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344 Urban quotes by 296 unique authors

Merrie Destefano storms the world of urban fantasy with AFTERLIFE, breathing new life into the vast genre of the undead. Gritty, poignant, in the tradition… — Tosca Lee
URBANITY, n. The kind of civility that urban observers ascribe to dwellers in all cities but New York. Its commonest expression is heard in the… — Ambrose Bierce
We may yet work up to some serious shooting war, or maybe some acts of urban genocide committed with rogue nuclear weapons. But if that… — Bruce Sterling
For my part, I make this pledge to all of you: The politics of division, of pitting east against west, urban versus rural, region against… — Ed Rendell
Blade Runner appears regularly, two or three times a year in various shapes and forms of science fiction. It set the pace for what is… — Ridley Scott
It's a fault line where the flotsam and energy that washes up from the Pacific collides with all of urban America crashing in from the… — Antoine Predock
Only rarely do we see beyond the needs of humanity, and he linked this blindness to our Christian and humanist infrastructure. It arose 2,000 years… — James Lovelock
Urban nature is like living with mass conditions. It sometimes feels like a myth & you are its scribe. — Eileen Myles
I feel however, that we architects have a special duty and mission... (to contribute) to the socio-cultural development of architecture and urban planning — Kenzo Tange
In years to come cities will stretch out horizontally and will be non-urban (Los Angeles). After that, they will bury themselves in the ground and… — Jean Baudrillard
Permaculture offers a radical approach to food production and urban renewal, water, energy and pollution. It integrates ecology, landscape, organic gardening, architecture and agro-forestry in… — Bill Mollison
Canada can be tough for urban music. — Melanie Fiona
Urbanization is not about simply increasing the number of urban residents or expanding the area of cities. More importantly, it's about a complete change from… — Li Keqiang
I'm an urban person who loves living in the country. — Dani Shapiro
From 50 centuries, we can learn about the close relationship between garden design and urban design, because both arts involve the composition of buildings with… — Tom Turner
My girlfriend is a fashion designer. She has her own company called Rachel Antonoff. She is doing a collaboration with Urban Outfitters right now, a… — Nate Ruess
While the romanticized ideal of universal public education resonates with the cognoscenti who oppose vouchers, poor urban families just want the best education for their… — Clarence Thomas
Part of my affinity with urban music comes from being on 'Kids Incorporated,' 'cos we used to sit around and listen to Chaka Khan and… — Fergie
Creating your own urban farm is as simple as planting your flowerbeds with edibles. — Greg Peterson
I envision a day when every city and town has front and back yards, community gardens and growing spaces, nurtured into life by neighbors who… — Greg Peterson
[T]he final step in becoming an urban farmer is the naming of your farm, even if your name is simply for the few pots on… — Greg Peterson
The urban man is an uprooted tree, he can put out leaves, flowers and grow fruit but what a nostalgia his leaf, flower, and fruit… — Juan Ramon Jimenez
Jews and homosexuals are the outstanding creative minorities in contemporary urban culture. Creative, that is, in the truest sense: they are creators of sensibilities. The… — Susan Sontag
Living in cities is an art, and we need the vocabulary of art, of style, to describe the peculiar relationship between man and material that… — Jonathan Raban
It's easy to blame the nature-deficit disorder on the kids' or the parents' back, but they also need the help of urban planners, schools, libraries… — Richard Louv

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