Quotes about New York City

And the most unusual and surrealistic place in New York City is Central Park. Votes: 4

No place epitomizes the American experience and the American spirit more than New York City. Votes: 4

My business partner Robert De Niro knows a lot about hotels; he opened the Greenwich Hotel in New York City. Votes: 4

I was born in New York City, but I was raised in New Jersey, part of the great Jewish emigration of 1963. Votes: 4

The knife of corruption endangered the life of New York City. The scalpel of the law is making us well again. Votes: 4

From the top of the quarry cliffs, one could see the New Jersey suburbs bordered by the New York City skyline. Votes: 4

Though President Grover Cleveland declared Labor Day a national holiday in 1894, the occasion was first observed on Sept. 5, 1882, in New York City. Votes: 4

No matter where you put me, I don't care if it is North Carolina, Florida, California, New York City; I'm going to be who I am. Votes: 4

I grew up in New York City, where we played highly unorganized sports: stick ball, stoop ball, and the occasional game of baseball with no adult supervision. Votes: 4

I don't think Israel can accept an Iranian terror base next to its major cities any more than the United States could accept an al Qaeda base next to New York City. Votes: 4

I find it ironic how New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg is so focused on such small issues as drink sizes, while ignoring the massive infrastructure challenges in New York - lousy roads, third-world airports, traffic jams, etc. Votes: 4

Every man needs a good, solid watch. My favorite watch is the Presidential Rolex. I own many watches, but this one is usually the one on my wrist. I buy mine in the Diamond District in New York City. Classic. Votes: 4

Every song brings back memories, like I remember where I wrote all these songs. 'Universal Heartbeat' was my apartment in New York City. 'My Sister' was at my apartment in Boston. I remember places and I remember what I was thinking when I wrote it. Votes: 4

I live in New Hampshire. We're in favor of global warming. Eleven hundred more feet of sea-level rises? I've got beachfront property. You tell us up there, 'By the end of the century, New York City could be underwater,' and we say, 'Your point is?' Votes: 4

Some of us claim that New York City is the capital of the country, indeed the capital of the world. Now, that may be a bit much for those who don't come from New York, but clearly we are an important city for reasons of our cultural advantages. Votes: 4

Here's why I cannot vote for Rudy Giuliani. He's pro-abortion. He's never repudiated gay marriage in New York City or at least the civil unions in New York City. He's called a champion of gay rights. Rudy is opposed to school choice. He's in favor of open borders. Votes: 4

I love New York City. Votes: 3

New York City is my playground. Votes: 3

Everywhere outside New York City is Bridgeport, Connecticut. Votes: 3

New York City has the most beautiful women. Votes: 3

In New York City, everybody goes into therapy. Votes: 3

This isn't a fairy tale. It's New York City. Votes: 3

Nothing can prepare the uninitiated for New York City. Votes: 3

I love New York City; I've got a gun. Votes: 3

I'm a creature of the New York City streets. Votes: 3

I've been in New York City now for 22 years. Votes: 3

Ive been in New York City now for 22 years. Votes: 3

I had a good friend in New York City. Votes: 3

New York City is my favorite city in the world. Votes: 3

I am the oldest young designer in New York City. Votes: 3

New York City is an amazing place to raise children. Votes: 3

The people really are what make New York City great. Votes: 3

In my opinion, New York City police officers are brave. Votes: 3

Kids aren't going to understand single life in New York City. Votes: 3

Kids aren't going to understand single life in New York City Votes: 3

I was born and raised in New York City, Manhattan, uptown. Votes: 3

I was a bouncer for ten years in New York City. Votes: 3

I was involved as deputy mayor in New York City on 9/11. Votes: 3

I love that New York City is a true melting pot. Votes: 3

I was involved as deputy mayor in New York City on 9/11. Votes: 3

Given New York City's cultural diversity, it has always attracted creative people. Votes: 3

Yesterday was the New York City Marathon. Republicans won in a landslide. Votes: 3

