Bucharest Quotations

Quotations on the city of Bucharest, the capital city of Romania (1862 - present):

"I came to Bucharest two years ago with a legion of conquering heroes. I leave with a troupe of gigolos and racketeers!"
- German Field Marshal August von Mackensen, on the moral effects of the German occupation of Bucharest during the World War I

"There is no such place as Budapest. Perhaps you are thinking of Bucharest, ...and there is no such place as Bucharest, either."
- Robert Benchley, American humourist and actor (source: IMDB)