Cities Quote by Cleve Jones

The whole function of cities has been transformed.

— Cleve Jones

All through organized history, if you wanted prosperity you had to have cities. Cities are places that attract new people with new ideas.

— Jane Jacobs

And those are the Rich, who transmit what they have to their Posterity; whereby particular Families become rich; and of such are compounded Cities,…

— Dudley North

Transformed people transform cities.

— Bill Johnson

The composition of our society has been changing. We [world] are becoming a more urban population. Mega-cities, those with more than 10 million residents,…

— Hari Sreenivasan

Cities offer us powerful leverage on our most stubborn, wasteful practices. Long commutes in our cars, big power bills from our energy-hogging buildings, shopping…

— Alex Steffen

“Historically, cities were built on rivers or natural harbors to ease the flow of goods. But these days, since shipping costs have declined and…

— Robert Kunzig

The price of property in city centres is making it impossible, particularly in the big cities, for any kind of social mix to take…

— Joseph Rykwert

“It can only benefit the city to have endless waves of exceptionally capable, even brilliant, folk unfettered by class and family connections. They change…

— Catherynne M. Valente

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

— Peter Maurer

Nothing in this world is more simple and more cheap than making cities that provide better for people.

— Jan Gehl

Cities are important because that's where the majority of the world's population lives and an even bigger share of the global economy resides.

— Jens Martin Skibsted