Quotes About City

It's important to me that there's not just one story told about our city. 'LSD' is an ode to Chicago, a song for the complicated love I have for my city.

It's hard for it to make a mark in this city because London has so much culture to offer.

'Law & Order' was so very interesting to me because what I got to do was explore New York along with getting to work with some of the best actors New York City had to offer.

New York offers people the anonymity to be themselves without judgment.

You know my girls are so funny. You're out in the country and there are critters everywhere and they get a little like, 'Oh my God! Oh no, bugs!' and I had to say, 'Honey this is fine. This is their world and it's all part of being in the country.' I realized, 'Oh my God, my girls are really city girls.'

I go down the street thinking, 'Oh my God, I live in New York.' But then I think, 'Oh my God, I'm on Broadway!'

I just had this New York thing. When I got there, I felt so at home. I said, 'This is where the crazy people go.' It's OK to be yourself in New York. In L.A., it's difficult.

Playing in a city like Norman, where it's all about Oklahoma football. A no-brainer for me.

I have family in Oklahoma City.

L.A. kinda raised me a little bit as a 21-year-old kid from Oklahoma.

I've been in New York my whole life. It's changed so much; it's not the New York that I grew up with. All the landmarks of my childhood are gone. I do kind of feel like a bitter old-timer, like, 'These kids don't know what it was like.'

It's really incredible to win an Olympic Gold in your home city.

The Olympic Games of the Modern Era began in 1896 in the city of Athens.

I think any city that does the Olympics takes on the world and has to grow and has to kind of assimilate all sorts of folks.

Chicago is a fantastic city, and I can easily see the Olympics setting themselves right here in Chicago.

Omaha, like Rome, is built on seven hills.

I've been in Glasgow since I was 18, on and off.

I do a lot of eavesdropping. That's one of the things I miss about New York: just checking people out.

My music is the essence of Detroit. At one time, we were the center of the world, man - Motor City.

I grew up in L.A., and I don't think I've seen L.A. onscreen in a way that felt real to me. There are definitely movies, but they are few and far between.

Ranchi is a much better place than Mumbai or any other big city in the country. People here are simple and open-minded.

The dim roar of London was like the bourdon note of a distant organ.

High above the city, on a tall column, stood the statue of the Happy Prince.  He was gilded all over with thin leaves of fine gold, for eyes he had two bright sapphires, and a large red ruby glowed on his sword-hilt.

I have come up to town expressly to propose to her. Algernon. I thought you had come up for pleasure? . . . I call that business.