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Cities Quotes by Edward Abbey
- What ideal, immutable Platonic cloud could equal the beauty and perfection of any ordinary everyday cloud floating over, say, Tuba City, Arizona, on a hot…
- The real work of men was hunting meat. The invention of agriculture was a giant step in the wrong direction, leading to serfdom, cities, and…
- 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…
- One of the pleasant things about small town life is that everyone, whether rich or poor, liked or disliked, has some kind of a role…
- The knowledge that refuge is available, when and if needed, makes the silent inferno of the desert more easily bearable. Mountains complement desert as desert…
- 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.…
- Water, water, water....There is no shortage of water in the desert but exactly the right amount , a perfect ratio of water to rock, water…
- Men come and go, cities rise and fall, whole civilizations appear and disappear-the earth remains, slightly modified. The earth remains, and the heartbreaking beauty where…
- We can have wilderness without freedom; we can have wilderness without human life at all, but we cannot have freedom without wilderness, we cannot have…
More Cities Quotes
- Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of… — Aristophanes
- A great city is not to be confounded with a populous one. — Aristotle
- Even in New York, there are a lot of very attractive girls pedaling around. That just happens to be one of the… — Paul Auster
- In the holy city of Mecca, violence of any kind was forbidden. From the moment they left home, pilgrims were not permitted… — Karen Armstrong
- I didn't go to school for a full year until I was 12. In the summer I was a wild child in… — Margaret Atwood
- We do not look in our great cities for our best morality. — Jane Austen
- As people flock to urban centers where ground space is limited, cities with green walls and roofs and skyscraper farms offer improved… — Diane Ackerman
- On some summer days in New York City, the air hangs thickly visible, like the combined exhalations of eight million souls. Steam… — Diane Ackerman
- There is no city or country in the world where women and girls live free of the fear of violence. No leader… — Michelle Bachelet
- London changes because of money. It's real estate. If they can build some offices or expensive apartments they will, it's money that… — David Bailey
- My boyhood life in New York City has impressed me with the popular ignorance and also with the great need of something… — Cleveland Abbe
- I don't think acting is addictive. If I stopped acting tomorrow, I really wouldn't care. If you told me that I would… — Alec Baldwin