Top 1200 Big City Quotes & Sayings - Page 3

I believe the challenge the city faces is attracting continued development into the inner and western part of Jersey City. Nobody should be left behind as Jersey City continues to prosper and grow.

L.A. is such a big city, and there's so much going on. I mean, you know you're in L.A. when you can just hear sirens all the time.

Most of my shows have shown the transition of a character from a small town to the big city.

When people endure a traumatic event, they are either defeated or made stronger. On Sept. 11, I told New Yorkers, "I want you to emerge stronger from this." My words were partially a hope and partially an observation that people in New York City handle big things better than little things. I could not be more proud of the way my city responded.

Sydney CBD is the eastern city, Parramatta is the central city and Badgerys will be the third city in greater Sydney.

We are fortunate to live in an attractive, highly desirable and vibrant city. A city that is growing, that draws new residents and visitors from across the world each day and a city with a great sense of pride in all we do and have to offer.

Speaking of River City in The Music Man & his home town, Mason City, Iowa: I didn't have to make up anything. I simply remembered Mason City as closely as I could.

When you're from Weir, Mississippi, almost everywhere you go looks like the big city.

What I like about Oxford is how small it is; it's really more of a big town than a city.

Sometimes we're the big game in town. Other times, we're kind of a side show. (on Manchester City)

L.A. is such a big city, and theres so much going on. I mean, you know youre in L.A. when you can just hear sirens all the time.

A city plays the role of a great big magnet that's sucking people up.

In the Big City a man will disappear with the suddenness and completeness of the flame of a candle that is blown out.

Anyone who's ever driven to Atlantic City knows that Trump's got a big billboard. For years, you used to see his angry face on it. I said, 'Trump, that expression is making people afraid to go to the Taj Mahal. Why don't you give them a big smile.? 'C'mon in, folks! Spend your money here!' I think we got that corrected.

New Orleans is like a big musical gumbo. The sound I have is from being in the city my whole life.

I belong to the Kingdom of God, that's my Country! I'm from Space City, that's my City! I'm from the City that hath foundations, whose Builder and Maker is God!

The pressure of survival in the big city will make you lose sight of your dream … Hang in there.

I'm a big Birmingham City supporter and seeing the fans dressed as Peaky Blinders is one of my proudest moments.

If you live in a dirty big city, it means that you surely need a pastoral life to make yourself clean!

There is such a cool vibe in Nashville. It is has the excitement of a big city, but also has this amazing small town feel. I have definitely come to call it my home, and have my favorite go-to spots. But most of all it's the people. The southern charm, and hospitality. And some great shopping never hurts. As fun as Music City is during the day, the real magic happens at night ... The lights, the energy, the music, how could you not love this town?

I think living in Baltimore and being a part of the community and trying to be part of as many communities as possible within the city, the best thing that anyone can do in Baltimore is just to be a part of it and contribute to it and to not see it as...A lot of people from outside the city see this city for its blight and I feel like people who live within the city do the opposite and see this city for what defines it as, in my mind, the most beautiful place to live.

I'm not a New Yorker. I grew up in Detroit. A lot of people think it's one big city but they're completely different.

I always think that in a big city, anything is possible, including reinventing yourself.

In New York City, the meek don't inherit the earth. The big mouth does.

Chicago is a world-class city filled with amazing people with big ideas.

New Orleans is a city whose basic industry is the service industry. That's why it makes its money. That's - it brings people to the city. People come to the city and experience the wonders of this extraordinary city and everything else. The question is that, how do we create jobs which are the jobs that have pay, that - living wages?

Devo and The Cramps didn't get big until they went to New York City. Chrissie Hynde didn't get big until she moved to London. When I was growing up, there wasn't even a place to play - just one little bar. If we wanted to have a gig, then we had to drive 45 minutes up to Cleveland.

When I'm doing a store in a country, I always like to consider the concept of the country and the city. Ask what are the clothes of the city, what does this city represent for me?

[On Las Vegas:] ... The City That Never Sleeps. The City That Sins and Smiles and Lives On the Edge. The city where vices become virtues, become what everyone is here to do.

