Cities Quote by Ulysses S. Grant Download Open image “Venice would be a fine city if it were only drained.” — Ulysses S. Grant ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.5 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Cities Drained Fine Ifs Venice Would be
“General Grant seriously remarked to a particularly bright young woman that Venice would be a fine city if it were drained.” — Henry Adams Copy Share Image
Elsewhere in Italy is the lovely city of Venice, which each year attracts millions of visitors despite the fact that it is basically an… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
Venice is like doing acid. If you can't take it with you after you either come down or move away, you were never really… — Anne Alexander Copy Share Image
Venice is not only a city of fantasy and freedom. It is also a city of joy and pleasure. — Peggy Guggenheim Copy Share Image
Venice is unlike any other city simply because you travel primarily by boat. Time warps, and I love the feeling of it slowing down. — Stacy Martin Copy Share Image
If I could live in one city and do every single thing I do there, I would choose Venice. You can't turn your head… — Nile Rodgers Copy Share Image
Venice is a place that is high on reinvention. The kind of place that you can go and be whoever it is you want… — Will Arnett Copy Share Image
Venice is the prettiest city I've ever seen. It looks like a Disneyland ride. — George Clooney Copy Share Image
Venice was always one step removed from what was going on. If you were in Turin or in Milan or one of the industrial… — Joseph Kanon Copy Share Image
Venice is ever the fragile labyrinth at the edge of the sea and it reminds us how brief and perilous the journeys of our… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
Venice is incredible. Although you may have seen it in pictures, you can't grasp how beautiful it is until you visit. — Gino D'Acampo Copy Share Image
“In the early days of the country, before we had railroads, telegraphs and steamboats—in a word, rapid transit of any sort—the States were each… — Ulysses S. Grant Copy Share Image
“The much talked of surrendering of Lee’s sword and my handing it back, this and much more that has been said about it is… — Ulysses S. Grant Copy Share Image
“General Lee was dressed in a full uniform which was entirely new, and was wearing a sword of considerable value, very likely the sword… — Ulysses S. Grant Copy Share Image
“The great bulk of the legal voters of the South were men who owned no slaves; their homes were generally in the hills and… — Ulysses S. Grant Copy Share Image
If we are to have another contest in the near future of our national existence, I predict that the dividing line will not be… — Ulysses S. Grant Copy Share Image
...but for a soldier his duty is plain. He is to obey the orders of all those placed over him and whip the enemy… — Ulysses S. Grant Copy Share Image
“I was afraid, every morning, that I would awake from my sleep to hear that Lee had gone, and that nothing was left but… — Ulysses S. Grant Copy Share Image
“The efforts to kill off politically the two successful generals, made them both candidates for the Presidency. General Taylor was nominated in 1848, and… — Ulysses S. Grant Copy Share Image
Hold fast to the Bible. To the influence of this Book we are indebted for all the progress made in true civilization and to… — Ulysses S. Grant Copy Share Image
“The fact is the constitution did not apply to any such contingency as the one existing from 1861 to 1865. Its framers never dreamed… — Ulysses S. Grant Copy Share Image
It was my fortune, or misfortune, to be called to the office of Chief Executive without any previous political training. — Ulysses S. Grant Copy Share Image
No other terms than unconditional and immediate surrender. I propose to move immediately upon your works. — Ulysses S. Grant 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
