Urban Parks Quotes

The 5,000 or so acres of Royal Parks are one of the things that make London special.

Well we have a tiny garden, it's like a postage stamp, so generally we try to get out to the parks in London as much as possible.

I love just going out and sitting down in the park along with the thousands of other people who apparently have no work to do during the day. People come up to me, but they are generally really nice. New York makes it easier, for me at least. People manage to be enthusiastic and sort of sane at the same time. And that’s lovely.

The only place where people in Manhattan walk for leisure is in the park.

Every day, the sun comes out and the sky's always blue. That's what I miss about Denver.

When I am walking in Central Park, I recognize the Italians. Because an Italian, even when he jogs, he's dressed perfect.

Parks are as essential to the physical and emotional health of a city as the water supply.

I do not go outdoors... As far as I'm concerned, the whole point of living in New York City is indoors. You want greenery? Order the spinach.

It's easy to say why I love coming to Chicago for my signings, because I still remember the very first time I came to Chicago, right before 'Shiver' came out. I remember I was so struck by the feel of the city, how wide open it felt, even with these massive buildings all around me. The parks and green spaces are incredible.

I plan to see St. Louis as a global competitor. As an international trade hub, as an incubator of new companies, as a place of culture and the arts, as a magnet for immigrants, for entrepreneurs, for animal lovers, and for gays, as a city of parks and trails, and as the sort of place that figures in young people's dreams.

I love being outside; I love being in nature and exercising like that, other than in a gym in New York.

I enjoy playing on grass and I enjoy being in London.

Parks are but pavement disguised with a growth of grass.

Los Angeles County is one of the most park-poor urban areas in the nation, and the San Gabriel Valley - stretching from Pasadena to Pomona - is especially starved for open space.

I can't wait for summer in the city! I love all the free activities in the parks that become available to us New Yorkers. Yoga and movie screenings in Bryant Park, concerts in Central Park - there's so much more available to the New York community in the summer! And everyone just seems to smile more.

Increasingly, outdoors recreation occurs close to home, in or near towns and cities where 80 percent of us soon will live.