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Letter "C" » city
«Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks.»
Author: Doug Larson
| About:
Politicians,
Politics
| Keywords:
city, keys, locks, politician, The City
«I would rather wake up in the middle of nowhere than in any city on earth.»
Author: Steve Mcqueen
(Actor)
| About:
Nature,
Wilderness
| Keywords:
city, from nowhere, in the middle, middle, middles, Middle way, nowhere, on earth, wake, wake up
«In Rome you long for the country; in the country oh inconstant! you praise the distant city to the stars»
«In politics we presume that everyone who knows how to get votes knows how to administer a city or a state. When we are ill... we do not ask for the handsomest physician, or the most eloquent one.»
Author: Plato
(Philosopher)
| Keywords:
administer, administering, administers, city, eloquent, handsomer, handsomest, ill, physician, politics, presume, presumed, presumes, presume to, presuming, state, votes, vote in
«It is better for a city to be governed by a good man than by good laws.»
«Los Angeles is 72 suburbs in search of a city»
Author: Dorothy Parker
(Poet, Writer)
| Keywords:
Angeles, city, In Search Of, search, suburb, suburbs
«It isn't necessary to have relatives in Kansas City in order to be unhappy.»
«I have an affection for a great city. I feel safe in the neighborhood of man, and enjoy the sweet security of the streets.»
Author: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
(Poet)
| Keywords:
affection, city, neighborhood, neighborhoods, security, The Streets, The Sweet
«It is an odd thing, but every one who disappears is said to be seen at San Francisco. It must be a delightful city, and possess all the attractions of the next world.»
Author: Oscar Wilde
(Critic, Dramatist, Novelist, Poet)
| Keywords:
attractions, city, delightful, disappears, Francisco, odd, San, San Francisco, The Attractions, The San
«Language is a city to the building of which every human being brought a stone»
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
(Essayist, Lecturer, Poet)
| About:
Language
| Keywords:
brought, building, city, stone, The Building
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