2,405 Quotes About Cities

  • Author Herb Caen
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    A city is not gauged by its length and width, but by the broadness of its vision and the height of its dreams.

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  • Author Henry Cisneros
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    The idea of helping revitalize cities with physical projects and them taking the form of housing really gives me the kind of fulfillment that I seek in my work,

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  • Author Hernando Cortes
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    An abundant supply of excellent water, forming a volume equal in bulk to the human body, is conveyed by one of these pipes, and distributed about the city, where it is used by the inhabitants for drink and other purposes.

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  • Author Herman Cain
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    I was Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. As you know, there are twelve banks and they have their citizens board, and I got elected to the Fed Chairmanship for the Federal Reserve Kansas City Bank back in the mid-'90s. It might have been 1995-'96.

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  • Author Ice Cube
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    There's a lot of talent in South Central L.A., in Compton and Long Beach and Watts, and the city north of Pico pretty much sits back and waits for that talent to emerge and then steps in.

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  • Author Ice Cube
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    I been all around the world and I haven't found a city that I'd rather be from or rather come back to than Los Angeles.

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  • Author Italo Calvino
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    For those who pass it without entering, the city is one thing; it is another for those who are trapped by it and never leave. There is the city where you arrive for the first time; and there is another city which you leave never to return. Each deserves a different name; perhaps I have already spoken of Irene under other names; perhaps I have spoken only of Irene.

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