Famous quotes containing the words city of, city and/or york:
“Glorious things of thee are spoken, Zion city of our God!
He, whose word cannot be broken, Formd for thee his own abode:
On the rock of ages founded, What can shake thy sure repose?
With salvations walls surrounded Thou mayst smile at all thy foes.”
—John Newton (17251807)
“This city is neither a jungle nor the moon.... In long shot: a cosmic smudge, a conglomerate of bleeding energies. Close up, it is a fairly legible printed circuit, a transistorized labyrinth of beastly tracks, a data bank for asthmatic voice-prints.”
—Susan Sontag (b. 1933)
“New York is a field of tireless and antagonistic interestsundoubtedly fascinating but horribly unreal. Everybody is looking at everybody elsea foolish crowd walking on mirrors.”
—Wallace Stevens (18791955)