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Cities Quotes by Jeffrey Eugenides
- Planning is for the world's great cities, for Paris, London, and Rome, for cities dedicated, at some level, to culture. Detroit, on the other hand,…
- The window gave onto a view of dove-gray roofs and balconies, each one containing the same cracked flowerpot and sleeping feline. It was as if…
- Some cities have fallen into ruin and some are built upon ruins but others contain their own ruins while still growing.
More Cities Quotes
- A great city is not to be confounded with a populous one. — Aristotle
- Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of… — Aristophanes
- Growing up in a Jewish matriarchal world inside the patriarchal paradise of Salt Lake City, Utah, gave me increased perspective on gender… — Roseanne Barr
- We do not look in our great cities for our best morality. — Jane Austen
- It was the hard work of our people, the freedom they enjoyed and their faith in God that built this country and… — Ronald Reagan
- Since the Kingstonfirst BID started in January 2005, retailers have enjoyed three years of impressive sales growth, which has taken many of… — David Barford
- Even in New York, there are a lot of very attractive girls pedaling around. That just happens to be one of the… — Paul Auster
- On some summer days in New York City, the air hangs thickly visible, like the combined exhalations of eight million souls. Steam… — Diane Ackerman