My dream is to drop three atomic bombs on New York City. Votes: 3

I've definitely run from the cops in the New York City subways. Votes: 3

All the New York City Ballet does is hit beautiful home runs. Votes: 3

I just would like to spend more time in New York City. Votes: 3

I would love to do a television show in New York City. Votes: 3

I want to be the most eligible bachelor in New York City. Votes: 3

I come to Fashion Week events in New York City twice a year. Votes: 3

I'm trying to change the culture in New York City; that's hard enough! Votes: 3

Crime is going down everywhere but in the New York City Police Department. Votes: 3

We have been actively trying to have New York City host the 2012 Olympics. Votes: 3

New York City is a notoriously hard market to perform country music in. Votes: 3

I think of the New York City Ballet as the Yankees without George Steinbrenner. Votes: 3

There's a long tradition of people from the South living in New York City. Votes: 3

I really think people understand that in New York City we have high taxes. Votes: 3

In New York City, everyone is an exile, none more so than the Americans. Votes: 3

I couldn't be more excited to return to the ING New York City Marathon. Votes: 3

In New York City, the meek don't inherit the earth. The big mouth does. Votes: 3

I really feel that New York City is the greatest city in the world. Votes: 3

I had enough electricity in my booty to jump-start the whole of New York City. Votes: 3

'EIla Enchanted' began in a marvelous writing course at New York City's The New School. Votes: 3

An interesting thing about New York City is that the subways run through the sewers. Votes: 3

I was born in Queens, New York, which is a suburb of New York City. Votes: 3

I had gone to the High School of the Performing Arts in New York City. Votes: 3

EIla Enchanted' began in a marvelous writing course at New York City's The New School. Votes: 3

I think it's just getting comfortable in New York City, comfortable in your own skin. Votes: 3

I think of the Roundabout as my musical theater family here in New York City. Votes: 3

New York City was the world's biggest vibrator. Everything vibrated above, and below the streets. Votes: 3

Just one living cell in the human body is, more complex than New York City. Votes: 3

All my best friends live downtown in New York City. I was made in Soho. Votes: 3

I bike around New York City as a way of getting everywhere I need to go. Votes: 3

Living in New York City, you have to keep trying to do a lot of things. Votes: 3

In New York City, the common bats fly only at twilight. Brick-bats fly at all hours. Votes: 3

New York City has more rock history in its 305 square miles than most of America combined. Votes: 3

Living in New York City gives people real incentives to want things that nobody else wants. Votes: 3

However, the moral center of New York City, I believe, is the New York City Ballet. Votes: 3

I grew up in suburban New York City and London, England, where my dad was working. Votes: 3

I stayed in New York City for the first time, I'd always wanted to do that. Votes: 3

That's our mission: to clean and green New York City - one block at a time. Votes: 3

In New York City, one suicide in ten is attributed to a lack of storage space. Votes: 3

I lived there [ in New York City] as an artist, but never as a Chinese artist. Votes: 3

I'm preparing for a multimedia theater piece, Airport Music, that's coming up in New York City. Votes: 3

My family often travels to New York City during the holidays, and that's always a good time. Votes: 3

After 'Spelling Bee,' I started landing more jobs... I got 'Candide' at New York City Opera. Votes: 3

New York City subways are now getting high speed Internet. How about some high speed subway trains? Votes: 3

The Hamptons are usually filled with what I had hoped to leave behind in New York City. Votes: 3

I went to acting school in New York City for two years. I studied with Stella Adler. Votes: 3

Water, water, everywhere, Atlantic and Pacific. But New York City's got them beat, Our aqua is terrific! Votes: 3

The bombs the government drops in Iraq are the bombs that blew up in New York City. Votes: 3

I went to acting school in New York City for two years. I studied with Stella Adler Votes: 3

I was born in New York City but grew up across the Hudson River in Alpine, New Jersey. Votes: 3

When I was growing up in New York City, my father was a taxi driver for a time. Votes: 3

Prince William and Kate Middleton are in New York City. We have got to do something about immigration. Votes: 3

I've always loved New York City and the idea of a cultural exchange: the immigrants coming to America. Votes: 3

Any urbanist has to appreciate New York City and the way it works. The public transit is astonishing. Votes: 3

New York City has fantastic restaurants and, unlike London, a lot of the best restaurants are relatively cheap. Votes: 3

New York City does not hold our former selves against us. Perhaps we can extend the same courtesy. Votes: 3

