Quotes About City

In New York, the trains run all night, and the cabs are so cheap.

Every city is always changing, on its own trajectory.

The British have been particularly shy about the issues of financial regulation, and attentive only to the interests of the City - hence their reluctance to see the introduction of a tax on financial transactions and tax harmonisation in Europe.

The landscape of the Net has changed; that cyberfrontier of the past has become a teeming city of people, transactions, and businesses.

I had offers from other English clubs - Manchester United, City and Chelsea, who were the club that more rapidly resolved my transfer and the one that showed more interest in me.

I loved couriers. You had this transfer of physical information happening throughout the city and the world. Someone picking up the package, putting it in a bag, going somewhere, taking it out of the bag, giving it to someone else. I thought that was so cool. I wanted to map it, to see that flow on a big screen.

All have used the economic opportunity of a new arena project to transform their cities into the future.

In the beginning, New York and I had kind of a love-hate relationship. It seemed so abrasive compared to Europe. But the transformation here in recent years is really something. I don't think I would have seen as much change if I'd lived in any other city in the world.

Kolkata is a very beautiful city and I have heard that it gets completely transformed during Durga Puja.

A bicycle has transformed my experience of London.

People always say that Glasgow has had umpteen social problems but keeps finding ways of getting over its difficulties and transforming itself. Maybe, belonging to the city I'm able to renew myself too, and keep extending out into some new area.

Living in N.Y.C. has truly awakened me to the New York elite and their penchant for the city's self-described brilliant public transit system. I think it sucks... just like public transit always does.

We need to be able to live in the city without a car; we need to be able to get around. The transit system has to be strong and work for everyone.

Berlin is in a state of transition. There are lots of people who don't stay here. They pass through. They might not 'clean up,' but they mature. It is a city where people spend a significant time in their lives, and then they move on.

I've grown to love L.A. It was a really touchy transition. It was not the easiest. It took me some years to love it.

'Shan shui' you can literally translate as 'mountain and water.' In traditional Chinese culture, there are a lot of paintings about shan shui, but now we're talking about a shan-shui city.

L.A. films are hard to define compared to New York films because New York films are their own subgenre, in a way. L.A. is more transparent.

New York City is home to some of the most talented individuals anywhere, and whether you are born here or a transplant, the city has always had a tendency to breed perfection.

Our metropolises are blighted by two problems: a lack of public transport and a lack of public loos.

If you provide good alternatives for public transport, you won't have traffic problems.

Chicago's like Melbourne - there's a city center, there's public transport, and there's more of a cultural scene.

Every city has to deal with the problem of cars and public transport.

My main form of transportation at that time was a bicycle, because bicycles could move though the crowd.

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