City Quotes - page 89

I hope for the experience of people standing together, turning their backs to the city and facing this, and hearing the leaves rustle. Well, maybe it won't be as bucolic as at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, but I know you will feel removed from the city. (Michael Arad)
Well, I think first of all there was a failure to have real, clear information at our disposal. There was a real lack of situational awareness. We didn't have the capabilities on the ground to give us real-time, accurate assessments of the physical condition of the city. View quote
Michael Chertoff
I was taken out of school by my dad when I was 11 and lived in Mexico City, then later in Paris. I went with him to excavate in Bolivia and Peru. I never finished high school. I was a straight F student anyway. My father admitted to me later that he'd thought I would come to no good. View quote
Michael Heizer
Detroit 1-8-7' - the numbers are police slang for murder - is filmed in that blue-collar Michigan city, providing a flavor of authenticity. Detroit offers a unique visual landscape that tells the story of the city and what it's been through. View quote
Michael Imperioli
I feel absolutely no threat or fear in Mexico City. View quote
Michael Nyman
'Sex and the City' is about outsiders. Single girls as lepers, should have been married by now. It's the reason the whole thing took off. View quote
Michael Patrick King
It seems a lot of straight men need a word coach or a lawyer when it comes to discussing 'Sex and the City.' View quote
Michael Patrick King
The effect hip-hop had on me was enormous. I was exposed to it by happenstance. My father worked at a radio station in New York called WKTU Disco 92. It was the first radio station in New York City to play disco in the late '70s. View quote
Michael Rapaport
I don't think any other holiday embraces the food of the Midwest quite like Thanksgiving. There's roasted meat and mashed potatoes. But being here is also about heritage. Cleveland is really a giant melting pot - not only is my family a melting pot, but so is the city. View quote
Michael Symon
Don't feel you have to stick to plans, because something better might come up; and try to blend in, because you see more. I've learnt that the principles of moving around a big city are the same everywhere; only the people and streets are different. View quote
Michael Urie
We did such a great job of creating the interstate highway system in Oklahoma City that we don't have traffic congestion. You can actually get a speeding ticket during rush hour in the city. That's how great our traffic flows. (Mick Cornett)
The spoiled superstar brat wouldn't get far in Oklahoma City. We're very value-conscious. Our city was settled in a land run. Those 10,000 people were desperate for a better life. View quote
Mick Cornett
We had a branding problem. We have allowed ourselves to be branded by our tragedies. If you said 'Oklahoma City,' chances are the next word out of your mouth was 'bombing.' View quote
Mick Cornett
You know, the sad thing of post-9/11, which was of course horrific, was that the city in which I felt completely at home for two decades, suddenly people like us - brown people - were looked at as the 'Others.' View quote
Mira Nair
I love my kitchen. For Manhattan, I have a rather decent-size kitchen, and it has an opening that gives out to the dining room, which has a window with a view of the city and in the distance the Statue of Liberty. View quote
Mireille Guiliano
I cannot live without flowers everywhere. I grew up having a big garden, the size of a city block, in Rombas. View quote
Mireille Guiliano
One of the most special things about the city of New Orleans is how diverse a people we really are. There's been a new generation of individuals that have all grown up together, so I don't really see myself as a White mayor. I've never seen New Orleans as a Black city. View quote
Mitch Landrieu
I went to Marymount College in New York City with a lot of kids whose parents paid their way, and I wouldn't even have thought of asking my parents - they couldn't afford it, not with six kids! View quote
Moira Kelly
In our national mythology, we seem to include only one-way migrations to the great capitol cities. The journey from the small Wisconsin town or Minnesota city to Chicago or New York or Los Angeles. Certainly for some people, that journey is a round trip. View quote
Mona Simpson
It was in 1942 and I flew from St. Louis to Mexico City. I had just gotten married and we were on our honeymoon. I hit .397 and led the Mexican League with 20 home runs and was named the MVP of the league. It's when I realized I could compete with anyone at any level. View quote
Monte Irvin
I should just drive around this city and take photos of all the buildings I've been humiliated in. (Moon Unit Zappa)
You learn just by trying and experimenting. By the time I was 14, I had my own comic strip in the Kansas City paper. View quote
Mort Walker
Some day the workers will take possession of your city hall, and when we do, no child will be sacrificed on the altar of profit! View quote
Mother Jones
When I am in Madrid, I just like to see my friends and walk around the city. I go to the school where my mum works and help out. My plan B, if acting doesn't work out, is to work with disabled children. View quote
Maria Valverde
I adore Madrid. It's my city. If I ever move, it will only be for work. Whenever I travel, I always want to get back home. View quote
Maria Valverde