2,405 Quotes About Cities

Cities were once rural and one day they will turn to be rural again.

Once arrived in the City, he dispersed utterly and gratefully in it like a raindrop fallen into the sea.

This was the Karachi now – barbed wires protecting consulates, the pretentious covering themselves with faces of those who were hiding behind those barbed wires. This was Karachi – gaudy and luxurious, with a façade of glamor, ignoring the truth underneath. But Sophie was no cynic, and still loved the city she had returned to. ‘You can’t hate what’s yours,’ she smiled to herself.

I really love this city. It’s so very beautiful. It’s so multidimensional.People say it has a darkness and a decadence, which it tries to hide; they say it’s full of the pretentious and opulent trying to strangle the dark reality. But that’s true for most of the other great cities too. . . .There is a soul here . . . and that soul is as pure as the heat of the sun that shines down on it and the rain that falls to purify it.

Fighting men are the city's fortress

Brave men are a city's strongest tower of defence.

Not well-built walls, but brave citizens are the bulwark of the city.

In fact, even the perception of a resurgence in crime can be enough to paralyze business momentum and destroy the sense of security that a vibrant and progressive city requires.

You don't need a city charter to know that education is the foundation of any community.