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Urban Quotes by Jane Smiley
- An urban novelist never minds a little decay.
- In the traditional urban novel, there is only survival or not. The suburban idea, the conformist idea, that agony can be seen to and cured…
More Urban Quotes
- As people flock to urban centers where ground space is limited, cities with green walls and roofs and skyscraper farms offer improved… — Diane Ackerman
- The industrial revolution has tended to produce everywhere great urban masses that seem to be increasingly careless of ethical standards. — Irving Babbitt
- A peasant becomes fond of his pig and is glad to salt away its pork. What is significant, and is so difficult… — John Berger
- Urban conservationists may feel entitled to be unconcerned about food production because they are not farmers. But they can't be let off… — Wendell Berry
- I applaud the growing commitment of Evangelicals to the needs of the poor and oppressed in urban America. — Tony Campolo
- Sixty percent of all Indians live in urban areas, but nobody's writing about them. They're really an underrepresented population, and the ironic… — Sherman Alexie
- One of the tragedies of the struggle against racism is that up to now there has been no national organization which could… — Stokely Carmichael
- The artistic element of Manhattan has kind of moved to Brooklyn. Has it changed it? Yeah. Has it ruined it? I would… — Julian Casablancas
- You know, I don't really understand a suburban environment. I want to be out in the woods, I want to be where… — Karen Allen
- I think one thing you could probably say for all my albums is that they're all pretty eclectic pop. There's always a… — Kelly Clarkson
- To the extent that our workers compete with low-paid Mexicans, it is as much through undocumented immigration as trade. This pattern threatens… — William J. Clinton
- The fundamental failure of most graphic, product, architectural and even urban design is its insistence on serving the God of Looking-Good rather… — Richard Saul Wurman