Cities Quotes

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It was so cold in New York City today that the Statue of Liberty had her torch under her dress. — David Letterman
[It is] the most hideous waterfront structure ever inflicted on a city by a combination of architectural conceit and official bad taste. the Cathedral of… — Robert Moses
Some of us awake in the night with strange phantasms of enchanted hills and gardens, of fountains that sing in the sun, of golden cliffs… — H P Lovecraft
Chicago is one city. We shall work as one people for our common good and our common goals. — Harold Washington
The city's the best gallery I could imagine. I would never have to make a book and then present it to a gallery and let… — Unknown Author
You wouldn't think such a place as San Francisco could exist. The wonderful sunlight there, the hills, the great bridges, the Pacific at your shoes.… — Dylan Thomas
In a real estate man's eye, the most expensive part of the city is where he has a house to sell — Will Rogers
I pulled a hamstring during the New York City Marathon. An hour into the race, I jumped off the couch... — David Letterman
Through this broad street, restless ever, ebbs and flows a human tide, wave on wave a living river; wealth and fashion side by side; Toiler,… — John Greenleaf Whittier
Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where Nature may heal and cheer and give strength to body… — John Muir
We cannot afford merely to sit down and deplore the evils of city life as inevitable, when cities are constantly growing, both absolutely and relatively.… — Theodore Roosevelt
New York now leads the world's great cities in the number of people around whom you shouldn't make a sudden move. — David Letterman
Unfortunately there are still people in other areas who regard New York City not as part of the United States, but as a sort of… — Robert Moses
If you take the contempt some Americans have for yuppies and multiply it by 10 you might come close to understanding their attitude towards the… — Martin Cruz Smith
Business as usual will not be accepted by any part of this city. — Harold Washington
Beautiful city! . . . spreading her gardens to the moonlight, and whispering from her towers the last enchantments of the Middle Age . .… — Matthew Arnold
I shall never sleep calmly again when I think of the horrors that lurk ceaselessly behind life in time and in space, and of those… — H P Lovecraft
Dingoes, jackals, skunks, vipers and weasel are now illegal in New York City. Well great, who's going to run CBS? — David Letterman
We must not only protect the country side and save it from destruction, we must restore what has been destroyed and salvage the beauty and… — Lyndon B. Johnson
Arab sovereignty in Jerusalem just cannot be. This city will not be divided-not half and half, not 60-40, not 75-25, nothing. — Golda Meir
You know, we had the elections earlier in the week, and a dead woman, in Pennsylvania, somehow was on the ballot and she was elected… — David Letterman
The slum is the measure of civilization. — Jacob August Riis
Someone did a study of the three most-often-heard phrases in New York City. One is "Hey taxi." Two is "What train do I take to… — David Letterman
This warning from the New York City Department of Health Fraud: Be suspicious of any doctor who tries to take your temperature with his finger. — David Letterman
Really,' thought I, 'we call Baltimore the 'Monumental City' for its two marble columns, and here is Edinburg with one at every street-corner! — Bayard Taylor

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