"Parks are but pavement disguised with a growth…" — George Gissing

"Parks are but pavement disguised with a growth of grass."

— George Gissing

Cities Quotes Disguised Quotes Grass Quotes Growth Quotes Parks Quotes Pavement Quotes

35 Quotes by George Gissing

George Gissing has 35 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

The truths of life are not discovered by us. At moments unforeseen, some gracious influence descends upon the soul, touching…
In nothing more is the English genius for domesticity more notably declared than in the institution of this festival-almost one…
Honest winter, snow clad and with the frosted beard, I can welcome not uncordially; but that long deferment of the…
Money is made at Christmas out of holly and mistletoe, but who save the vendors would greatly care if no…
Time is money says the proverb, but turn it around and you get a precious truth. Money is time.
Life is a huge farce, and the advantage of possessing a sense of humour is that it enables one to…
It is familiarity with life that makes time speed quickly. When every day is a step in the unknown, as…
How I envy those clerks who go by to their offices in the morning! There's the day's work cut out…
To like Keats is a test of fitness for understanding poetry, just as to like Shakespeare is a test of…
Money is time. With money I buy for cheerful use the hours which otherwise would not in any sense be…
For one thing, I know every book of mine by its scent.
That is one of the bitter curses of poverty; it leaves no right to be generous.

See all 35 quotes by George Gissing »

More Cities Quotes

This quote is filed under Cities Quotes, one of 4,162 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:

Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the… — Aristophanes
A great city is not to be confounded with a populous one. — Aristotle
Even in New York, there are a lot of very attractive girls pedaling around. That just happens to be one… — Paul Auster
In the holy city of Mecca, violence of any kind was forbidden. From the moment they left home, pilgrims were… — Karen Armstrong
I didn't go to school for a full year until I was 12. In the summer I was a wild… — Margaret Atwood
We do not look in our great cities for our best morality. — Jane Austen
As people flock to urban centers where ground space is limited, cities with green walls and roofs and skyscraper farms… — Diane Ackerman
On some summer days in New York City, the air hangs thickly visible, like the combined exhalations of eight million… — Diane Ackerman
There is no city or country in the world where women and girls live free of the fear of violence.… — Michelle Bachelet
London changes because of money. It's real estate. If they can build some offices or expensive apartments they will, it's… — David Bailey
My boyhood life in New York City has impressed me with the popular ignorance and also with the great need… — Cleveland Abbe
I don't think acting is addictive. If I stopped acting tomorrow, I really wouldn't care. If you told me that… — Alec Baldwin

See all 4,162 Cities Quotes »