Downtown Quotes
144 quotes by 132 authors
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I go a lot to see young people downtown in little theaters. It's great. If you start somebody's career, it's so exciting.
— Mikhail Baryshnikov
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Where I grew up, in Des Moines, Iowa, there is hardly any downtown economic activity now. Everybody shops in malls - you don't find a…
— Bill Bryson
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When you've got worries, all the noise and the hurry seems to help, I know. Downtown.
— Tony Hatch
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I wanted to win to feed the hungry people of my community. I didn't want to win to buy a diamond.. I didn't have no…
— Mr. T
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A long-term substance abuser, a few months before his death, penned this poem: Went downtown, Hastings and Main, looking for relief from the pain. All…
— Gabor Mate
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When you're alone and life is making you lonely, you can always go downtown.
— Tony Hatch
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The police can go to downtown Harlem and pick up a kid with a joint in the streets. But they can't go into the elegant…
— Noam Chomsky
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As my father-in-law once said, when they talk about taxes it's always for teachers, firemen, and police - but when they spend your taxes, it…
— Glenn Reynolds
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There are almost no beautiful cities in America, though there are many beautiful parts of cities, and some sections that are glorious without being beautiful,…
— Noel Perrin
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I love New York City. Everyone is busy with their own lives - and no one is interested in some Hollywood celebrity walking past in…
— James Van Der Beek
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I think I'm pretty smart on what I spend my money on. I still don't have a new car, I drive my old car that…
— Chris O'Donnell
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I'm pretty darn happy. I really wanted to go to San Diego and play for those offensive masterminds. I'm looking forward to a 15-year career,…
— Ryan Leaf
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There's the downtown area of Tupelo. Did you see the skyscrapers? Two stories.
— Bobby Heenan
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Everyone is aware that tremendous numbers of people concentrate in city downtowns and that, if they did not, there would be no downtown to amount…
— Jane Jacobs
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I have been dwelling upon downtowns. This is not because mixtures of primary uses are unneeded elsewhere in cities. On the contrary they are needed,…
— Jane Jacobs
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So what’s the use of repentance, and what do you care for goodness, and what if you should die in a quake, so who the…
— John Fante
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Flowers are the free throw of love. You're looking for the clutch three-pointer from downtown.
— Daniel Holloway
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We've concocted a system where local trips take an auto. That's our biggest tragedy. Streetcars, such as those used in Portland's Pearl District, and elevated…
— Peter Calthorpe
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This is critical to the region. Every other major city has public transportation going downtown. We have a world-class airport now, and this could be…
— Debbie Stabenow
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When he came back from downtown, he had forgotten to bring his license, his identification, the $2 for the wedding license. So we got married…
— Eydie Gorme
Who Wrote These Downtown Quotes
132 authors contributed a total of 144 Downtown Quotes, led by these top contributors: