Cities Quotes

4162 Cities quotes by 2604 unique authors

I was attracted to the concept of Hollywood and the lifestyle here. But I've grown to mistrust it because it has changed. I didn't bargain… — Edward Ruscha
Lo, the most excellent sun so calm and haughty, The violet and purple morn with just-felt breezes, The gentle soft-born measureless light, The miracle spreading… — Walt Whitman
We cannot doubt that barbaric people receive such influences more visibly and obviously, and in all likelihood more easily and fully than we do, for… — William Butler Yeats
I'm interested in the way that the language of labor has been suppressed in our culture, the way it has disappeared from our vocabulary and… — Naomi Wallace
There is a horrifying loneliness at work in this time. No, listen to me. We lived six and seven to a room in those days,… — Anne Rice
In the city of flesh I travel without maps, a worried tourist: and Ottilie was a very Venice. I stumbled lost in the blue shade… — John Banville
In our city spring came from the sky, not from the soil, which was ruled by stone that recognizes no seasonal change. The change of… — Ismail KadarÃ©
My birthplace was California, but I couldn't forget Armenia, so what is one's country? Is it land of the earth, in a specific place? Rivers… — William Saroyan
It's more eerie to be alone in a city that's lit up and functioning than one that's a tomb. If everything were silent, one could… — Isaac Marion
The smell of death was thick in the city of Vara?asi. And in Tokyo as well. And yet the birds blissfully sang their songs. — Shusaku Endo
The firelight magnified our shadows, glinted off the silver, flickered high upon the walls; its reflection roared orange in the windowpanes as if a city… — Donna Tartt
The city of Hiroshima stands as more than a monument to massive death and destruction. It stands as a living testament to the necessity for… — Edward Kennedy
Boston was a great city to grow up in, and it probably still is. We were surrounded by two very important elements: academia and the… — Leonard Nimoy
Thousands of Mexicans gathered in Mexico City to protest high food prices. The protest only lasted an hour, because everyone had to leave for their… — Conan O'Brien
The real menace of our Republic is the invisible Government which like a giant Octopus, sprawls its slimy legs over our cities, states, and nation. — John Francis Hylan
If we wish to rebuild our cities, we must first rebuild our neighborhoods. — Harvey Milk
New Orleans is a city of elegance, beauty, and refinement. — Tom Piazza
Everybody now thinks that Nashville is the coolest city in America, — Dave Grohl
I can't wait to get back to New York City where at least when I walk down the streat, no one ever hesitates to tell… — Ani DiFranco
From the city of angels off the Pacific Ocean. Good morning, good evening, wherever you may be, across the nation, around the world. I'm George… — George Noory
Growing food was the first activity that gave us enough prosperity to stay in one place, form complex social groups, tell our stories, and build… — Barbara Kingsolver
The Negro has been here in America since 1619, a total of 344 years. He is not going anywhere else; this country is his home.… — Medgar Evers
Actually, the suburbs are far more sinister places than most city dwellers imagine. Their very blandness forces the imagination into new areas. I mean, one's… — J. G. Ballard
One has to keep in mind the countless human tragedies that played out in these days. Through the middle of a city, where several thousand… — Willy Brandt
Lahore, the second largest city of Pakistan, ancient capital of the Punjab, home to nearly as many people as New York, layered like a sedimentary… — Mohsin Hamid

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