Quotes about Big City

In the Big City a man will disappear with the suddenness and completeness of the flame of a candle that is blown out. Votes: 3

I learned quickly that trying to force Country Folk to love the Big City is like telling your gay cousin, "You just haven't met the right girl yet. Votes: 3

There is a movie called Fargo playing right now. It is a masterpiece. Go see it. If you, under any circumstances, see Little Indian, Big City, I will never let you read one of my reviews again. Votes: 3

If Tao Lin had been born to Gary Shteyngart's parents and spent his early twenties slaving for pageviews at NewYorker.com, he would have written something like this, the Bright Lights, Big City of the click-here-now generation. Votes: 3

Ever since I was a little kid, I always dreamed of being a Big City kid, because I grew up in a very small town up north in Canada. I have to say I just love the city lights at night. Votes: 3

I loved doing Cee Lo's Bright Lights in the Big City. That was definitely a favorite of mine, because I love to get all soulful. And a close second would be Flo Rida's Right Round, because I could rap, which I've never really done before. Votes: 3

Chicago seems a big city instead of merely a large place. Votes: 1

On the Web we all become small-town visitors lost in the big city. Votes: 1

I'm accepting I'm not living that younger, dreamed version of myself in the big city. Votes: 1

The pressure of survival in the big city will make you lose sight of your dream... Hang in there. Votes: 1

The two elements the traveler first captures in the big city are extra human architecture and furious rhythm. Geometry and anguish. Votes: 1

As a remedy to life in society I would suggest the big city. Nowadays, it is the only desert within our means. Votes: 1

To look at the cross-section of any plan of a big city is to look at something like the section of a fibrous tumor. Votes: 1

People think New York is this big city where no one knows each other, but when you live in the Village, it's the opposite. Votes: 1

Here in the big city people spend their time thinking about work and about money; they don't give some value to friendships and it can be depressing. Votes: 1

I picked Harvard because it was in a big city, and a lot of girls' schools were nearby. And I liked President Kennedy, who went to Harvard. Votes: 1

Growing up in any big city, you get exposed to so many beautiful cultures. I've grown up with a lot of open eyes around me that's influenced my eyes to open. Votes: 1

You have to understand, now, I'm a momma's boy. I'm from the south. My way of being raised is totally different than the big city life. I truly was a country boy. Votes: 1

In L.A. you live in a big city, but you feel like you're in the countryside. For example, I can be at home in the swimming pool and be five minutes from everything. Votes: 1

My dad grew up in Banbridge, Northern Ireland, desperate to get to London. I grew up in London, so I don't know what it's like to yearn for the big city from a small town. Votes: 1

The Democratic Party is made up of trial lawyers, labor unions, government employees, big city political machines, the coercive utopians, the radical environmentalists, feminists, and others who want to restructure society with tax dollars and government fiat. Votes: 1

I guess I just always had this idea that I would go to Hollywood. I had the typical 'get up and go' attitude that you have to have in order to make the brave step into the big city. Votes: 1

Voting is a Constitutional right. Absent any evidence of fraud, all Americans have a protected right to vote, be they rich or poor, black, Hispanic or white, people who live in a big city or in remote rural areas. Votes: 1

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. Votes: 1

You can learn all about the human condition from covering the crime beat in a big city - you don't need to go to Beirut for that - but a foreign correspondent begins to understand poverty from a different perspective. Votes: 1

I think London, New York, Paris, Milan, any big city has its own fashion. I don't know why they make such a big thing of Paris. I think maybe it comes from French New Wave films portraying the French girl as very feminine. Votes: 1

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. Votes: 1

In their heyday, the Pet Shop Boys were the Interpol of the Eighties, dressing up to sing really weird pop songs about lust and loneliness in the big city. They're low-pro now, not retro-worshipped in the manner of Depeche Mode, New Order, or The Cure, but you can hear the reason why - these guys are too sad. Votes: 1

In Brussels, you are able to have a lot of appointments in a day. In Paris, you can have one, two, maybe three, but you spend all your time on the road, in the car or in the suburbs. In Brussels, everything is easy. It's not a very big city, and the people are very quiet and warm. Votes: 1

When I thought about Detroit, I would think big city, very urban - not a lot of places to walk around, not a lot of parks. I sort of pictured Manhattan almost, where, besides Central Park, it's all city and big buildings. But now that I'm here, you see people pushing strollers, people hanging out in the park. Votes: 1

