#cities

There are cities that get by on their good looks, offer climate and scenery, views of mountains or oceans, rockbound or with palm trees; and there are cities like Detroit that have to work for a living, whose reason for being might be geographical but whose growth is based on industry, jobs. Detroit has its natural attractions: lakes all over the place, an abundance of trees and four distinct seasons for those who like variety in their weather, everything but hurricanes and earth-quakes. But it’s never been the kind of city people visit and fall in love with because of its charm or think, gee, wouldn’t this be a nice place to live. ↗

— Elmore Leonard

#cities #detroit #industry #jobs #michigan

I have to finish this book tour of almost 30 cities. ↗

— Iris Chang

#book #book tour #cities #finish #i

And one of the things we did here was we put the maximum amount of money up front in those cities that were at the greater risk, but that doesn't mean that we keep rebuilding the same security over and over again. ↗

— Michael Chertoff

#amount #cities #did #front #greater

I had traveled 10 states and played over 50 cities by the time I was 4. ↗

— Sammy Davis, Jr.

#cities #had #i #over #played

Nowhere more truly than in his mental capacities is man a part of nature. ↗

— Edward Thorndike

#his #man #mental #more #nature

Now I know what it's like to be a rock star. No, I didn't sleep with 5 groupies at once. But I was interviewed about 45 times in 5 days in 3 cities. ↗

— Tony Visconti

#cities #days #groupies #i #interviewed

Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. ↗

— Voltaire

#believe #commit #make #those #who

As long as people believe in absurdities they will continue to commit atrocities. ↗

— Voltaire

#believe #commit #continue #long #people

While there are towns and cities still planning Memorial Day parades, many have not held a parade in decades. Some think the day is for honoring anyone who has died, not just those fallen in service to our country. ↗

— Allen West

#cities #country #day #decades #died

Cities produce in me melancholy or a tension I don't need. ↗

— David Guterson

#i #me #melancholy #need #produce