Quotes about places. One point for the place, and one for the speaker/writer.
Note: some of these are almost certainly apocryphal, but they're commonly associated with a particular speaker/writer.
1. "The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco." Mark Twain
Issybird, 2 points.
2. "Last, loneliest, loveliest, exquisite, apart."
3. "When I die, [city] will be written in my heart."
This question is still open, but points awarded for an earlier (and better known) version:
Calais, said by Mary I. Pdurrant, Bookpossum 1 point each.
4. "I found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of marble." Augustus
drjd 2 points
5. "When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford." Dr Johnson
Pdurrant, Bilbo1967 1 point each.
6. "An artist has no home in Europe except in [city]."
7. "[city] is like eating an entire box of chocolate liqueurs in one go."
8. "If Paris is a city of lights, Sydney is the city of fireworks."
drjd 1 point
9. "There are many people in the world who really don't understand--or say they don't--what is the great issue between the free world and the Communist world. Let them come to Berlin!" John F. Kennedy
Bookpossum, Issybird 1 point each
10. "Hong Kong has created one of the most successful societies on Earth." Prince Charles
drjd 2 points
Bonus question: this one is a country rather than a city
"There are two seasons in Scotland: June and Winter." Billy Connolly
Orlok, 2 points
Points:
drjd 5
Issybird 3
Bookpossum 2
Orlok 2
Pdurrant 2
Bilbo1967 1
Last edited by Shayne Parkinson; 01-09-2017 at 02:47 PM.
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