New York city, the incomparable, the brilliant star city of cities, the forty-ninth state, a law unto itself, the Cyclopean Paradox, the inferno with no-out-of bounds, the supreme expression of both the miseries and the splendors of contemporary civilization, the Macedonia of the United States. It meets the most severe test that may be applied to definition of a metropolis - it stays up all night. But also it becomes a small town when it rains.
New York is really the place to be; to go to New York, you're going to the center of the world, the lion's den.
London is the most commercially important city in Europe, and it's the most populous city. It should be for the whole of the European continent what New York is to America. That's what it should be.
New York is a wonderful city... It is going to be the capital of the world.
Behold now this vast city [London]; a city of refuge, the mansion-house of liberty, encompassed and surrounded with His protection.
You can find Calcutta all over the world, if you have the eyes to see.
Shanghai is Asia's New York.
London! the needy villain's general home, The common sewer of Paris and of Rome! With eager thirst, by folly or by fate, Sucks in the dregs of each corrupted state.
Paris is a mighty schoolmaster, a grand enlightener of the provincial intellect.
London, thou art the flower of cities all! Gemme of all joy, jasper of jocunditie.
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.
All roads lead to Johannesburg.
Our first stop was red square, the heart of Moscow - if Moscow has one.
The scene then as now was centered in New York. For the most part, I've kept a bit apart from that attractive and seductive city. I've done it by living in the country within commuting distance.
One of the things that's great about New York is that it is not a one-industry town. It has education, academia, the service industry, arts, publishing, theater, politics, fashion, finance, as well as movie-making.
Toronto as a city carries out the idea of Canada as a country. It is a calculated crime against the aspirations of the soul and the affection of the heart.
Seattle is this curious liberal 'island.'
Edmonton is Canada's answer to Omaha. Solid, unassuming, and surrounded by a whole lot of nothing. It's a place that makes you think of sensible shoes.
I go for cosmopolitan cities, and I like to be in the middle of everything.
New York City is the most important location in the world... it is the center for fashion, culture and finance.
New York is the only real city-city.
Everything that happens in America happens in New York.
New York is to the nation what the white church spire is to the village - the visible symbol of aspiration and faith, the white plume saying the way is up!
I grew up in a suburban situation and I was constantly looking for the central, the town. I grew up craving. "Where's the town? Where's the people?" You get into a very isolated shell.
I never write "metropolis" for seven cents when I can write "city" and get paid the same.
