Great City Quotes

70 quotes by 58 authors

A great city is not to be confounded with a populous one. — Aristotle
I have always believed that every great city in history needs a vibrant center. — Eli Broad
I love Philadelphia. I was shocked at what a great city this is. For me, it is the cat's pajamas. I love everything about it.… — George Dzundza
I think it's a great city. I think it's a fabulous city. But in my young juvenile days, I was an idiot, and I bought… — Shaquille O'Neal
I miss Seattle a lot. It was my first city that I lived in on my own. It was a great city to play for.… — Kevin Durant
You know, I sometimes think, how is anyone ever gonna come up with a book, or a painting, or a symphony, or a sculpture that… — Owen Wilson
I never rebel so much against France as not to regard Paris with a friendly eye; she has had my heart since my childhood... I… — Michel de Montaigne
A man who lives with nature is used to violence and is companionable with death. There is more violence in an English hedgerow than in… — P.D. James
He [Professor Moriarty] is the Napoleon of crime, Watson. He is the organizer of half that is evil and of nearly all that is undetected… — Arthur Conan Doyle
The great city can teach something that no university by itself can altogether impart: a vivid sense of the largeness of human brotherhood, a vivid… — Seth Low
The universe is but one great city, full of beloved ones, divine and human, by nature endeared to each other. — Epictetus
Those who have past much of their lives in this great city, look upon its opulence and its multitudes, its extent and variety, with cold… — Samuel Johnson
And then 45 years later, as I finished my career in the great city of Cleveland, that was another great way to end my career,… — Dave Winfield
You stand now between anarchy and law. The Police have done their duty. Let the jury have the same courage so that the police can… — Jason Epstein
No great city has ever been known for its abundant supply of parking. — Allan Jacobs
For starters, Portland isn't a great city to live in if you're a young, African American male with a lot of money, — Greg Oden
Among the noblest in the land - Though man may count himself the least - That man I honor and revere, Who without favor, without… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
When you know that language, it's easy to believe that someone in the world awaits you, whether it's in the middle of the desert or… — Paulo Coelho
Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before me. — Jonah
Go to the great city of Nineveh and proclaim to it the message I give you. — Jonah

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