Cities Quotes

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People nowadays like to be together not in the old-fashioned way of, say, mingling on the piazza of an Italian Renaissance city, but, instead, huddled… — J. G. Ballard
Copy is not written. If anyone tells you â€˜you write copyâ€™, sneer at them. Copy is not written. Copy is assembled. You do not write… — Eugene Schwartz
The measure of any great civilization is its cities and a measure of a city's greatness is to be found in the quality of its… — John Ruskin
Cities have personalities, just as people do, and that finding the right place to live is akin to finding the right partner to live with. — Susan Maushart
Apparently, there's a little red demon dwarf that haunts the city, and before every major bad thing that's happened, it's appeared to somebody. Last time,… — Megan Martha White
Being in this business for as long as I've been in it, it's sort of like living in a town or a city before the… — Carly Simon
I moved up over Lower East Side and I was adopted by eight foster parents; I lived all over New York City with these parents,… — Gregory Corso
"Glorious, stirring sight!" murmured Toad. . . . "The poetry of motion! The real way to travel! The only way to travel! Here today -… — Kenneth Grahame
No one has the right to change Paris, the protesters say, and argue that the city is the patrimony of all mankind. — John Vinocur
It is evident that in the period designated as that of the kings, when Rome commenced her career of conquest, she was, for that time… — Goldwin Smith
This whole thing about winning and losing is muddy waters. But I can remember, as a young actor, just walking around this city and not… — Jeffrey Tambor
Unlike most major American cities, Honolulu is geographically insulated from the rest of the country. When disaster strikes we cannot call on neighboring states for… — Daniel Kahikina Akaka
Preparing our city to achieve its destiny will require strong leadership. — Thomas Menino
The Hellish and dismal cloud of...Coal...perpetually imminent over (London) ...that her inhabitants breathe nothing but impure and thick mist...corrupting the lungs and disordering the entire… — John Evelyn
The modern city consists of...dark, narrow streets full of gasoline fumes, coal dust, and toxic gasses, torn by the noise... — Alexis Carrel
Represent to yourself a dark city all burning and stinking with fire and brimstone. The damned are in the depth of hell within this woful… — Saint Francis de Sales
...buying a fly rod in the average city store, that is, joining it up and safely waggling it a bit, is much like seeing a… — John D. Voelker
The country's top chefs, designers, media personalities and businesses are part of this dynamic city. We know that Chicagoans are used to the highest standards. — Ivanka Trump
You burned the city of London in our houses and we felt the flames. — Archibald MacLeish
But I've got a lot of ideas, I bought me a ranch in Florida and I still have my farm in Ashland City, Tennessee so… — Mel Tillis

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