Cities Quote by Colum McCann

“Every now and then the city shook its soul out. It assailed you with an image, or a day, or a crime, or a…

— Colum McCann

“One of those out-of-the-ordinary days that made sense of the slew of ordinary days. New York had a way of doing that. Every now…

— Colum McCann

“I chuckle to myself as the thought that maybe he gets it from me enters my mind. I shake it off quickly though. This…

— Genevieve Woods

When he realized who he'd pulled over, the policeman shook his head in disbelief. He told me of all people I should know better.…

— Dennis Franz

We are difficult. Human beings are difficult. We're difficult to ourselves, we're difficult to each other. And we are mysteries to ourselves, we are…

— Geoffrey Hill

“It's always like a miracle. No matter how bad everything was on ordinary days, no matter how poor they seemed, on Yontev -- like…

— Ruth Tessler Goldstein

As a stylist, I know accessorization is essential: It is the personal touch to any outfit. With these pieces everybody can have fun, turning…

— Anna Dello Russo

“If today was a flavor it would taste like beige...”

— Nanette L. Avery

It must be those brief moments when nothing has happened - nor is going to. Tiny moments, like islands in the ocean beyond the…

— Hans Børli

Summer weather, like being in love,is a philosopher's stone which turns our ordinary days to gold. But not the whole day ... For it…

— Nan Fairbrother

If you're really a good writer and deserve that honored position, then by God, you'll write, and you'll be read, and you'll be produced…

— Rod Serling

Subtly, in the little ways, joy has been leaking out of our lives. The small pleasures of the ordinary day seem almost contemptible, and…

— Barbara Holland

Tea ceremony is a way of worshipping the beautiful and the simple. All one's efforts are concentrated on trying to achieve perfection through the…

— Paulo Coelho

I think that the so-called average person often exhibits a great deal of heroism in getting through an ordinary day . . .

— Harvey Pekar

When you are so full that there is no emptiness in you, that you have started feeling the significance of the ordinary, day-to-day existence,…

— Rajneesh