Cities Quotes

If you thrive on the city energy it is necessary to leave the city frequently and to walk in parks, to get away from people. You are more sensitive than you realize. Find a spot that makes you happy.

You can be alone too in the city streets, among the crowds. We are all alone.

One who is unassuming in dealing with people exhibits his arrogance all the more strongly in dealing with things (city, state, society, age, mankind). That is his revenge.

I see a lot of nice hotels, but I never really get to enjoy the cities, because I have to be on a plane the next day.

I really feel that New York City is the greatest city in the world.

We have a documentary film festival in Mexico. It's really original. It's called Ambulante, and it's a film festival that travels around several cities in Mexico.

To be tempted and indulged by the city's most brilliant chefs. It's the dream of every one of us in love with food.

It's totally different now, traveling to different meets and different cities and actually being able to enjoy the cities I'm in.

She gave him such a look... Man oh man, if looks could kill. That one might have totalled a city block.

There are photographers whose shows I try to make it my business to see, if I'm in the city. There are photographers I have no interest in at all.

Every city and country just has a different reason for wanting to host the [Olympic] games.

In some bigger cities, I don't think people really realize these structures were built for the Olympics.

Even in a city like Barcelona, there are still some people in the city who are angry because that waterfront area is a big tourist destination, and all the rents went up, and they had to move.

Smaller cities, places like Sarajevo, for example, even amid all that destruction there's still so much pride that the [Olympic] games were there and that they did it.

Street and park trees provide tremendous benefits to cities.

It feels like the city is telling secrets down here, privy only to those who think to listen.

He’s body slammed enough people to start a new country. And there could be a neighbouring city for the people he’s punched in the throat

You don't need jails, you get put a thousand miles into the middle of Australia, you can go wherever you want, go ahead, but if you come into a city it's straight to jail.

But instead of that stuff you get relationships with people and neighbors that you would never get in a city. People in small towns are a lot more open.

The most dynamic cities have always been immersed in the critical innovations of their time.

Cities simply don't have the powers they need to radically innovate in cutting obesity or the number of disaffected teenagers.

Cities tolerate crazy people. Companies don't.

Cities are obvious metaphors for life. We call roads arteries and so forth.

Cities are the crucible of civilization.

I'm very active. I've got two small daughters and four restaurants in three cities. I'm busy.

The only city people are those born so.

Venice is the prettiest city I've ever seen. It looks like a Disneyland ride.

What holy cities are to nomadic tribes — a symbol of race and a bond of union — great books are to the wandering souls of men: they are the Meccas of the mind.

Vrndavana is one of the holiest cities in India. Everyone, everywhere, chants Hare Krishna. It was my most fantastic experience.

Cities seldome change Religion only.

Well of course Bush got Kentucky, because it's a Republican city.

Only men to whom the family is sacred will ever have a standard or a status by which to criticize the State. They alone can appeal to something more holy than the gods of the city.

A great city is the place to escape the true drama of provincial life, and find solace in fantasy.

I've been in a lot of indie movies, where we didn't necessarily have permits or permission. I've even run from the cops in the New York City subways!

I've definitely run from the cops in the New York City subways.

I typically get around to most major cities at least once a year. I think people see that as their chance to go nuts for the year if they're into the style of music.

We have allowed corporations to decide the fate of the cities. We hardly speak of democratic development.

I'd take about 40 thousand CDs, and then take about three full vans of people to hit every hood, every mall, and every club. Just hit one city to the next.

If I miss anything, it's being able to hang out in the city of New York meeting people and talking to them on the corner.

London is like no other city I know in its ability to become beautiful. You can suddenly turn a corner and there are odd moments - of light, of weather.

Those who remember New York in the 1970s, as I do, look back on a city that had hit a very rough patch - decaying, bankrupt, and crime-ridden. But fun.

I think that banning sanctuary cities should be upheld in court.

I've always thought Mexico City was incredibly dynamic.

You want each city to be different, not just see the same shopping malls and stores wherever you go. That's not healthy.

I like the sense of the road passing my eyes. It's always a fascinating experience to come into a new city...the sense of the people changing, the food changing, everything changing, the art.

We as mayors have the opportunity to push the envelope and get people thinking, even when it is not politically popular. Cities hold the key.

There may be no city in the clouds, but dreaming of it can enliven the spirit.

I think it's really hard to work in a city where you live too, because I get so absorbed with the movie that I become a bad friend and a bad participant in my own life.

I usually like to get people in because I don't have a band or anything. In cities where I have friends, I try to get them to come out and dance for me.

The underground of the city is like what's underground in people. Beneath the surface, it's boiling with monsters.