City Quote by Dan Gilbert Download Open image “I'd probably put myself in the top 1% in knowledge of blight in the city of Detroit.” — Dan Gilbert ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.8 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare City Detroit Knowledge Myself Top
I would like to invest more of my brain space in understanding the history of my city, because whenever I learn about the history… — Keegan-Michael Key Copy Share Image
Being a resident of the city and spending most of my time in the city, I've always been perplexed with how people could say… — Brian Boyle Copy Share Image
I can read in any book and newspaper about the city of Detroit, but I want to hear what the people in Detroit have… — Erin Cummings Copy Share Image
The real story of Detroit [...] can be summed up in seven words. Private enterprise built it, government destroyed it. — Peter Schiff Copy Share Image
“There’s a reason you probably haven’t heard much about this aspect of the heartland. This kind of blight can’t be easily blamed on the… — Thomas Frank Copy Share Image
Everything I've done in my career has started in and around Detroit, you know, the metro area and Michigan. — Kid Rock Copy Share Image
When I came to Detroit, if you threw a stone up in the air it would hit an autoworker on its way down. A… — Grace Lee Boggs Copy Share Image
People my age, we would hear from our parents and grandparents who were raised in Detroit about how great this city was from 1900… — Dan Gilbert Copy Share Image
What is happening in Detroit is not good so I don't even want to be a part of that, but there is something on… — Kwame Kilpatrick Copy Share Image
One of our things is that money follows; it does not lead. So we want people that are fired up and passionate about their… — Dan Gilbert Copy Share Image
Some people think they should go to Heaven but not have to die to get there. Sorry, but that's simply not how it works. — Dan Gilbert Copy Share Image
In my view, if you want to get ahead and build wealth, you have to get over your delusion that something only has value… — Dan Gilbert Copy Share Image
Kids coming out of college want that urban core excitement more and more. — Dan Gilbert Copy Share Image
I'm still focused on the flagship businesses: Quicken Loans and RockBridge, the title company, and some of the board stuff in the gaming. — Dan Gilbert Copy Share Image
You can't fight the fact that Detroit is a de-industrializing market and it isn't facing dramatic, positive transformation. — Dan Gilbert Copy Share Image
I believe in our players, our coaching staff, and our entire franchise. — Dan Gilbert Copy Share Image
Ironically, the original Detroit Stock Exchange once sat less than a thousand feet from StockX headquarters here in downtown Detroit. It is only fitting… — Dan Gilbert Copy Share Image
You can not only do great things for an urban core by moving your employee base there, you're also going to be a better… — Dan Gilbert Copy Share Image
I've seen a lot of people come out of Carol City, but I had this distinct vision for Carol City, just me coming out… — Denzel Curry Copy Share Image
I always say if you put someone from a small town into a big city for ten years, then when they go back, they'll… — Mike Colter Copy Share Image
I've been to Manchester enough to know it's a real place. It's not Factory Records and the Smiths bicycling around. I get it. It's… — James Murphy Copy Share Image
Though 'Fat City' was written long before cellphones or the Internet, its human apparatus is state of the art. — Katherine Dunn Copy Share Image
I get paid to play, to win, to give the city pride, so maybe everybody can forget for a little while how hard life… — Randall Cunningham Copy Share Image
In my first 100 days as Ontario's Minister of Transportation, I found a willing municipal partner in the City of Toronto that shares our… — Caroline Mulroney Copy Share Image
Even after my family moved West, I would come back to Long Island as a teenager, stay with aunts and go to the city… — Everlast Copy Share Image
We all got driven out of Manhattan. It was a very conducive place for artists when I was growing up, and now it's definitely… — Gaby Hoffmann Copy Share Image
I was always attracted most to joining City, and I am pleased to be at such a good club with such a big ambition… — Edin Dzeko 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
We have an obligation at the local level to do everything we can with the resources we have. And we do those things. But… — Ted Wheeler Copy Share Image
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