2,160 Quotes About City

I want to bring out the best in a community and contribute something of permanent value.

Not thus, from cursed lightness having disembarked,I look with worry on the chambers dark?Already used to ringing high and raw,Already judged not by the earthly law,I, like a criminal, am being drawn alongTo place of shame and execution long.I see the glorious city, and the voice most dear,As though there is no secret grave to fear,Where day and night, in heat and in cold bent,I must await the Final Judgment...

It is not an individual act, architecture. You have to consider your client. Only out of that can you produce great architecture. You cannot work in the abstract.

Ocorreu-me, ali de pé, simplesmente a respirar com ela, com o sossego a reinar à nossa volta, que aquelas bem podiam ser as duas palavras mais bonitas faladas em língua de gente. 'Temos tempo.

The city was asleep, and the bookshop felt like a boat adrift in a sea of silence and shadows.

Well… er -”“Expecting a rescue is beyond hope under the circumstances!” Sam Barthoff, Mayor of Atro City, interrupted grimly, throwing up his hands in hopelessness. “Hopeless!

Do you know where 'policeman' comes from, sir? ... 'Polis' used to mean 'city', said Carrot. That's what policeman means: 'a man for the city'. Not many people knew that. The word 'polite' comes from 'polis', too. It used to mean the proper behaviour from someone living in a city.

I gradually became aware that my interiority was inseparable from my exteriority, that the geography of my city was the geography of my soul.

The city was dark except for the building lights that seemed to appear like sores - like bandaids had been ripped off to expose the city's skin.