When you look at a city, you know, it looks so unique. You feel this kind of uniqueness, you know, and especially if you go from a big city to a small city or if you go from one country to another. Cities look very different, often. They even feel very different. You know, and they are, of course. They certainly are. Votes: 1

I had a dream of music and art and the big city in which I would get lost, where no one would know me and I wouldn't know anyone, where I would work at some ordinary job, and if one day I got up in the morning and decided I wasn't going to go to work anymore, no one would ask questions. Votes: 1

And Seattle isn't really crazy anymore. It's a big dot-com city. Votes: 0

Chicago seems a big city instead of merely a large place Votes: 0

The third big war will begin when the big city is burning Votes: 0

When you're from Weir, Mississippi, almost everywhere you go looks like the big city. Votes: 0

I'm not a big city guy...there's too many people, there's too much traffic. Votes: 0

I always think that in a big city, anything is possible, including reinventing yourself. Votes: 0

I have 15 years of executive experience as a big-city mayor and as a governor. Votes: 0

In New York City, the meek don't inherit the earth. The big mouth does. Votes: 0

A city plays the role of a great big magnet that's sucking people up. Votes: 0

It's a big deal in my city to have a breath of fresh air. Votes: 0

Sex and the City was about looking for Mr Big and trying to find him. Votes: 0

Washington is the city where the big men of little towns come to be disillusioned Votes: 0

Anyone who thinks small towns are friendlier than big cities lives in a big city. Votes: 0

Anybody who thinks small towns are friendlier than big cities lives in a big city. Votes: 0

Sex and the City changed New York-New York's become a big shoe store now, unfortunately. Votes: 0

the loneliest place to be is a hotel room in a big city in early evening. Votes: 0

in the big city nobody has time to make friends. The big city is a big solitude. Votes: 0

The volunteering spirit of Londoners is part of what makes this the best big city on earth. Votes: 0

Sometimes we're the big game in town. Other times, we're kind of a side show. (on Manchester City) Votes: 0

San Francisco has a flowers-in-your-hair kind of vibe, while Chicago's got this very funny, big-city/small-town coolness to it. Votes: 0

I saw what I could [in Mexico City], but we rarely got anything other than big, mainstream American films. Votes: 0

I was always a big fan of Charlie Chaplin movies. I love 'The Great Dictator' and 'City Lights.' Votes: 0

It would be difficult to write a convincing ghost story set on a sunny day in a big city. Votes: 0

The pressure of survival in the big city will make you lose sight of your dream "¦ Hang in there. Votes: 0

What I like about Oxford is how small it is; it's really more of a big town than a city. Votes: 0

Old Hank would be proud, and Elvis would too, cause we like our country mixed with some big city blues. Votes: 0

New York is only 97 miles from Philadelphia but was the Big Time as no other American city has ever been. Votes: 0

The two elements the traveler first captures in the big city are extra human architecture and furious rhythm. Geometry and anguish." Votes: 0

In New York, unlike Holland, there are newspaper stands on every corner. That was a big headline all over the city. Votes: 0

I cannot live without flowers everywhere. I grew up having a big garden, the size of a city block, in Rombas. Votes: 0

I'm a big-city boy. What I like is big cities. It's not just what I like. It's what I write about. Votes: 0

If you live in a dirty big city, it means that you surely need a pastoral life to make yourself clean! Votes: 0

You can't take the New York out of the girl. It's like a little country girl coming to the big city. Votes: 0

New Orleans is like a big musical gumbo. The sound I have is from being in the city my whole life. Votes: 0

Every person on the streets of New York is a type. The city is one big theater where everyone is on display. Votes: 0

Years ago, as I was beginning my professional career on Wall Street, I volunteered as a Big Brother in New York City. Votes: 0

I like any big city. I like any place where you can see a guy with a pants-full of pooh fighting a ghost. Votes: 0

I didn't want kids to think that to be happy, they had to be famous or rich or live in the big city. Votes: 0

I'm not a New Yorker. I grew up in Detroit. A lot of people think it's one big city but they're completely different. Votes: 0

Being born in New York City, tends to lead to big expectations, expectations that I only started to realize after I had left. Votes: 0

We're crazy about this city. Los Angeles? That's just a big parking lot where you buy a hamburger for the trip to San Francisco. Votes: 0

I'm a big foodie. Hyderabadi cuisine is amazing, and the kind of mutton dishes available at some restaurants in the Old City is incredible. Votes: 0

