2,405 Quotes About Cities

  • Author Richard Le Gallienne
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    All roads indeed lead to Rome, but theirs also is a more mystical destination, some bourne of which no traveller knows the name, some city, they all seem to hint, even more eternal.

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  • Author Robert Greenstein
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    New York has been unusual in being one of the only cities in the country eligible for the waiver that has not had it.

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  • Author Rudi Giuliani
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    Let's now make this kind of a permanent condition for New York City, that New York City is one of the safest large cities in America, and let's keep it that way,

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  • Author Rose George
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    Sewage works that serve big cities run into trouble when the cities grow up around them.

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  • Author Rudy Giuliani
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    When I said the city would be stronger, I didn't know that. I just hoped it. There are parts of you that say, 'Maybe we're not going to get through this.' You don't listen to them.

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  • Author Ruth Graham
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    The city is not changing anything, ... increases in the cost of natural gas will be passed through to the customer.

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  • Author Steffi Graf
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    If you go to a big city anywhere in the world and you need a doctor, just ask me. I can tell you who's good and who's bad. I've even considered writing a guidebook.

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  • Author Stephen Gardiner
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    In cities like Athens, poor houses lined narrow and tortuous streets in spite of luxurious public buildings.

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