#city

A capacity for going overboard is a requisite for a full-grown mind. ↗

— Dawn Powell

#going #mind #overboard #requisite

The lanes and streets of the city being set out, the choice of sites for the convenience and use of the state remains to be decided on; for sacred edifices, for the forum, and for other public buildings. ↗

— Marcus V. Pollio

#buildings #choice #city #convenience #decided

The temple of Ceres should be in a solitary spot out of the city, to which the public are not necessarily led but for the purpose of sacrificing to her. ↗

— Marcus V. Pollio

#her #led #necessarily #out #public

I grew up in New York City in the late '70s, at a time when U.S. - China relations were something that was on the front page of The New York Times on a regular basis. ↗

— John Pomfret

#china #city #front #grew #i

There is a certain majesty in simplicity which is far above all the quaintness of wit. ↗

— Alexander Pope

#certain #far #majesty #simplicity #which

Of Manners gentle, of Affections mild; In Wit a man; Simplicity, a child. ↗

— Alexander Pope

#child #gentle #man #manners #mild

Genius... is the capacity to see ten things where the ordinary man sees one. ↗

— Ezra Pound

#genius #man #ordinary #ordinary man #see

The Aztecs believe they started up in what's now New Mexico, and wandered for 10,000 years before they got down into where they are now, in Mexico City. That's a weird legend. ↗

— Jerry Pournelle

#believe #city #down #got #into

Connecting people to jobs and to each other is absolutely vital to a city's economy (and to the wider economy). ↗

— Lucy Powell

#city #connecting #each #economy #jobs

Even though I support the blue side of Manchester's football heritage, I don't really mind that wherever I go in the world it's not Manchester City that starts the conversation. 'Ah, yes, Manchester United,' is the response when I say where I come from. It's commonplace everywhere - in Europe, Africa, Asia and even the U.S. ↗

— Lucy Powell

#ah #asia #blue #city #come