City Quotes

“Ah! Paris, Paris! It is the country of those who have no other.”

“If you've seen one slum, you've seen them all.”

“I have just returned from Boston. It is the only thing to do if you find yourself up there.”

“The city is a labyrinth, and I am one of its inhabitants.”

“One should build cities in the country, the air is healthier there.”

“New York is a city of conversations.”

“When you get caught between the moon and New York City, the best that you can do is fall in love.”

“The shops are all lighted, the streets are all bright.”

“Modern metropolitan traffic is a juggernaut, a relentless, implacable monster.”

“If you would be known, and not know, vegetate in a village; if you would know, and not be known, live in a city.”

“A great city is not to be confounded with a populous one.”

“The nature of a city is that it is always changing.”

“The city is a landscape, and we are its explorers.”

“The city is a language, a repository of signs.”

“By definition, the big city has no exterior.”

“London, London, our delight, Great flower that opens but at night, Great City of the Midnight Sun, Whose day begins when day is done.”

“Paris was a universe whole and entire unto herself, hollowed and fashioned by history.”

“Every year the international press vote for the world's top ten cities and London is always one of them. It's a privilege to be mayor of such a great city.”

“London, thou art the flower of cities all!”

“Paris is always a good idea.”