Concrete Quote by John Burdett

Las Vegas is the expression, in glitter and concrete, of America's brittle and mutating id.

— John Burdett

Vegas is the most extreme and allegorical of American settlements, bizarre and beautiful in its venality and in its devotion to immediate gratification.

— Joan Didion

Las vegas shouldn't exist. The incongruity hits you from the moment you first glimpse it from the airplane. First mountains, then desert, then neat…

— Maria Konnikova

Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream

— Hunter S. Thompson

“One is standing on a highway in the middle of a vast hostile desert looking at an eighty-foot sign which blinks ”stardust” or “caesar’s…

— Joan Didion

When most people think about Nevada, they often instantly associate us with the glitz and glamour of the Las Vegas Strip.

— Jacky Rosen

“Today, we must look to the city of Las Vegas, Nevada, as a metaphor of our national character and aspiration, its symbol a thirty-foot-high…

— Neil Postman

Vegas represents the idea of America I had as a kid. The big cars, the pretty girls; everything is possible in Vegas.

— Joel Robuchon

“The Strip was still lit by a million neon lights, though the crowds on the sidewalk had greatly decreased by this hour. Still, Bosch…

— Michael Connelly

Las Vegas is the savage heart of the American Dream.

— Hunter S. Thompson

The thing I love about Vegas is that it's a melting pot. It's like working Ellis Island.

— Don Rickles

Las Vegas is the boiling pot of entertainment.

— Don Rickles