Positive Urban Quotes & Sayings

I would quite like to do a different accent or play something so different from myself because Olivia, the character I play in this film, is similar to me. — Charlotte Church

He circled around me, whispering in my ear. "I'm O positive. I'm everyone's type. — Dannika Dark

It is a grievous sin in the sight of God for any man to presume to baptize, unless God has authorized him by new revelation to baptize in his name. — Orson Pratt

A Facebook status is annoying if it primarily serves the author and does nothing positive for anyone reading it. — Tim Urban

It is never ever too late for us to discover our mistakes in life and do what is right."
- Abdulazeez Henry Musa. — Abdulazeez Henry Musa

the presence of buildings around a park is important in design. They enclose it. They make a definite shape out of the space, so that it appears as an important event in the city scene, a positive feature, rather than a no-account leftover. — Jane Jacobs

I find a very guilty pleasure in dark themes and vibes, and finding where the transcending nature of awareness meets this darkness. — Mike Scheidt

From the safety and comfort of rarefied zip codes, open-border theorists tutor the little people in the positive economic effects on productivity and economic growth of high population density. But regular folks don't have to travel to Cairo or Karachi to discover that this urban theory is an urban myth. — Ilana Mercer

Things aren't always what they seem, are they? — N.E. Bode

Well, I myself, while sometimes unkempt by nights of drunkenness and debauchery, am quite convinced a man's good character is marked by his impeccable attire. — Hal Duncan

People said that there was one law for the rich and one law for the poor, but it wasn't true. There was no law for those who made the law, and no law for the incorrigibly lawless. — Terry Pratchett

As long as the wetland looks pretty and also attracts ducks from time to time, it is regarded as a complete success. An attractive appearance is fine and is of considerable concern in urban developments.

It is the pretense that such wetlands also create rich habitats which is objectionable, when urban development is the primary cause of loss of diversity in a wide range of ecosystems around cities including wetlands.

The one ecologically positive thing that most created wetlands do a reasonable job of is water treatment, because the limited range of plants likely to survive the semi-toxic soils and waters of newly created wetlands are invariably colonisers that will also use up a wide range of nutrients. — Nick Romanowski

They had grown bored with ordinary living and needed to seek out this new thrill to make up for the mundanities of existence. And — Kate Griffin

QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION AND REFLECTION 1. How would you describe your own attitude toward cities? Indifferent? Hostile? Romanticized? Positive? In what way has this chapter challenged your attitude toward cities? not be drawn to such masses of humanity if we care about the same things that God cares about? What are some of the reasons that people avoid ministry in the city? What are some of the reasons that they are attracted to urban ministry? 2. Cities are places of safety, diversity, and productivity. How do each one of these characteristics uniquely define urban culture? 4. How can you and the community of believers to which — Timothy Keller