City Quote by Chris Grayling

I'm not fond of cities: the constant activity and swarms of people.

— Joanne Harris

Whenever and wherever societies have flourished and prospered rather than stagnated and decayed, creative and workable cities have been at the core of the…

— Jane Jacobs

In the city, a lot of crime happens, a lot of violence happens from time to time,

— Victor Cruz

Cities collect people, stray and lost and deliberate arrivants.

— Dionne Brand

When we deal with cities we are dealing with life at its most complex and intense. Planners are guided by principles derived from the…

— Jane Jacobs

How the city attracts all types and how the unwary must suffer from ignorance of its ways.

— Cyprian Ekwensi

It may be romantic to search for the salves of society's ills in slow-moving rustic surroundings, or among innocent, unspoiled provincials, if such exist,…

— Jane Jacobs

I just think cities are unnatural, basically. I know there are people who live happily in them, and I have cities that I love,…

— Alice Walker

A lot of the interesting issues and dynamics within a city occur over things such as socio-economic issues or ethnic issues. But they require…

— Will Wright

“All socioeconomic activity in cities involves the interaction between people. Employment, wealth creation, innovation and ideas, the spread of infectious diseases, health care, crime,…

— Geoffrey West

Cities are drivers of growth and wealth, and at the same time, cities are becoming increasingly violent.

— Peter Maurer

The city an epitome of the social world. All the belts of civilization intersect along its avenues. It contains the products of every moral…

— Edwin Hubbel Chapin