Cities Quotes

4162 quotes by 2604 authors

On November 15th, 2008, in over 300 cities, 4,000 children were adopted in one day. — Nia Vardalos
The redemption of Zion is more than the purchase or recovery of lands, the building of cities, or even the founding of nations. It is… — Orson F. Whitney
Nothing lasts forever. Butâ€”especially as it seems to me cities and humans are symbiotically and inextricably bound at this pointâ€”I hope cities have a good,… — Alex Shakar
New York City is a great apartment hotel in which everyone lives and no one is at home. — Glenway Wescott
Cities all over the world are getting bigger as more and more people move from rural to urban sites, but that has created enormous problems… — Alan Dundes
President David O. McKay put it beautifully when he said, speaking of mothers, 'This ability and willingness properly to rear children, the gift to love,… — H. Burke Peterson
Books, I knew then and now, give body to our ideas and imaginations, make them flesh in the world; a bookstore is the city where… — Lewis Buzbee
I am also committed to providing city employees with housing assistance. — Thomas Menino
I brought together experts from health care, business, academic institutions, and the community to develop a comprehensive blueprint for eliminating racial and ethnic disparities in… — Thomas Menino
TRIGGER CITY secures Sean Chercover's place as one of the best crime writers of his generation. It grabs you hard on the first page and… — Tasha Alexander
New York City is filled with random, quirky moments like this, chance collisions that just might change your life. — Hope Edelman
I couldn't chance failing in New York yet, letting the city fail me. It was the only place I knew I belonged. If I couldn't… — Hope Edelman
A bookcase is as good as a view, as much of a panorama as the sight of a city or a river. There are dawns… — Anatole Broyard
There is really one city for everyone just as there is one major love. — Dawn Powell
An evening up on the Empire State roof-the strangest experience. The huge tomb in steel and glass, the ride to the 84th floor and there,… — Dawn Powell
To be a European is to try to negotiate morally, intellectually and existentially the opposing statements and praxis of the city of Socrates and the… — George Steiner
Chicago is a sort of journalistic Yellowstone Park, offering haven to a last herd of fantastic bravos. — Ben Hecht
The person who renders loyal service in a humble capacity will be chosen for higher responsibilities, just as the biblical servant who multiplied the one… — B. C. Forbes
Solitude in the city is about the lack of other people or rather their distance beyond a door or wall, but in remote places it… — Rebecca Solnit
Las Vegas suggests that the thirst for places, for cities and gardens and wilderness, is unslaked, that people will still seek out the experience of… — Rebecca Solnit

Who Wrote These Cities Quotes

2,604 authors contributed a total of 4,162 Cities Quotes, led by these top contributors: