"Osaka is a city of grit and heart, where the architecture of the soul is just as important as the buildings."

"That's all I claim for Boston—that it is the thinking center of the continent, and therefore of the planet."

"Atlanta is a city that has always stood at the crossroads of progress and justice."

"If you want to see a city that works, look at Singapore."

"Geneva is a city where liberty and reason prevail."

"Zurich is a place of order, cleanliness, and intellectual vigor."

"The streets of Prague were a fantasia scarcely touched by the twenty-first century—or the twentieth or nineteenth."

"San Diego is the place where I found my voice as a filmmaker."

"Home to me is where I am and where I feel most comfortable. Obviously, Malaysia is at home... KL is my roots."

"And today in Munich I would like to use this occasion to thank our German colleagues for their help."

"Vancouver is the best place in the world to live, it's got everything."

"It's one of the greatest cities on the planet. My heart beats differently when I'm in Chicago."

"Kunming is a city of eternal spring, where the flowers bloom all year long."