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Streets Quotes

Life lessons picked up on the block.

This collection features people reflecting on childhoods spent outside, on the block, and in cities they came to know inside out, shaping who they became. Read more in our City quotes collection.

I would have liked to be on the streets of Manhattan during 9/11. My working theory is that people are much kinder to each other in times of trauma than we tend to portray in our stories.

Quotes by Claire Cameron

Background checks applied universally and nationally would take millions of illegal guns off the streets of our cities.

Quotes by Chris Murphy

I ran into Ben McKenzie a couple of times on the streets of L.A., and we hung out one time, and that's it.

Quotes by Chris Carmack

Seoul and Shanghai, Jaipur and Jakarta; shining skyscrapers, pricey hotels, traffic-jammed streets ablaze with neon - all were built atop a foundation of laboratory-bred rice.

Quotes by Charles C. Mann

I like the idea of an enlightened principality. In the early eighteen-hundreds, in Germany, there were princes who built schools, streets, homes. I like that.

Quotes by Brunello Cucinelli

In the late afternoons and early evenings, the crowd is easily over 1 million. That many people simply can't fit in Independence Square. The demonstration spills in to the streets for several blocks.

Quotes by Bob Schaffer

We hung out on the streets, played stickball, and did all of the things that other kids did.

Quotes by Bob Cousy

Suburbia is where the developer bulldozes out the trees, then names the streets after them.

Quotes by Bill Vaughan

America's schools and streets are safer than Americans know.

Quotes by Bill Dedman

Whenever I came up against presidents of other companies, I was always smarter, because I was from the streets.

Quotes by Berry Gordy

When crime was spiking in our communities, Dad wrote the crime bill that put 100,000 cops on the streets and led to an eight-year drop in crime across the country.

Quotes by Beau Biden

Surface streets are probably a hundred to a thousand times more complicated than highways.

Quotes by Anthony Levandowski

In Alexandria, my birthplace and my home, all streets bearing Jewish names have been renamed.

Quotes by Andre Aciman

When the militias came to Wau, they would blast out 'Thriller' as they moved down the dirt streets.

Quotes by Alek Wek

I've been able to reach from the streets to the suites.

Quotes by Al Sharpton

Frequently Asked Questions

What do these streets quotes describe?
They describe growing up outdoors, often from a very young age, and the lasting mark that leaves on someone's outlook.
Are the quotes mostly about cities?
Several are, including reflections on knowing a favorite city inside out simply from walking its streets so often; explore more in our City quotes collection.
Do any quotes mention sport?
There's a related theme of street life shaping toughness, which connects naturally to our Football quotes collection.
Is there an age element to these quotes?
Yes, a few specifically mention being out in the streets as young children, suggesting how early that exposure can start.
What's the overall feeling behind these quotes?
A mix of pride and nostalgia, treating street life as formative rather than something to be ashamed of.

For more on early years spent finding your footing, check out our Children quotes and Football quotes pages.