I was trained on stage at NYU in New York City; I did a lot of theatre then. Votes: 3

My dad was the town drunk. Most of the time that's not so bad; but New York City? Votes: 3

There were only two things you did in New York City, Queens to be exact, music or sports. Votes: 3

New York City is a great monument to the power of money and greed... a race for rent. Votes: 3

New York City is a great apartment hotel in which everyone lives and no one is at home. Votes: 3

I was married to a dancer who had a dance company in New York City, and she toured. Votes: 3

New York City has become a place where it's not easy for the working class to even live. Votes: 3

New York City gritty committee pity the fool that act shitty in the midst of the calm, the witty. Votes: 3

I primarily live in New York City, a place that is about constants, not letting up and not stopping. Votes: 3

It's fascinating to see how versatile New York City is. It lends itself to being so many different places! Votes: 3

I am a musician, a songwriter, music fan. I live in New York City and I love my job. Votes: 3

New York City is still the art capital - every time I'm in New York, I'm thinking about competition. Votes: 3

New York City is filled with random, quirky moments like this, chance collisions that just might change your life. Votes: 3

New York City is filled with the same kind of people I left New Jersey to get away from. Votes: 3

I love New York City. I love that I get to live there and I love everything about it. Votes: 3

New York City is the most important location in the world... it is the center for fashion, culture and finance. Votes: 3

For most of the nineteen-seventies, the official route map of the New York City subway system was a beautiful thing. Votes: 3

Hello from the gutters of New York City, which are filled with dog manure, vomit, stale wine, urine, and blood. Votes: 3

I ended up training only for four years before I was accepted into American Ballet Theater in New York City. Votes: 3

Does the New York City Ballet affect other places? Yeah, it lets people know they should come to New York. Votes: 3

Apparently, the Obamas chose New York City because they've gotten so used to people trying to break into their house. Votes: 3

Dingoes, jackals, skunks, vipers and weasel are now illegal in New York City. Well great, who's going to run CBS? Votes: 3

In March 1950, in New York City, I was married to Marietta Soffer. We have three children: Vilhelm, Tomas, and Margrethe. Votes: 3

I pulled a hamstring during the New York City Marathon. An hour into the race, I jumped off the couch... Votes: 3

And what would be great numbers in a Broadway show are now on stage of the New York City Ballet. Votes: 3

I'm convinced that the place, if you have your druthers, to go to have that experience is New York City. Votes: 3

It is ridiculous to set a detective story in New York City. New York City is itself a detective story. Votes: 3

It was so cold in New York City today that the Statue of Liberty had her torch under her dress. Votes: 3

I am planning a one-man art show of original Batman oil paintings that I will show in New York City. Votes: 3

I have been in private law practice in New York City, where my husband and I are raising our children. Votes: 3

When you live in New York City, you run up a long list of things you've been meaning to do. Votes: 3

I was born in Dallas, and I grew up both there and in New York City, which was very schizophrenic. Votes: 3

As the daughter of immigrants, growing up in New York City, you are either at the table or on the menu. Votes: 3

Unusual weather for New York City. Today it was 68 and foggy. No, wait a minute, that's me. I'm sorry, that's me. Votes: 3

I'm a straight shooter, a New York City girl. I see things as they are and call them as they are. Votes: 3

Here in New York City, it's cold. It's so cold the Republicans want to use the Keystone Pipeline to deliver soup. Votes: 3

I live in New York City, the stories of my films take place in New York; I'm a New York filmmaker. Votes: 3

People come to New York City because they want something different... now, people are just getting the sterilized version of that. Votes: 3

I was a waitress years ago when I was first trying to become an actress, waiting tables in New York City. Votes: 3

Hurricane Sandy was one of the most vicious storm systems to hit the New York City area in nearly two centuries. Votes: 3

Growing up in New York City, I was always encouraged to question authority, and I think I confused patriotism with jingoism. Votes: 3

I think it's really important to realize that small businesses are often the portal for immigrants into the New York City economy. Votes: 3

...the mayor should not be advancing a policy that encourages [illegal] immigrants to think of New York City as their safe haven. Votes: 3

Security here in New York City is still very tight. Hookers in Times Square now are demanding two forms of fake ID. Votes: 3

