Cities Quote by Reynolds Price Download Open image “Cities are the least permanent things in our civilization.” — Reynolds Price ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.2 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Cities Civilization Inspirational Permanent Permanent things
I guess what I find interesting is city folk are the least capable of survival of any human being. — Andrew Schulz Copy Share Image
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
It's a difficult task to deal with cities. But with some original ways of getting things done, with some basic commandments, you can really… — Eduardo Paes Copy Share Image
Nothing in this world is more simple and more cheap than making cities that provide better for people. — Jan Gehl Copy Share Image
Cities have the capability of providing something for everybody, only because, and only when, they are created by everybody. — Jane Jacobs Copy Share Image
I think cities are the primordial forests of our time. We evolve faster as a species in cities. Cities are chaotic, liminal places where… — Chris Abani Copy Share Image
...our cities of the present lack the outstanding symbol of national community which, we must therefore not be surprised to find, sees no symbol… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
The decline and fall of a civilization is barely noticed by most of its citizens. — James Cook Copy Share Image
Strength just comes in one brand - you. Stand up at sunrise and meet what they send you and keep your hair combed — Reynolds Price Copy Share Image
You have to realize that your work is done by your body, and if your body is in very bad health, it's not going… — Reynolds Price Copy Share Image
“Almost all of my really good times have been silent but have had to end.” — Reynolds Price Copy Share Image
“In the next long minute, he felt an understanding spread deep down inside him, an understanding that he'd only felt with animals before--with poor… — Reynolds Price Copy Share Image
“Every other way is like that -- him waiting for something to happen to him, daring somebody to do something nice such as come… — Reynolds Price Copy Share Image
What I still ask for daily-for life as long as I have work to do, and work as long as I have life. — Reynolds Price Copy Share Image
From the age of six I wanted to be an artist. At that point I meant a painter, but it turned out what I… — Reynolds Price Copy Share Image
I think we Southerners have talked a fair amount of malarkey about the mystique of being Southern. — Reynolds Price Copy Share Image
As a child I thought it was very boring when I had to sit with [my mother] on the city streets, but the time… — Reynolds Price Copy Share Image
Many Americans would die naked in the middle of the road before they'd tell you what's hurt them most. But a born Southerner will… — Reynolds Price 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
