liebling
The screech and mechanical uproar of the big city turns the citified head, fills citified ears - as the song of birds, wind in the… — Frank Lloyd Wright
Going to New York to do whatever - show business - it just seemed fun. It seemed fun to go to the big city and… — January Jones
Certainly from the ????standpoint of a Republican, itâ€™s a winner. Republicans will come out ahead in Pennsylvania in every election. The way Democrats win, they… — Rick Santorum
I loved doing Cee Loâ€™s Bright Lights in the Big City. That was definitely a favorite of mine, because I love to get all soulful.… — Skylar Astin
There is a movie called Fargo playing right now. It is a masterpiece. Go see it. If you, under any circumstances, see Little Indian, Big… — Roger Ebert
My first year in L.A. I felt lost in that big city. It's easy to be tumbled around and not figure out where you fit… — Steve Aoki
A city man is a home anywhere, for all big cities are much alike. But a country man has a place where he belongs, where… — Edward Abbey
A number of studies of homeless youth in big cities put forth a startling statistic: Depending on the study, somewhere between 30 and 40 percent… — Margot Adler
Even though New York is the safest big city in the nation, there are still far too many illegal guns on our streets. Nearly all… — Michael Bloomberg
Fancy a novel about Chicago or Buffalo, let us say, or Nashville, Tennessee! There are just three big cities in the United States that are… — Frank Norris
If you go to a big city anywhere in the world and you need a doctor, just ask me. I can tell you who's good… — Steffi Graf
In order to understand the world, one has to turn away from it on occasion; in order to serve others better, one has to hold… — Albert Camus
It's very easy for Australians living in big cities to either romanticise or demonise the situation in Aboriginal places - to kind of look at… — Tony Abbott
The third big war will begin when the big city is burning — Nostradamus

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