Not only is New York City the nation's melting pot, it is also the casserole, the chafing dish and the charcoal grill. Votes: 3

Years ago, as I was beginning my professional career on Wall Street, I volunteered as a Big Brother in New York City. Votes: 3

Chick-fil-A is not welcome in New York City as long as the company's president continues to uphold and promote his discriminatory views. Votes: 3

In New York City, when they develop something, they never use the old buildings. It's so wasteful. Why not use what's there? Votes: 3

New York City is a mismanaged carnival of stupidity that is desperate for revenue and anxious to criminalize behavior once thought benign, Votes: 3

I did children's theater when I was younger, and then when I was about 14 I started doing theater in New York City. Votes: 3

People die when you crowd the streets of New York City with protesters. You can do plenty of protesting on the sidewalk. Votes: 3

they have enough testosterone between them, if testosterone were electricity they could light up New York City for the month of August Votes: 3

Ebola has arrived in New York City. And I say, 'if it can make it there...it can make it anywhere!' Votes: 3

No matter how many times I visit New York City, I am always struck by the same thing - a yellow taxicab. Votes: 3

My piece in One World or None was the description of the effect of a single atomic bomb on New York City. Votes: 3

I was 11 years old and horse-obsessed. New York City was an unfortunate place for a girl like me to be growing up. Votes: 3

I just want to continue the success and be an athlete that is shown in a good light in New York City. Votes: 3

As for New York City, it is a place apart. There is not its match in any other country in the world. Votes: 3

I live in a small apartment. There's only so much Batman memorabilia a guy can hang on to in New York City. Votes: 3

I think of New York City lost in starsforgotten as a blue haired pet of childhood love Tonight the night is full; Votes: 3

There is no more compassionate and effective way to help poor people in New York City than to give to Robin Hood. Votes: 3

Yesterday was the New York City Marathon. The marathon was won in record time by a Democrat candidate running away from President Obama. Votes: 3

Despite some standout events, 2012 was demoralizing. The Met felt adrift, and New York City Opera couldn't claw its way back to artistic health. Votes: 3

I don't think there's a city that has done more and sustained a higher level of security and protection than New York City, Votes: 3

That's how quickly New York City comes about - like a weather wane - or the head of a cobra. Time tells which. Votes: 3

Being born in New York City, tends to lead to big expectations, expectations that I only started to realize after I had left. Votes: 3

Happy Cinco de Mayo. In honor of Cinco de Mayo, mayor Bill de Blasio is filling all New York City potholes with guacamole. Votes: 3

Introduced to this world in Llandyssul, Cardiganshire, Wales, November 14, 1843, I celebrated my first anniversary by landing at Castle Garden, in New York City. Votes: 3

In New York City, a lot of people think 'the great outdoors' is the area between your front door and a taxi cab. Votes: 3

New York City in life was much like New York City in death. It was still hard to get a cab, for example. Votes: 3

Saving New York City from bankruptcy is like making love to a gorilla. You don't stop when you're tired; you stop when he's tired. Votes: 3

New York City isn't Chuck E. Cheese. We don't have ball pits for the kids to play in. We have titty bars and crack. Votes: 3

You can stand on a stage in New York City and make very strong statements, but now everyone has to be held accountable equally. Votes: 3

I always wanted to move to New York because of the Velvet Underground, because of the picture that they painted of New York City. Votes: 3

Tim Keller's ministry in New York City is leading a generation of seekers and skeptics toward belief in God. I thank God for him. Votes: 3

Because it's in and about New York City, I knew 'Ex Machina' was going to have to continually mix the mundane and the fantastic. Votes: 3

I really don't feel good about leaving my house anymore. I don't feel really good about being anywhere in New York City alone anymore. Votes: 3

I been a wanderin' Early and late, New York City To the Golden Gate An' it looks like I'm never gonna cease my Wanderin'. Votes: 3

I don't tan in New York City. I don't want to waste it on that. I'll do my own fake tan, actually. It's awesome. Votes: 3

I grew up a little north of New York City and went to high school at Regis, an all-boys tuition-free high school in Manhattan. Votes: 3

With the spirit of my administration, New York City is poised for dramatic change. The era of fear has had a long enough reign. Votes: 3