Hindi films are so deceptive. I thought Mumbai was this big, grand, beautiful city with sea-facing flats.

In 1998, Vanity Fair asked me to write a big piece for them on the 50th anniversary of the New York City Ballet. My life, to a great extent, had been spent at and with the New York City Ballet, and I decided to try it. It was very scary, writing about something I loved so much and had such strong opinions about.

The Manchester City game is what the Premier League is all about. You have to thrive on those big occasions.

I was always a big fan of Charlie Chaplin movies. I love 'The Great Dictator' and 'City Lights.'

Being from Jammu, I always saw Delhi as this big city where everyone would want to be.

I didn't want kids to think that to be happy, they had to be famous or rich or live in the big city.

Chicago, with its big newspapers and major broadcasting stations, couldn't have been a better city to start a journalism career.

I grew up in New York City, but the rest of the world was a very big part of my upbringing.

Having lived in a big city like Mumbai, I feel it gives you another personality in a way.

The pressure of survival in the big city will make you lose sight of your dream... Hang in there.

City government is the level closest to the people, so our charge uniquely embodies the big and the small.

Venice is ever the fragile labyrinth at the edge of the sea and it reminds us how brief and perilous the journeys of our lives are; perhaps that is why we love it so. City of plagues and brief liaisons, city of lingering deaths and incendiary loves, city of chimeras, nightmares, pigeons, bells. You are the only city in the world whose dialect has a word for the shimmer of canal water reflected on the ceiling of a room.

Halifax is a big hockey city. Everyone loves the game here and really enjoys anyone who has had success.

Remember the city, the city remember Where treasure is hidden under the ground The city, the city, always remember That's where the treasure will be found.

Texas Gov. Rick Perry referred to the Mexican city of Juarez as the most dangerous city in America. In his defense, he probably just thought it was an American city because there were so many Mexicans there.

The volunteering spirit of Londoners is part of what makes this the best big city on earth.

Sex and the City was about looking for Mr Big and trying to find him.

I think London, New York, Paris, Milan, any big city has its own fashion. I don't know why they make such a big thing of Paris. I think maybe it comes from French New Wave films portraying the French girl as very feminine.

Every person on the streets of New York is a type. The city is one big theater where everyone is on display.

It would be difficult to write a convincing ghost story set on a sunny day in a big city.

Born and raised in Paris, I am deeply attached to my city; we almost have half a century of love story together, where I have been truly completely faithful! The most beautiful city in the world is my city, yeepeeee!

Every city is either vibrant these days or is working on a plan to attain vibrancy soon. The reason is simple: a city isn't successful - isn't even a city, really - unless it can lay claim to being 'vibrant.'

Food justice must be incorporated into the city's long term and big picture planning efforts.

When people endure a traumatic event, they are either defeated or made stronger. On Sept. 11, I told New Yorkers, 'I want you to emerge stronger from this.' My words were partially a hope and partially an observation that people in New York City handle big things better than little things. I could not be more proud of the way my city responded.

For whatever reason I love big-city skylines. I've always been fascinated by them.

I think as much as the city is changing us, our experience inside the city also changes. I think, a city like Cairo - and it's interesting because yesterday, a friend of mine told me the same this thing about New York - is a city that you can't control. It's very bold and very aggressive, and it will constantly resist any attempt at control. But even though you can't control it, you can find your path within the city. You can come to a better understanding of your relationship with it.

I thought I could capture the stories of the city on paper. I thought I could write about the horrors of the city. Horror stories you see. I tell you I didn't have to look far for material. Everywhere I looked, there were stories hidden there in the dark corners. . . . I wrote and still there were more. . . . No one would publish them. 'Too horrible,' they said. 'Sick mind,' they said. I thought I could write about the horrors of the city but the horror is too big and it goes on forever.

I'm pretty much a London boy, and it was a big enough city to try and conquer.

And if the City falls and one survives he shall carry the City within on the roads of exile he shall be the City

I spent four years at Manchester City and won three trophies. It was a big wrench to leave.

Man City is one of the best clubs in the world. I knew that something big was happening here. I wanted to be a part of it.