Cities force growth and make people talkative and entertaining, but they also make them artificial.
The true civilized man is marked by the suppression of his instincts in the interests of the community.
A great city is not to be confounded with a populous one.
Cities have always been the fireplaces of civilization, whence light and heat radiated out into the dark.
Cities have the capability of providing something for everybody, only because, and only when, they are created by everybody.
I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching.
The city is not a concrete jungle, it is a human zoo.
The city is a restless creature; it never stops moving.
The city's not a concrete jungle, it's a human zoo.
Cities, like cats, will reveal themselves at night.
A city is a large community where people are lonesome together.
In the city, people grow up with the illusion of choice.
Cities give us collision. 'Tis said, London and New York take the nonsense out of a man.