I live in New York City, so there's so much stimulation when you walk outside, it does not require a television in the home. Votes: 3

I may be a lifelong 'downtowner,' but Central Park really is the most amazing and the most beautiful part of New York City. Votes: 3

It would be thrilling, obviously, to be able to have a woman and an openly LGBT person as the mayor of New York City. Votes: 3

They can be cranky, bewildered, giddy, frustrated and sometimes moved to violence. In short, they are afflicted with the New York City Getaway Fever Votes: 3

In Hong Kong there is agglomeration beyond my fondest imaginings. The Kowloon district claims a population density four times that of New York City. Votes: 3

I don't need debt. And if I need debt, if I want debt, I can get it from banks in New York City very easily. Votes: 3

A priest in New York City was arrested on gun possession. These days, you better be happy that the bulge in his pocket is a .38. Votes: 3

That's the beauty of living in New York City is that a good chunk of the media is here and willing to drink with you. Votes: 3

Whenever I'm being invited to the New York City Marathon like today, I need to think twice because I know it's a very tough race. Votes: 3

This warning from the New York City Department of Health Fraud: Be suspicious of any doctor who tries to take your temperature with his finger. Votes: 3

Weekdays, New York City's financial district bustles with activity. Its streets are rivers of rushing humanity, its air is thick with the sounds of traffic. Votes: 3

You must never be afraid in New York City, because then you will call bad stuff to you and you will not like it there. Votes: 3

Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard. Live in Northern California once, but leave before it makes you soft Votes: 3

I am not really retired, and may never be completely, but I can't think of a better place to contemplate retirement than New York City. Votes: 3

My dad was a New York City cop. His father was a New York City fireman. And my mother's dad was a city taxi driver. Votes: 3

Part of this country's problem is that people from New York City - Wall Streeters - don't think about the little guy who can't afford things. Votes: 3

Success has a lot of different plateaus. But I first felt really proud of myself when I was doing an off-Broadway production in New York City. Votes: 3

If Anthem finds an audience in New York City, my hope would be to see the play transferred to a commercial theatre for an open-ended run. Votes: 3

The rumored frontrunner for [Donald] Trump`s Secretary of State is former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani who of course has no foreign policy experience. Votes: 3

One of the things I love about 'Rubicon' is I really recognize the New York City that they're depicting in it, having lived here for 15 years. Votes: 3

I got some good news earlier today before the show. Thanks to Alex Rodriguez, I am no longer the most overpaid disappointment in New York City. Votes: 3

New York City is a fascinating place because it's very good at using the energy in attracting some of the best and the brightest from everywhere. Votes: 3

The New York City Ballet is obviously speaking to a whole new generation and bringing it the same wonder and beauty that it brought previous generations Votes: 3

The New York City Ballet is obviously speaking to a whole new generation and bringing it the same wonder and beauty that it brought previous generations. Votes: 3

Yesterday in New York City, Donald Trump officially changed his political affiliation from Republican to Independent. And Donald's hair has switched from pelt to carpet sample. Votes: 3

You can't live in New York City and be the most important person in town; you just can't. There are too many other important people here. Votes: 3

Everything seems to be going faster and faster. It's really harder to create something that endures. The New York City Ballet has succeeded in doing that. Votes: 3

New York City is crazy and beautiful and really close to my heart, and I've always had dear friends here - family, actually, I would say. Votes: 3

When I was 13, my family moved from a suburb of New York City to Miami, Florida, and we moved there the Friday before Labor Day weekend. Votes: 3

It's all right. You guys in New York City can't get a hole in the ground fixed, and it's five years later, so let's be fair. Votes: 3

It's a big change for a country boy like me, to be in the limelight in New York City. It was most definitely a tough adjustment. Votes: 3

I graduated from high school early so I could move to New York to do 'A Little Night Music' out of the New York City Opera. Votes: 3

What I don't want to do is to go and buy a bunch of exotic-looking drums and set up an Afrikanische Musik in New York City. Votes: 3

New Yorkers are born all over the country, and then they come to New York City and it hits them: Oh, that’s who I am. Votes: 3

The federal government is doing less than it is lawfully entitled to do to protect New York City, and the City is less safe as a result. Votes: 3

