New York, the nation’s thyroid gland. Christopher Morley
New York, the nation’s thyroid gland.Cities and City LifeQuotations by Christopher Morley
Month: November 2008
I have never felt salvation in nature. I love cities above all. Michelangelo
I have never felt salvation in nature. I love cities above all.Cities and City LifeQuotations by Michelangelo
Man’s course begins in a garden, but it ends in a city. Alexander Maclaren
Man’s course begins in a garden, but it ends in a city.Cities and City LifeQuotations by Alexander Maclaren
Towns oftener swamp one than carry one out onto the big ocean of life. D. H. Lawrence
Towns oftener swamp one than carry one out onto the big ocean of life.Cities and City LifeQuotations by D. H. Lawrence
If one had but a single glance to give the world, one should gaze on Istanbul. Alphonse De Lamartine
If one had but a single glance to give the world, one should gaze on Istanbul.Cities and City LifeQuotations by Alphonse De Lamartine
We will neglect our cities to our peril, for in neglecting them we neglect the nation. John F. Kennedy
We will neglect our cities to our peril, for in neglecting them we neglect the nation.Cities and City LifeQuotations by John F. Kennedy
Washington is a city of Southern efficiency and Northern charm. John F. Kennedy
Washington is a city of Southern efficiency and Northern charm.Cities and City LifeQuotations by John F. Kennedy
The faces in New York remind me of people who played a game and lost. Murray Kempton
The faces in New York remind me of people who played a game and lost.Cities and City LifeQuotations by Murray Kempton
All things may be bought in Rome with money. (Decimus Junius Juvenalis) Juvenal
All things may be bought in Rome with money.Cities and City LifeQuotations by (Decimus Junius Juvenalis) Juvenal
Prepare for death, if here at night you roam, and sign your will before you sup from home. Samuel Johnson
Prepare for death, if here at night you roam, and sign your will before you sup from home.Cities and City LifeQuotations by Samuel Johnson
Washington is an endless series of mock palaces clearly built for clerks. Ada Louise Huxtable
Washington is an endless series of mock palaces clearly built for clerks.Cities and City LifeQuotations by Ada Louise Huxtable
There is more sophistication and less sense in New York than anywhere else on the globe. Don Herold
There is more sophistication and less sense in New York than anywhere else on the globe.Cities and City LifeQuotations by Don Herold
Washington is a city of people doing badly what should not be done at all. Robert Gurney
Washington is a city of people doing badly what should not be done at all.Cities and City LifeQuotations by Robert Gurney
Paris is the caf? of Europe. Ferdinando Galiani
Paris is the caf? of Europe.Cities and City LifeQuotations by Ferdinando Galiani
The Metropolis should have been aborted long before it became New York, London or Tokyo. John Kenneth Galbraith
The Metropolis should have been aborted long before it became New York, London or Tokyo.Cities and City LifeQuotations by John Kenneth Galbraith
I once spent a year in Philadelphia, I think it was on a Sunday. W. C. Fields
I once spent a year in Philadelphia, I think it was on a Sunday.Cities and City LifeQuotations by W. C. Fields
The City attaches an exaggerated importance to the healing power of lunch. Christopher Fieldes
The City attaches an exaggerated importance to the healing power of lunch.Cities and City LifeQuotations by Christopher Fieldes
The city is recruited from the country. Ralph Waldo Emerson
The city is recruited from the country.Cities and City LifeQuotations by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Cities give us collision. ‘Tis said, London and New York take the nonsense out of a man. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Cities give us collision. ‘Tis said, London and New York take the nonsense out of a man.Cities and City LifeQuotations by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Cities force growth and make people talkative and entertaining, but they also make them artificial. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Cities force growth and make people talkative and entertaining, but they also make them artificial.Cities and City LifeQuotations by Ralph Waldo Emerson
I’m impressed with the people from Chicago. Hollywood is hype, New York is talk, Chicago is work. Michael Douglas
I’m impressed with the people from Chicago. Hollywood is hype, New York is talk, Chicago is work.Cities and City LifeQuotations by Michael Douglas
If you’re not in New York, you’re camping out. Thomas E. Dewey
If you’re not in New York, you’re camping out.Cities and City LifeQuotations by Thomas E. Dewey
Where the criminals cover their crimes by making them legal. [On Washington D. C.] Frank Dane
Where the criminals cover their crimes by making them legal. [On Washington D. C.]Cities and City LifeQuotations by Frank Dane
What is a city, but the people; true the people are the city. Coriolanus III
What is a city, but the people; true the people are the city.Cities and City LifeQuotations by Coriolanus III
No city should be too large for a man to walk out of in a morning. Cyril Connolly
No city should be too large for a man to walk out of in a morning.Cities and City LifeQuotations by Cyril Connolly
A neighborhood is a residential area that is changing for the worse. John Ciardi
A neighborhood is a residential area that is changing for the worse.Cities and City LifeQuotations by John Ciardi
New York is an exciting town where something is happening all the time, most unsolved. Johnny Carson
New York is an exciting town where something is happening all the time, most unsolved.Cities and City LifeQuotations by Johnny Carson
Cities, like cats, will reveal themselves at night. Rupert Brooke
Cities, like cats, will reveal themselves at night.Cities and City LifeQuotations by Rupert Brooke
What I like about cities is that everything is king size, the beauty and the ugliness. Joseph Brodsky
What I like about cities is that everything is king size, the beauty and the ugliness.Cities and City LifeQuotations by Joseph Brodsky
When in Rome, do as Rome does. Ambrose Bierce
When in Rome, do as Rome does.Cities and City LifeQuotations by Ambrose Bierce
One has not great hopes from Birmingham. I always say there is something direful in the sound. Jane Austen
One has not great hopes from Birmingham. I always say there is something direful in the sound.Cities and City LifeQuotations by Jane Austen
We do not look in our great cities for our best morality. Jane Austen
We do not look in our great cities for our best morality.Cities and City LifeQuotations by Jane Austen
I found Rome brick, I left it marble. Caesar Augustus
I found Rome brick, I left it marble.Cities and City LifeQuotations by Caesar Augustus
A great city is not to be confounded with a populous one. Aristotle
A great city is not to be confounded with a populous one.Cities and City LifeQuotations by Aristotle
The first thing that strikes a visitor to Paris is a taxi. Fred A. Allen
The first thing that strikes a visitor to Paris is a taxi.Cities and City LifeQuotations by Fred A. Allen
Washington is no place for a good actor. The competition from bad actors is too great. Fred A. Allen
Washington is no place for a good actor. The competition from bad actors is too great.Cities and City LifeQuotations by Fred A. Allen
The one who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely the one who dropped it Source Unknown
The one who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely the one who dropped itCircumstanceQuotations by Source Unknown
Make the most of all that comes and the least of all that goes. Source Unknown
Make the most of all that comes and the least of all that goes.CircumstanceQuotations by Source Unknown
In America nobody says you have to keep the circumstances somebody else gives you. Amy Tan
In America nobody says you have to keep the circumstances somebody else gives you.CircumstanceQuotations by Amy Tan
Tear man out of his outward circumstances; and what he then is; that only is he. Johann G. Seume
Tear man out of his outward circumstances; and what he then is; that only is he.CircumstanceQuotations by Johann G. Seume