City Quotes

Sometimes I am worried by the thought of the effect that life in the city will have on coming generations.

You usually take it for granted and think you know us, but our history is far stranger than you suspect, and we are not what we seem.

Edinburgh is an experience A city of enormous gifts Whose streets sing of history Whose cobbles tell tales.

I grew up in the inner city of Chicago, and then I moved to Robbins, and it kind of raised me.

And I’ve discovered a strikingly consistent pattern: grit and age go hand in hand. Sixty-somethings tend to be grittier, on average, than fifty-somethings, who are in turn grittier than forty-somethings, and so on.

Sadie,” he said forlornly, “when you become a parent, you may understand this. One of my hardest jobs as a father, one of my greatest duties, was to realize that my own dreams, my own goals and wishes, are secondary to my children’s.

Each day when you see us black folk upon the dusty land of your farm or upon the hard pavement of your city streets.

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

It’s a kind of madness in cosmopolitan cities now.

The city gave us a goodbye party, and it lasted a week.