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Large Cities Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- A transition from an author's book to his conversation is too often like an entrance into a large city, after a distant prospect. Remotely, we…
- Poverty has, in large cities, very different appearances; it is often concealed in splendour, and often in extravagance.
More Large Cities Quotes
- We are the safest large city in America, but any crime rate is too high. — Michael Bloomberg
- A transition from an author's book to his conversation is too often like an entrance into a large city, after a distant… — Samuel Johnson
- The disadvantages of a decentralized, spread out urban area are tremendous, and the environmental damage of urban sprawl cannot be ignored. As… — Minoru Mori
- The best way to get a sense of what kinds of emergencies might present themselves in your community is by contacting local… — Irwin Redlener
- Books in a large university library system: 2,000,000. Books in an average large city library: 10,000. Average number of books in a… — Anthony Burgess
- I think our governments will remain virtuous for many centuries as long as they are chiefly agricultural; and this will be as… — Thomas Jefferson
- If a large city can, after intense intellectual efforts, choose for its mayor a man who merely will not steal from it,… — Frank Moore Colby
- The strongest argument for the unmaterialistic character of American life is . . . that we tolerate conditions that are, from a… — Mary McCarthy