Cities Quote by Chief Seattle Download Open image “Like a man who has been dying for many days, a man in your city is numb to the stench.” — Chief Seattle ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.7 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Cities Dying Men Numb
I think that any time a person comes face-to-face with their own mortality - close enough to Death that they can smell its breath… — Jim Goad Copy Share Image
Over the city lies the sweet, rotting odor of yesterday's unrecollected sins. — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
The honest and good man ought to be exactly like a man who smells strong, so that the bystander as soon as he comes… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“On the few occasions when we did visit my grandfather at the Evergreen Moral Home for the Aged Sick and Handicapped, I never wanted… — Hwee Hwee Tan Copy Share Image
The air is precious to the red man, for all things share the same breath-the beast, the tree, the man, they all share the… — Chief Seattle Copy Share Image
“You’d think you’d know when something smells bad; But if you’ve lived among sewage your whole life, bad smells are normal. Everything else seems… — Melissa Abigail Copy Share Image
There are ways of dying that don't end in funerals. Types of death you can't smell. — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Most of the people I admire, they usually smell funny and don't get out much. It's true. Most of them are either dead or… — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
Smell alone amongst the senses can either destroy or quite remake a man. — Gerolamo Cardano Copy Share Image
Tribe follows tribe, nations follow nations like the tides of the sea. It is the order of nature, and regret is useless. — Chief Seattle Copy Share Image
Your God loves your people and hates mine; he folds his strong arms lovingly around the white man and leads him as a father… — Chief Seattle Copy Share Image
We know that the white man does not understand our ways. One portion of land is the same to him as the next, for… — Chief Seattle Copy Share Image
Our people are ebbing away like a rapidly receding tide that will never return. The white man's God cannot love our people, or He… — Chief Seattle Copy Share Image
“The white man will never be alone. Let him be just, and deal kindly with my people. For the dead are not powerless.” — Chief Seattle Copy Share Image
You must teach your children that the ground beneath their feet is the ashes of your grandfathers. So that they will respect the land,… — Chief Seattle Copy Share Image
When the Earth is sick, the animals will begin to disappear, when that happens, The Warriors of the Rainbow will come to save them. — Chief Seattle Copy Share Image
The earth does not belong to man, man belongs to the earth. All things are connected like the blood that unites us all. Man… — Chief Seattle Copy Share Image
Humans merely share the Earth. We can only protect the land, not own it. — Chief Seattle Copy Share Image
Public infrastructure around the world is facing unprecedented stress, with hurricanes, cyclones, floods and forest fires all increasing in frequency and intensity. It's easy… — Naomi Klein Copy Share Image
Surely, if Mother Nature had been consulted, she would never have consented to building a city in New Orleans. — Mortimer Zuckerman Copy Share Image
Cities are 2% of the earth's crust, but they are 50% of the world's population. — Carlo Ratti Copy Share Image
A man could be a lover and defender of the wilderness without ever in his lifetime leaving the boundaries of asphalt, powerlines, and right-angled… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
All Germany was in turmoil. Revolutionaries seized power in the cities of Munich, Hanover and Cologne. One regional German government after another was toppled… — James Cross Giblin Copy Share Image
Nice is a city of ghosts and specters, but I hope not to become one of them right away. — Patrick Modiano Copy Share Image
I know of not one Republican candidate that would not appear publicly with Mitt Romney and I know many Democrats that don't even want… — Pete Sessions Copy Share Image
Just between you and me, shouldn’t the World Bank be encouraging MORE migration of the dirty industries to the LDCs [Less Developed Countries]?... I… — Lawrence Summers Copy Share Image
We will neglect our cities to our peril, for in neglecting them we neglect the nation. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
I didn't know the city at all, but I was so happy to be in New York I cried. I was so excited. — Greta Gerwig Copy Share Image
Dawn's faint breath breathes with your mouth at the ends of empty streets. Gray light your eyes, sweet drops of dawn on dark hills.… — Cesare Pavese Copy Share Image