Cities Quote by Jacques de Lacretelle Download Open image “The city has a face, the country a soul.” — Jacques de Lacretelle ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.7 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Cities Country Faces Patriotism Soul Spirituality
The country is the world of the soul, the city is the world of bodies. — Bahá'u'lláh Copy Share Image
So, if a city has a personality, maybe it also has a soul. Maybe it dreams. — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“I really love this city. It’s so very beautiful. It’s so multidimensional.People say it has a darkness and a decadence, which it tries to hide; they say it’s full of the pretentious and opulent trying to strangle the dark reality. But that’s true for most of the other great cities too. . . . There is a soul here .… — Umair Naeem Copy Share
People have souls, and we all accept that cities have souls, too. It's why the locations are so important. — Naveen Andrews Copy Share Image
A city's soul is best observed during the morning, what is the culture of the city, how are the people, you also get to… — Vivek Agnihotri Copy Share Image
The true measure of a city is its soul. This is the restless energy that doesn't wait for political leadership. — Pier Giorgio Di Cicco Copy Share Image
“You can take the people out of the city, but you can't take the soul — that remains here.” — T.J. Fisher Copy Share Image
A city is the pulsating product of the human hand and mind, reflecting man's history, his struggle for freedom, creativity, genius-and his selfishness and… — Charles Abrams Copy Share Image
“What are the convulsions of a city compared to the emeutes of the soul? Man is a depth still more profound than the people.” — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
I would desire for a friend the son who never resisted the tears of his mother. — Jacques de Lacretelle 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