All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome. Publius Cornelius Tacitus
All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome.Cities and City LifeQuotations by Publius Cornelius Tacitus
Year: 2008
New York is not Mecca. It just smells like it. Neil Simon
New York is not Mecca. It just smells like it.Cities and City LifeQuotations by Neil Simon
Boston is a moral and intellectual nursery always busy applying first principals to trifles. George Santayana
Boston is a moral and intellectual nursery always busy applying first principals to trifles.Cities and City LifeQuotations by George Santayana
Who goes to Rome a beast returns a beast. Italian Proverb
Who goes to Rome a beast returns a beast.Cities and City LifeQuotations by Italian Proverb
A city is a large community where people are lonesome together. Herbert Prochnow
A city is a large community where people are lonesome together.Cities and City LifeQuotations by Herbert Prochnow
All great art is born of the metropolis. Ezra Pound
All great art is born of the metropolis.Cities and City LifeQuotations by Ezra Pound
Today’s city is the most vulnerable social structure ever conceived by man. Martin Oppenheimer
Today’s city is the most vulnerable social structure ever conceived by man.Cities and City LifeQuotations by Martin Oppenheimer
There is no solitude in the world like that of the big city. Kathleen Norris
There is no solitude in the world like that of the big city.Cities and City LifeQuotations by Kathleen Norris
An artist has no home in Europe except in Paris. Friedrich Nietzsche
An artist has no home in Europe except in Paris.Cities and City LifeQuotations by Friedrich Nietzsche
New York, the nation’s thyroid gland. Christopher Morley
New York, the nation’s thyroid gland.Cities and City LifeQuotations by Christopher Morley
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