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Tag Name "Urbanity" (7)

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URBANITY, n. The kind of civility that urban observers ascribe to dwellers in all cities but New York. Its commonest expression is heard in the words, I beg your pardon, and it is not consistent with disregard of the rights of others.
Ambrose Bierce
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Aping urbanity, Oozing with vanity, Plump as a manatee, Faking humanity, Intellectual inanity, Journalistic calamity, Fox Noise insanity, You're a profanity, Hannity.
John Cleese
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The true character of epistolary style is playfulness and urbanity.
Joseph Joubert
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Gravity must be natural and simple there must be urbanity and tenderness in it. A man must not formalize on everything. He who does so is a fool and a grave fool is, perhaps, more injurious than a light fool.
William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
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With more than 80 percent of Americans living in metropolitan areas, there are still demagogues who want to run down the idea of multiculturalism, of urbanity, being the only future we have. We either live or die based on how we live in cities, and our society is either going to be great or not based on how we perform as creatures of the city.
David Simon
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There is graciousness and a kind of urbanity in beginning with men by esteem and confidence. It proves, at least, that we have long lived in good company with others and with our selves.
Joseph Joubert
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Vulgarity is innocent urbanity is not.
Mason Cooley