2,405 Quotes About Cities

  • Author Greg Lake
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    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.

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

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  • Author Harvey Levin
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    There are challenges as far as underfunding in various parts of the city. But spirit and sense of community is so much stronger in the places we've been. In Hollywood and Beverly Hills for example, people stay to themselves and live away from others in their gated communities. Despite being a native West Angelino, I had never really felt a strong sense of community until "South Of Wilshire". I now feel it because of the show.

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  • Author Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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    The morrow was a bright September morn; The earth was beautiful as if newborn; There was nameless splendor everywhere, That wild exhilaration in the air, Which makes the passers in the city street Congratulate each other as they meet.

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  • Author Jaime Lerner
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    The secret to the city is integration. Every area of the city should combine work, leisure and culture. Separate these functions and parts of the city die.

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  • Author Jaime Lerner
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    A city grows like an organism. It is a structure of living and working together a mix of functions.

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