That is what I want to tell you about: the girls with their short skirts and bright eyes and big-city dreams. The girls of 1929. Votes: 0

There is no tougher job in America than being a cop on the beat in a major city in this country, big and brawling. Votes: 0

When I was in high school I moved from the big city to a tiny village of 500 people in Vermont. It was like The Waltons! Votes: 0

Hog butcher for the world, Tool maker, stacker of wheat, Player with railroads and the nation's freight handler; Stormy, husky, brawling, City of big shoulders. Votes: 0

Confused by the big city blues, he didn't know who's life he's leading. Put yourself behind the wheel, see if you can get that feel. Votes: 0

I'll tell you, it's Big Business. If there is one word to describe Atlantic City, it's Big Business. Or two words – Big Business. Votes: 0

It's a big change for a country boy like me, to be in the limelight in New York City. It was most definitely a tough adjustment. Votes: 0

The story that I wanna tell is pretty much about the way I grew up. Being bi-racial, growing up in a big city and being an artist. Votes: 0

I think my songs are singing to the rural heart. It's not whether you're from a big city or the middle of nowhere in a small town. Votes: 0

We are New Yorkers. Proud citizens of the greatest city on earth. Thinking big isn't new to us. It is the very foundation of who we are. Votes: 0

I love that Toronto is demonstrating that a big, highly diverse, multicultural city can actually work and work well, if its residents have the attitude of Torontonians. Votes: 0

One of the big luxuries of being in Antwerp is that I can easily walk in the city. In Paris and New York, I am more recognized. Votes: 0

When my trust fund ran out, I panicked. I have a lot of admiration for the kids who come to the big city with nothing and make it. Votes: 0

It was common knowledge that big, bad city boys spent the bulk of their time sleeping around, coiffing their hair and posting pictures of food on the internet. Votes: 0

Youre perceived as being a success if you find a job in some big city and work with hundreds of other people and draw a paycheck every month. Votes: 0

In every big city there is always one surefire laugh, and that lies in hanging some piece of idiocy upon the people of a nearby city or town. Votes: 0

You're perceived as being a success if you find a job in some big city and work with hundreds of other people and draw a paycheck every month. Votes: 0

There are great roads, beautiful bridges, lovely parks, gorgeous gardens and wonderful buildings in a big city. But there is something missing, something very important: The spirit of nature! Votes: 0

Even if I live not in a big city, even if I detest to go to parties, I love street fairs and long conversations with people in the countryside. Votes: 0

I have a big job on my hands now, there is no mistaking that, but I feel as though I have calmness within myself. (on being Manchester City manager) Votes: 0

In general, I feel so much of pop culture is set in the generic big city, particularly comics. I feel like there are so many other stories to tell. Votes: 0

"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..." Votes: 0

You can learn a lot when you play in a little town in Holland or Western Australia, and you learn different things than you would learn playing a big city. Votes: 0

My favorite Starbucks is nice - Omaha Starbucks stores tend to be friendlier than big-city ones, and the baristas are especially lovely at mine - but it's still a Starbucks. Votes: 0

L.A. is such a big city, and theres so much going on. I mean, you know youre in L.A. when you can just hear sirens all the time. Votes: 0

I live in Sydney now. I came here for the show and never went home - I do like it, it's a big change... it's a big city, it's very fast. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

To succeed in big-city politics requires a powerful, motivating vision of a better world, a plan to get there, a willingness to meet constituents on their terms, and a tough political skin. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

Right now, in every big city ghetto, tens of thousands of yesterday's and today's school dropouts are keeping body and soul together by some form of hustling in the same way I did. Votes: 0

And no matter how serious an environmental problem the automobile poses in today's big city, the horse was dirtier, smelled worse, killed and maimed more people, and congested the streets just as much. Votes: 0

My first year in L.A. I felt lost in that big city. It's easy to be tumbled around and not figure out where you fit in even when you find your little niche. Votes: 0

If you go to a big city anywhere in the world and you need a doctor, just ask me. I can tell you who's good and who's bad. I've even considered writing a guidebook. Votes: 0

My entertainment was going to the local dollar movie theatre on the weekend, where I watched old black and white movies. If you wanted current movies, you had to drive to the big city. Votes: 0

I don't think you ever think of a big city as sweet or community, but there are cities that I think of as charming and particular and interesting cities. I live in one now, Charleston. Votes: 0