Cities Quotes

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If there were one city I should pick to live in, it would be New York. It is a city where I walk down the… — Maria Schell
We have learned that terrorist attacks are not caused by the use of strength; they are invited by the perception of weakness. And the surest… — George W. Bush
I had a map on my wall that had a circle around Lubbock and then giant arrows pointing toward New York City and Los Angeles.… — Barry Corbin
At present there is no distinction among the upper ten thousand of the city. — Nathaniel Parker
Progress? There's no such thing as progress. There's only change. You dig a hole in the ground, you build up a city, and you fight… — Charles Manson
Belgrade is the ugliest city in the world in the most beautiful place in the world. — Le Corbusier
The city of Chandigarh is planned to human scale. It puts us in touch with the infinite cosmos and nature. It provides us with places… — Le Corbusier
Modern life demands, and is waiting for, a new kind of plan, both for the house and the city. — Le Corbusier
The materials of city planning are: sky, space, trees, steel and cement; in that order and that hierarchy. — Le Corbusier
A city is the place of availabilities. It is the place where a small boy, as he walks through it, may see something that will… — Louis Kahn
In architecture it isn't enough to just have the right building that works well. It can also be beautiful. It can also be different. It… — Oscar Niemeyer
I create enclosed spaces mainly by means of thick concrete walls. The primary reason is to create a place for the individual, a zone for… — Tadao Ando
I’ve been thinking about that question about what city people can do. The main thing is to realize that country people can’t invent a better… — Wendell Berry
Hope and the future for me are not in lawns and cultivated fields, not in towns and cities, but in the impervious and quaking swamps. — Henry David Thoreau
When my hoe tinkled against the stones, that music echoed to the woods and the sky, and was an accompaniment to my labor which yielded… — Henry David Thoreau
We need some contact with the things we sprang from. We need nature at least as a part of the context of our lives. Without… — Joseph Wood Krutch
Iran has long sponsored terrorists who carry out homicide bombings in Israeli cities. However, it is a mistake to believe the danger Iran poses is… — John Doolittle
Nature made the fields and man the cities. — Marcus Terentius Varro
Divine Nature gave the fields, human art built the cities. — Marcus Terentius Varro
Go for broke. Always try and do too much. Dispense with safety nets. Take a deep breath before you begin talking. Aim for the stars.… — Salman Rushdie
Our cities with their swollen populations and cliff dwelling high-rise buildings are breeding places for loneliness. Neighborhoods crumble under the housing development bulldozers and families… — Allan Fromme
In America, there might be better gastronomic destinations than New Orleans, but there is no place more uniquely wonderful. ... With the best restaurants in… — Anthony Bourdain
I was able to work with the best musicians in Kansas City starting when I was really young — Pat Metheny
We should teach general ethics to both men and women, but sexual relationships themselves must not be policed. Sex, like the city streets, would be… — Camille Paglia
There are only two rules. One is E. M. Forster's guide to Alexandria; the best way to know Alexandria is to wander aimlessly. The second… — Jan Morris

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