Cities Quote by E. B. White

There are roughly three New Yorks. There is, first, the New York of the man or woman who was born here, who takes the…

— Anonymous

“urban reinvention is what has been called the “consumer city.” The post-World War II years brought about the rise of suburbanization and the creation…

— Timothy Keller

Transit builds a city that people choose to live in.

— Betsy Hodges

“Third, there is the New York of the person who was born somewhere else and came to New York in quest of something. Of…

— E.B. White

“But cities aren’t like people; they live on and on, even though their reason for being where they are has gone downriver and out…

— John Updike

“Cities were always like people, showing their varying personalities to the traveler. Depending on the city and on the traveler, there might begin a…

— Roman Payne

“By comparison with other less hectic days, the city is uncomfortable and inconvenient; but New Yorkers temperamentally do not crave comfort and convenience- if…

— E B White

Cities can be paradoxical places. In the mornings they buzz with commuters, in the evenings they come alive with diners and partygoers, at weekends…

— David Lammy

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

— Joanne Harris

“Cities have the capability to at any moment shift out of the familiar, even if you've lived in one all your life.”

— Kate Milford

“When they fall in love with a city it is for forever. As though there never was a time when they didn't love it.…

— Toni Morrison

A city has values as well as slums, excitement as well as conflict a personality that has not yet been obliterated by its highways…

— Charles Abrams