Cities Quotes

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If I see someone I see the ghost of them, the air around them, and where theyâ€™ve been. If I see a city I see… — Dionne Brand
Cities collect people, stray and lost and deliberate arrivants. — Dionne Brand
City government can and must help San Franciscans prepare for emergencies in order to avoid tragedy where possible and minimize loss of life and property… — Gavin Newsom
San Francisco can no longer afford to be a city divided between downtown and neighborhoods, with a downtown that becomes a ghost town when workers… — Gavin Newsom
As Mayor of San Francisco, I will work hard to ensure that, in the event of natural or man-made disasters, San Franciscans are prepared and… — Gavin Newsom
San Franciscans know we live in the most beautiful city in the world, a jewel on the edge of the Golden Gate — Gavin Newsom
As Mayor, I will lead city government, businesses, and community groups to support innovative projects that will make San Francisco streets and public places vibrant… — Gavin Newsom
As mayor of San Francisco, I will provide the vision and work hard to make San Francisco a beautiful, well-planned city with excellent housing and… — Gavin Newsom
A culture, we all know, is made by its cities. — Derek Walcott
Choose what you want to do â€“ or watch someone else doing it. Learn how to handle tools, paint, babies, machinery, or just listen to… — Joan Littlewood
Socially, Philadelphia was still a fairly provincial city, its business community governed by the mores of the Main Line. Politically, it was a cauldron of… — Andrea Mitchell
The right to have access to every building in the city by private motorcar in an age when everyone possesses such a vehicle is actually… — Lewis Mumford
First of all, I'm so glad that the city of Houston has a football team again. They have such great fans. I'm really happy for… — Earl Campbell
To sing of Wars, of Captains, and of Kings/Of Cities founded, Common-wealths begun/For my mean Pen are too superior things, — Anne Bradstreet
Having a place out of the city is a shortcut toward the mental reset I need. — Rachel Maddow
Rampaging horsemen can conquer; only the city can civilize. — James A. Michener
Everybody knows that our cities were built to be destroyed. — Caetano Veloso
Learn how to grow out of yourself and into the world of others: Plant a shade tree under which you know you will never sit.… — Denis Waitley
To promote a woman to bear rule, superiority, dominion, or empire above any realm, nation, or city, is repugnant to nature; contumely to God, a… — John Knox
The cities are the principal home and seat of the human group. They are the coral colony for Man, the collective being. — Alfred Doblin

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