It was announced that President Obama and his wife, when they're finished in Washington, are moving to New York City. The guy just can't get enough gridlock. Votes: 3

I love New York City. Everyone is busy with their own lives - and no one is interested in some Hollywood celebrity walking past in downtown Manhattan. Votes: 3

I love New York City. Everyone is busy with their own lives - and no one is interested in some Hollywood celebrity walking past in downtown Manhattan Votes: 3

New York City has 2 million rats. We used to have 8 million rats. Now we're down to 2 million. You know what that means? We lose four electoral votes. Votes: 3

I've almost been hit by a lot of things in New York City. I am pretty sure I have almost been hit by a bike messenger before. Votes: 3

Ed Koch once said that New York City is where immigrants come to audition for America. That's what happened to my parents; that's what happened to me. Votes: 3

The older I get and the longer I live in New York City, the more I have the desire to go elsewhere and be surrounded by nature. Votes: 3

It's probably similar to being in New York City and having a cab driver behind you and you're driving too slow. It's not the most pleasant thing. Votes: 3

If you want to get an education in how to get a story and how to survive, then get a street reporter job in New York City. Votes: 3

Living in New York City is one constant, ongoing literary pilgrimage. For 20 years, I lived among the ghosts of great writers and walked where they had walked. Votes: 3

Those 3,000 jobs in Sioux Falls, based on our population back then in Sioux Falls, would have taken 300,000 jobs in New York City to equal it at Citibank. Votes: 3

When I see Lemlem walking around New York City, it's just mind-boggling, because I know it came from this one man sitting and weaving this little product. Votes: 3

I bike all the time in New York City. I bike for hours. I can bike for eight hours a day and just go everywhere with bikes. Votes: 3

I do not go outdoors... As far as I'm concerned, the whole point of living in New York City is indoors. You want greenery? Order the spinach. Votes: 3

New York City is one of the most vulnerable cities in the world to climate change, so I see Keystone as the central threat to New York. Votes: 3

When I first came to New York City in 1967, I joined up with Richard Schechner's Performance Group - where we worked in the Performing Garage in SoHo. Votes: 3

There was a flight from Cleveland to New York City with just two people on board. There hasn't been two people on an airplane since the Wright brothers. Votes: 3

I don't actually keep the dresses I've worn during other friends' weddings. Closets are small in New York City - I can't be squandering space on bridesmaid dresses. Votes: 3

I feel like when being raised in New York City I have a particular perspective on things like Gay issues maybe, because I'm in the middle of Manhattan. Votes: 3

Back then, before it became clear that democracy was best served by a drunken electorate, the bars in New York City were required to close on Election Day. Votes: 3

I represent Staten Island and Brooklyn, and not just that the financial services industry is important to the U.S., but is disproportionately important to New York City. Votes: 3

What I like about New York City is nobody cares. If they do, they don't ever approach. They just give you a 'What's up?' and that's it. Votes: 3

It'll be interesting to raise kids in New York City. I'm from suburbia, so I don't really have any experience with what it's going to be like here. Votes: 3

Shakespeare in the Park is one of the greatest gifts in New York City. You just have to wait for the tickets - and it's worth the wait. Votes: 3

When I was a teenager, if you'd asked me, I would have said I was in a relationship with New York City. It was my first real love. Votes: 3

I was born in New York City in 1926, four years after my parents and my brother migrated to the United States from the city of Odessa in Russia. Votes: 3

A long time ago, when I was a young dancer in New York City, I fell in love with Jimmy Dean and he fell in love with me. Votes: 3

We lived in the bowels of New York City. It was a struggle just to survive. This nice suburban kid hadn't had to do much of that before. Votes: 3

In the 1970s, New York City avoided bankruptcy because wise political leaders like Gov. Hugh L. Carey believed both in strong labor unions and robust banks and companies. Votes: 3

My favorite thing of all time is a New York City when there's a blizzard. Everything gets really quiet, and everyone goes to the movies and the park. Votes: 3

I grew up in New York City in Greenwich Village and had parents who were somewhat bohemian so I was always on the nonconformist side of the equation. Votes: 3

