Cities Quotes

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We have soon to have everywhere smoke annihilators, dust absorbers, ozonizers, sterilizers of water, air, food and clothing, and accident preventers on streets, elevated roads… — Nikola Tesla
And then 45 years later, as I finished my career in the great city of Cleveland, that was another great way to end my career,… — Dave Winfield
The panorama-city is a 'theoretical' (that is, visual) simulacrum, in short a picture, whose condition of possibility is an oblivion and a misunderstanding of practices. — Michel de Certeau
It is as though the practices organizing a bustling city were characterized by [city practitioners', everyday citizens'] blindness. The neworks of these moving, intersecting writings… — Michel de Certeau
More than its utilitarian and technocratic transparency, it is the opaque ambivalence of its oddities that makes the city livable. — Michel de Certeau
What an incredibly beautiful city at night Chicago is. Absolutely beautiful. — Nik Wallenda
As a spiritual person, nature for me has always been a healing place. Going back all the way to my childhood on the farm, the… — David Mixner
It is my plan to create a city that is direct and simple... To leave out all that is ugly, to eliminate the unnecessary, and… — Addison Mizner
Anyone who lives in a city will know the feeling of having been there too long. The gorge-vision that the streets imprint on us, the… — Robert Macfarlane
If you're playing for the Kansas City Royals about all you can do is beat your head against the wall. — John Kruk
This is my chance to make it all happen, in the one city, where they say dreams come true. — Lauren Conrad
I consider myself extremely lucky to have been born and raised in London, and to have had on my doorstep this most fascinating of cities… — Jean Plaidy
After the war, there was no industry. We lost the war. We had our whole city destroyed. No money. No studio. No film. No camera.… — Dino De Laurentiis
There isn't a single American city, in my estimation, that has sufficient plans for a nuclear terrorist event. — Irwin Redlener
Civilization has taught man how to live in dense crowds, and by that very fact those crowds are likely ultimately to constitute a majority of… — Charles Galton Darwin
This last month I have felt the burden of a city. Its great sorrow has pressed in on my soul. Its vice and sin have… — Oswald J. Smith
There is no English equivalent for the French word flÃ¢neur. Cassell's dictionary defines flÃ¢neur as a stroller, saunterer, drifter but none of these terms seems… — Cornelia Otis Skinner
In the first Spider-Man, at the end of the movie, Peter Parker had to deny himself a relationship with a girl that he's in love… — John Dykstra
I've been through the process qualifying for the World Cup, which is an amazing, two-year process. It was an honor to represent the U.S. and… — Cobi Jones
People look at black pride in America and sport's impact on it. In the major cities it took off the first time Jackie Robinson stole… — Jerry Izenberg

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