City Quotes

4019 City quotes by 2621 unique authors

In the inner city, there's a mentality that the government owes you something. My breakthrough came when I stopped feeling sorry for myself and took… — Mary J. Blige
No place epitomizes the American experience and the American spirit more than New York City. — Michael Bloomberg
This is the city of dreamers and time and again it's the place where the greatest dream of all, the American dream, has been tested… — Michael Bloomberg
I'm trying to change the culture in New York City; that's hard enough! — Michael Bloomberg
We are the safest large city in America, but any crime rate is too high. — Michael Bloomberg
We cannot continue. Our pension costs and health care costs for our employees are going to bankrupt this city. — Michael Bloomberg
You are safer here tonight than you would be on the streets of any other city in the world. — Michael Bloomberg
The World Trade Center site will forever hold a special place in our city, in our hearts. But we would be untrue to the best… — Michael Bloomberg
We may not always agree with every one of our neighbors. That's life. And it's part of living in such a diverse and dense city.… — Michael Bloomberg
If a hurricane strikes, we can blame the president for not being there; we can blame Congress and FEMA; we can blame the state governments;… — Michael Bloomberg
We should concentrate our work not only to a separated housing problem but housing involved in our daily work and all the other functions of… — Alvar Aalto
Rome is the city of echoes, the city of illusions, and the city of yearning. — Giotto di Bondone
The fact that over 50 per cent of the residents of Toronto are not from Canada, that is always a good thing, creatively, and for… — Anthony Bourdain
Tokyo would probably be the foreign city if I had to eat one city's food for the rest of my life, every day. It would… — Anthony Bourdain
I grew up in a city, I'm a city person - I go on holiday and I'm bored. — Danny Boyle
One of Dickens' biggest influences was the growth of London as a Victorian city, and the extremes being created as it expanded. — Danny Boyle
We have almost a city has probably two or three hundred committees. Every committee is dealing with just one problem and has nothing to do… — Alvar Aalto
Washington, D.C. is a city filled with people who believe they are important. — David Brinkley
Any city in America would like to get a museum built if they didn't have to pay for it. — Eli Broad
I have always believed that every great city in history needs a vibrant center. — Eli Broad
Sydney in the 1960s wasn't the exuberant multicultural metropolis it is today. Out in the city's western reaches, days passed in a sun-struck stupor. In… — Geraldine Brooks
Burn down your cities and leave our farms, and your cities will spring up again as if by magic; but destroy our farms and the… — William Jennings Bryan
Des Moines is like your typical American city; it's just these concentric circles of malls, built outward from the city. — Bill Bryson
My belief, for what it is worth, is that city dwellers cannot understand the world. Insulated from reality by complex and expert systems of provision… — James Buchan
Here in Barcelona, it's the architects who built the buildings that made the city iconic who are the objects of admiration - not a bunch… — Julie Burchill

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