Cities - City Quotes

I loathe the squares and streets, And the faces that one meets.

Cities have always been the fireplaces of civilization, whence light and heat radiated out into the dark.

City Life. Millions of people being lonesome together.

The big cities of America are becoming Third World countries.

Between about 3 a.m. and 6 a.m. the life of the city is civil. Occasionally the lone footsteps of someone walking to or from work echo along the sidewalk. All work that has to be done at those hours is useful–in bakeries, for example. Even the newspaper presses stop turning forests into lies. Now and […]

The city is a circus of the senses.

The truest wild beasts live in the most populous places.

I didn’t say I wouldn’t go into ghetto areas. I’ve been in many of them and to some extent I would have to say this: If you’ve seen one city slum you’ve seen them all.

The great big city’s a wonderous toy just made for a girl and boy.

A very populous city can rarely, if ever, be well governed.