Cities Quotes

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I'm alone, stumbling through the city in the dark, trying not to let the night freeze my blood. — Isaac Marion
I resolve to venture into the city on my own. I look at maps in the library—subway maps, bus maps, and regular maps—and try to… — Deborah Feldman
When human men hold an object that makes a powerful noise, or has moving parts, or spins around fast, or has a button they can… — Craig Stone
Walking uplifts the spirit. Breathe out the poisons of tension, stress, and worry; breathe in the power of God. Send forth little silent prayers of… — Bill Vaughan
Once in pre-war days, when curiously-bonneted women drivers were familiar sights at the taxi-wheels, I cried out to one in my dismay: "Is there no… — Alexander Woollcott
In cities men cannot be prevented from concerting together, and from awakening a mutual excitement which prompts sudden and passionate resolutions. Cities may be looked… — Alexis de Tocqueville
It is a dreadful thing to see the dead city. Next to the port I found children, women, the old, waiting for a way to… — Golda Meir
I doubt if there is anything in the world uglier than a Midwestern city. — Frank Lloyd Wright
In science fiction, we dream. In order to colonize in space, to rebuild our cities, which are so far out of whack, to tackle any… — Ray Bradbury
Real cities have something else, some individual bony structure under the muck. Los Angeles has Hollywood -- and hates it. It ought to consider itself… — Raymond Chandler
If future society assumes the contours foretold by Marxism, if the jungle of our cities turns to the polis of man and the dreams of… — George Steiner
Cities are the huge central dynamos of all being. The power of a man can be measured today by the mile, the number of miles… — Gerald Stanley Lee
We have had the stone age; we have had the iron age; and now we have the sky age, and the sky telegraph, and sky… — Gerald Stanley Lee
I am starting to like LA, but the concept of a place you have to get used to so much seems a little weird to… — Sloane Crosley
Washington is a city of money. It's a flood of money. — Mark Shields
All I'm saying is we got plenty of Texans, and people from Montana, and New Jersey, and Wyoming, or Kansas City. We got plenty of… — Billy Bob Thornton
Russia tried to introduce beer as kind of the new vodka - and it's working with younger people in major cities - but you can… — Gary Shteyngart
After the occupation of Paris, Hitler visited Paris, which of course was a great jewel for him, and he wanted to go up on the… — Joe Harris
That's the great thing about big cities: Nobody is judging. You really get a chance to show who you are with your style. — Chris Paul
I grew up in Pittsburgh, where you couldn't even see the noon sun in the sky, and that whole city was cleaned up without the… — Ron Paul
City's effort to end homelessness among veterans is different than how things used to be in L.A. — John Carlos Frey
My dad was a big fan of comedy. He wanted to be a stand-up. He loved Lenny [Bruce]. He also loved Lord Buckley and jazz… — Judd Apatow
In small towns, bored teenagers turn their eyes longingly to the exciting doings in the big cities, pining for urban amenities like hipster bars and… — Thomas Frank
Vibrancy is so universally desirable, so totemic in its powers, that even though we aren't sure what the word means, we know the quality it… — Thomas Frank
Every city is either vibrant these days or is working on a plan to attain vibrancy soon. The reason is simple: a city isn't successful… — Thomas Frank

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