Urban Quotes

“The moon shines in the empty lot; a black cat stalks a mouse among the weeds.”

“Let other men think of fighting for coaling stations; I will sing of the tramways of Brooklyn.”

“Jazz is the voice of the city.”

“The city is a living thing, a giant organism. It breathes, it eats, it sleeps, it dreams. And sometimes, it has nightmares.”

“We have seen a significant increase in the number of violent crimes committed by gangs, especially in our urban areas.”

“The city has a heart, but it also has teeth.”

“The City is a commune, a sworn association, which has obtained, either by insurrection or by the payment of a price, a charter of liberties.”

“Behind the hieroglyphic streets there would either be a transcendent meaning, or only the void.”

“Across the traffic of cities, I hear the wheels of His chariot.”

“I hate the country... I am only happy when I am living in a town, the bigger and more hideous the better.”

“This city is not going to be a city of poverty and fear. It is going to be a city of prosperity and peace.”

“The crisis of the inner city is a spiritual crisis.”

“What I've seen is the city, the city of the corporations.”

“The sea of a mighty population, held in galling fetters, heaves uneasily in the tenements.”

“The city is my playground. The buildings are my mountains.”

“What is the use of a city? A city is a place where you can be alone.”

“I see the bright and hollow sky, over the city's ripped-out gut, and I'm the one who's driving.”

“This is Baltimore. The gods will not save you.”