The biggest difference between
The biggest difference between U.S and most European big cities is that in a place like London, for instance, there are five orchestras, and there’s a bloody competition between these five orchestras. Esa-Pekka Salonen
Big Cities
In those early years
In those early years in New York when I was a stranger in a big city, it was the companionship and later friendship which I was offered in the Linnean Society that was the most important thing in my life. Ernst Mayr
Most people, if you
Most people, if you live in a big city, you see some form of schizophrenia every day, and it’s always in the form of someone homeless. “Look at that guy – he’s crazy. He looks dangerous.” Well, he’s on the streets because of mental illness. He probably had a job and a home… Eric McCormack
When you get down
When you get down to the nitty gritty, isn’t it a pity that in this big city not one little bitty man will admit that he could have been a little wrong. Elvis Presley
Whether on the floor
Whether on the floor of Congress or in the boardrooms of corporate America or in the corridors of a big city hospital, there is no body of professional expertise and no anthology of case studies which can supplant the force of character which provides both a sense of direction and a means of fulfillment. It … Read more
It was a great
It was a great place to grow up. There were always kids around in our neighborhood. We had a basketball hoop in the back of our house, a little front yard where you could get touch football games going. I know you think of it as a big city, but it was fun for me … Read more
\\\”You wanna deliver papers
\”You wanna deliver papers in a big city?\” an expert with a bent nose told me, \”then you gotta shake the trees to find the gorillas to do it…\” Edwin Diamond
Well, I\\’ve always been
Well, I’ve always been interested in approaching a big city in a train, and I can’t exactly describe the sensations, but they’re entirely human and perhaps have nothing to do with aesthetics. Edward Hopper
A city man is
A city man is a home anywhere, for all big cities are much alike. But a country man has a place where he belongs, where he always returns, and where, when the time comes, he is willing to die. Edward Abbey
The ever increasing spiritual
The ever increasing spiritual damage caused by life within the big city will make this hunger practically uncontrollable when we build here on this the landscape of our homeland we must be clear that we will protect its beauty. Fritz Todt