Cities Quote by George Herbert Download Open image “A City that parlies is half gotten. [A city that parleys is half gotten.]” — George Herbert ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.8 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Cities Half
“Half a capital and half a country town, the whole city leads a double existence; it has long trances of the one and flashes… — Robert Louis Stevenson Copy Share Image
“A city is half beast and half machine, with arteries of fresh water and veins of foul, nerves of telephone and electrical cables, sewer… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“A city isn’t so unlike a person. They both have the marks to show they have many stories to tell. They see many faces.… — Rasmenia Massoud Copy Share Image
“It's as if the entire city has suddenly disappeared. Or rather, the city is still there, but all the people are gone.” — Amy Cross Copy Share Image
“A city is not adorned by external things, but by the virtue of those who dwell in it.” — Epictetus Copy Share Image
“The city is the size of a country, but has been operated like a candy store.” — Ed Koch Copy Share Image
“I loved the city. We were anonymous, and even then I had the sense that cities were yielding; that they moved over and made… — Sheridan Hay Copy Share Image
And if the City falls and one survives he shall carry the City within on the roads of exile he shall be the City — Zbigniew Herbert Copy Share Image
“Do you imagine that a city can continue to exist and not be turned upside down, if the legal judgments which are pronounced in… — Socrates Copy Share Image
In the house of a Fidler, all fiddle. [In the house of the fiddler all fiddle.] — George Herbert Copy Share Image
By all means use some time to be alone, salute thyself, see what thy soul doth wear. — George Herbert Copy Share Image
Every one is weary, the poore in seeking, the rich in keeping, the good in learning. — George Herbert Copy Share Image
He is a great Necromancer, for he asks counsel counsell of the Dead (i.e. books). — George Herbert Copy Share Image
Public infrastructure around the world is facing unprecedented stress, with hurricanes, cyclones, floods and forest fires all increasing in frequency and intensity. It's easy… — Naomi Klein Copy Share Image
Surely, if Mother Nature had been consulted, she would never have consented to building a city in New Orleans. — Mortimer Zuckerman Copy Share Image
Cities are 2% of the earth's crust, but they are 50% of the world's population. — Carlo Ratti Copy Share Image
A man could be a lover and defender of the wilderness without ever in his lifetime leaving the boundaries of asphalt, powerlines, and right-angled… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
All Germany was in turmoil. Revolutionaries seized power in the cities of Munich, Hanover and Cologne. One regional German government after another was toppled… — James Cross Giblin Copy Share Image
Nice is a city of ghosts and specters, but I hope not to become one of them right away. — Patrick Modiano 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
Just between you and me, shouldn’t the World Bank be encouraging MORE migration of the dirty industries to the LDCs [Less Developed Countries]?... I… — Lawrence Summers Copy Share Image
We will neglect our cities to our peril, for in neglecting them we neglect the nation. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
I didn't know the city at all, but I was so happy to be in New York I cried. I was so excited. — Greta Gerwig Copy Share Image
Dawn's faint breath breathes with your mouth at the ends of empty streets. Gray light your eyes, sweet drops of dawn on dark hills.… — Cesare Pavese Copy Share Image
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