Cities Quote by Tom Standage

There's no such thing as civilization. The word just means the art of living in cities.

— Roger Zelazny

“Civilization... is another word for respect for life. One can't have too much respect for a loveliness that's brittle as spun glass.”

— Elizabeth Goudge

Speech is civilization itself. The word, even the most contradictions word, preserves contact - it is silence which isolates.

— Thomas E. Mann

“Speech is civilization itself. The word, even the most contradictory word, preserves contact—it is silence which isolates.”

— Thomas Mann

Fifty percent of the world's population lives in cities. In a couple of decades, 70 percent of the world's population will be living in…

— Michael Bloomberg

In the rush of today's world, and with more than half of us now living in cities, the majority of people are less and…

— Louise Leakey

I really love living in cities where the people living above, below and next to you are from totally different worlds to you.

— Rupert Friend

Living in cities is an art, and we need the vocabulary of art, of style, to describe the peculiar relationship between man and material…

— Jonathan Raban

Being an Indian means living with the land. And the only way we'll be able to do that is to gain our freedom.

— Russell Means

The idea of not caring what people think means living for yourself, making decisions that will be beneficial to you, not to anyone else.

— Anonymous

If being crazy means living a life as if it matters, then I don't care if we are completely insane.

— Anonymous

Trusting yourself means living out what you already know to be true.

— Cheryl Strayed