Abbey Quote by Nathaniel Parker Willis

“On the day that his grannie was killed by the English, Sir William Scott the Younger of Buccleuch was at Melrose Abbey, marrying his…

— Dorothy Dunnett

We have to get smarter about our cities. Especially when it comes to the most basic of public services - water supply.

— Rohini Nilekani

I should add that I very much enjoy certain cities especially Paris, New York and Chicago.

— Jim Harrison

For the most part Ho Chi Minh City is safe but like any large city you need to pay attention to what's going on…

— Doug Rice

Poverty has, in large cities, very different appearances; it is often concealed in splendour, and often in extravagance.

— Samuel Johnson

The tumultuous populace of large cities are ever to be dreaded.

— George Washington

A good many inconveniences attend playgoing in any large city, but the greatest of them is usually the play itself.

— Kenneth Tynan

When we get piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe, we shall become as corrupt as Europe.

— Thomas Jefferson

...nuclear warfare is not necessary to cause a breakdown of our society. You take a large city like Los Angeles, New York, Chicago-their water…

— Gene Roddenberry

I think our governments will remain virtuous for many centuries; as long as they are chiefly agricultural.

— Thomas Jefferson

A transition from an author's book to his conversation is too often like an entrance into a large city, after a distant prospect. Remotely,…

— Samuel Johnson

A large city cannot be experientially known; its life is too manifold for any individual to be able to participate in it.

— Aldous Huxley