We should concentrate our work not only to a separated housing problem but housing involved in our daily work and all the other functions of the city. - Alvar Aalto And in that very moment, away behind in some far corner of the city, a cock crowed. Shrill and clear he crowed reckoning nothing of wizardry or war, welcoming only the morning that in the sky far above the shadows of death was coming with the dawn. - J R R Tolkien And then all the host of Rohan burst into song, and they sang as they slew, for the joy of battle was on them, and the sound of their singing that was fair and terrible came even to the City. - J R R Tolkien Gandalf did not move. And in that very moment, away behind in some courtyard of the City, a cock crowed. Shrill and clear he crowed, recking nothing of wizardry or war, welcoming only the morning that in the sky far above the shadows of death was coming with the dawn. - J R R Tolkien I'd been round the world a hundred times and had started to forget w...

I talked with Quentin about where the character came from, and he told me Kansas City. I don't know how somebody talks from Kansas City, so I made him from New York. - Steve Buscemi I was Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. As you know, there are twelve banks and they have their citizens board, and I got elected to the Fed Chairmanship for the Federal Reserve Kansas City Bank back in the mid-'90s. It might have been 1995-'96. - Herman Cain There are people walking around the streets of Kansas City who are unemployed, while one of our largest employers is not only sending jobs aboard, but then turning around and making a statement about preserving jobs. - Emanuel Cleaver I guess it kind of stemmed from my father. He was a union guy working for the meat plant down in Kansas City. He was a union guy, and I guess it was just in my blood. - David Cone The first professional training I received of any kind was when I was 14 years old and we were in Kansas Ci...

...fear is part of our inheritance. Lev from City of Thieves - David Benioff They have decided nothing can kill them but God himself, and they don't even believe in him. -- David Benioff; City of Thieves - David Benioff

The next time you're planning to injure yourself to get my attention, just remeber that a little sweet talk works wonders. - City of Bones (said by Jace Wayland) - Cassandra Clare What's an eBay?" "A mythical place of great magical power." - Jace Wayland and Clary Fray (City of Bones) - Cassandra Clare

Do you think city hall would take battling dragons as a excuse to waive a fine? - Sharon Ashwood Believe me, I know what I'm talking about. I'm working class. Revolution or not, the working class will just keep on scraping a living in the same old shitholes. And what is a revolution? It sure as hell isn't just changing the name on city hall. But those guys don't know that - those guys with their big words. Tell me, Watanabe, have you ever seen a taxman? - Haruki Murakami That's what they do in Europe. You go down to the city hall and you become legally connected. You have a civil union there. Then, if you're religious, you go down to the church, and the church blesses the union. That gets the problem solved. - Tony Campolo Too often, they play to whatever group is the loudest down at City Hall, and they buy them off, essentially. - Steve Chabot But let me tell you something, Harrigan - sooner or later City Hall is gonna catch up to your action, and they...

As a remedy to life in society I would suggest the big city. Nowadays, it is the only desert within our means. - Albert Camus 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. - Terry Bradshaw After Babar's mother was killed by the hunter, he went to the big city. - Jean De Brunhoff 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. - Tina Fey 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. - Edward Hopper Going to New York to do whatever - show business - it just seemed fun. It seemed fun to go to the big city and meet all kinds of different people and maybe be famous. It was just exciting. So I wasn...

And the city itself was just a glow on the dark earth.. - Monica Ali Rome is the city of echoes, the city of illusions, and the city of yearning. - Giotto Di Bondone We are all bits and pieces of history and literature and international law, Byron, Tom Paine, Machiavelli or Christ, it's here. And the hour's late. And the war's begun. And we are out here, and the city is there, all wrapped up in its own coat of a thousand colors. - Ray Bradbury The Madden NFL franchise holds a special place in popular culture and the cover is a coveted position for players all over the league. I'm honored to be the first cover athlete chosen by Madden NFL fans and it's a great way to cap off an amazing year for the Saints and the city of New Orleans. - Drew Brees The '90s are really the 'Sex and the City' woman, and I think, right now, the new contemporary woman is the 'Lipstick Jungle' woman. - Candace Bushnell The joke that I make is that there are instanc...