City Quote by Jane Byrne Download Open image “If those communities are left to decay, this city will decay.” — Jane Byrne ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.9 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare City Communities Decay Left Those Will
But let us not forget that cities are like human beings. They are born, they go through childhood and adolescence, they grow old, and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
So this is where people come to live; I would have thought it is a city to die in. — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
(The city is being) destroyed by thugs who in a very senseless way are trying to tear down what so many have fought for,… — Stephanie Rawlings-Blake Copy Share Image
Life is one long decay, no? There's a lot of beauty in it. Like the patina in an old city. — Urs Fischer Copy Share Image
Today the cities dominate and drain the villages so that they are crumbling to ruin. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Nothing lasts forever. But—especially as it seems to me cities and humans are symbiotically and inextricably bound at this point—I hope cities have a… — Alex Shakar Copy Share Image
We live in a time of renaissance ... cities are coming back to life, after a long neglect. — Daniel Libeskind Copy Share Image
Towns change; they grow or diminish, but hometowns remain as we left them. — Jayne Anne Phillips Copy Share Image
“So why do almost all cities remain viable, whereas the vast majority of companies and organisms die?” — Geoffrey West Copy Share Image
“What happens under the rule of specialization is that, though society becomes more and more intricate, it has less and less structure. It becomes… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
If we are to succeed, we must recognize that the community redevelopment is not solely the rehabilitation of housing, or putting a mall in… — Jane Byrne Copy Share Image
I pledge tonight to be Mayor for all of the people of this city - for one Chicago. — Jane Byrne Copy Share Image
I accept that responsibility and ask only that I be judged by my performance as its chief executive. — Jane Byrne Copy Share Image
Chicago's neighborhoods have always been this city's greatest strength. — Jane Byrne Copy Share Image
Chicago kept industry, attracted new business, became the center for convention trade and transportation. — Jane Byrne Copy Share Image
But always I was a private citizen whose activities in government or political party were appointive. — Jane Byrne Copy Share Image
For my part, I plan to work out a fair and adequate redistribution of city services to all city neighborhoods. — Jane Byrne Copy Share Image
In my family I was never known as the fighter, like I became all of a sudden. — Jane Byrne Copy Share Image
In the days and months I spent walking through the various communities of this city, I found that Chicago did not work for everyone,… — Jane Byrne Copy Share Image
When there were fears about the future of this nation's older cities... when a few of the cities teetered on the brink of bankruptcy,… — Jane Byrne 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