I've been in a lot of indie movies, where we didn't necessarily have permits or permission. I've even run from the cops in the New York City subways! Votes: 3

Sooner or later they are going to live in a New York City where gay marriage is not only legal, but it's common and they don't even notice. Votes: 3

My boyhood life in New York City has impressed me with the popular ignorance and also with the great need of something better than local lore and weather proverbs. Votes: 3

I mean New York City is the financial capital of the world. It's where all the money passes through, the Dow Jones, whatever, that's where all the money goes. Votes: 3

I've never had a treehouse because I live in New York City. It would be a little bit hard to fit a treehouse in a New York City apartment. Votes: 3

My favorite thing of all time is a New York City weekend when there's a blizzard. Everything gets really quiet, and everyone goes to the movies and the park. Votes: 3

Like surgeons trying to save a life, the conservators and preservers at New York City museums dedicate themselves to ensuring the longevity of works of art for public view. Votes: 3

These New York City streets get colder, I shoulder every burden every disadvantage I've learned to manage. I don't have a gun to brandish. I walk these streets famished. Votes: 3

When I heard Puerto Ricans in New York City, it sounded very strange. And the first time I heard someone from Spain, I thought they had a speech impediment! Votes: 3

When I moved to New York City in 1965, I wanted to be in theater. I was following my Ethel Barrymore dream. But I was too young to be Ethel. Votes: 3

I walk down the street and people don't go, 'My God, there he is.' I lead as normal a life as you can lead in New York City. Votes: 3

In Islamic theology, the phallic symbol is very important. Your biggest phallic symbol is New York City and your tallest building will be the phallic symbol they will hit. Votes: 3

In New York City we have the biggest police force in the country. We have 35,000 uniformed officers. We're able to mass officers in significant numbers if we had to. Votes: 3

I love New York City for its energy. Pebble Beach, Carmel Beach and that all area, for its completely laid back energy. Paris for the charm, shopping and the glamour. Votes: 3

In the United States, you can put on a cowboy hat and join the country-western neighborhood. If you're down below 14th Street in New York City, that's bohemian; that's left-wing. Votes: 3

Today Mitt Romney visited a firehouse here in New York City. Of course, he was disappointed when he learned that the firehouse is not where you get to fire people. Votes: 3

Speaking of Margaret Sanger, Grandson Alexander Sanger, head of Planned Parenthood of New York City, said: She made people accept that women had the right to control their own destinies. Votes: 3

Mayor de Blasio wants to eliminate garbage. He believes New York City produces way too much garbage. Well, heck, forget about producing too much garbage. What about late-night talk shows? Votes: 3

I think that every year that the New York City Ballet is alive is worthy of celebration. Because otherwise the terrible thing is just that we take it for granted. Votes: 3

The life of a dancer is tragically short. What is remarkable about the New York City Ballet is that it makes us forget that. Because it keeps the ballet alive. Votes: 3

My mum is very political - left wing - and my dad was in the advertising business. They were both from the East Coast: Boston and New York City, respectively. Votes: 3

Ive got a lot of friends there and there is stuff to do but as much as I dislike LA I really like living and working in New York City. Votes: 3

I love New York City. The energy, the theatre, the art, the food, the people, the parks and streets. But I could say the same of London or Paris, too. Votes: 3

I got a call from an agent to come to New York City, and write for the 'Ford Star Revue.' Because at the time there wasn't much 'national television'. Votes: 3

I knew I couldn't live in America and I wasn't ready to move to Europe so I moved to an island off the coast of America - New York City . Votes: 3

If they don't have the Grand Ole Opry, like they do in Tennessee, just send me to hell or New York City, it would be about the same to me. Votes: 3

If you were smart in 1807 you moved to London, if you were smart in 1907 you moved to New York City, and if you are smart in 2007 you move to Asia. Votes: 3

I think that's why I like New York City because you can just put on your backpack and just explore; you never know where you are going to end up. Votes: 3

The New York Police Department says Iran has conducted surveillance inside New York City. They say Iranian operatives are using special mobile surveillance units. I believe they're called taxi cabs. Votes: 3

Overall, white men run America. From nuclear armaments to the filth and jeopardy of New York City subways to the cruel mismanagement of health care, is there anything to boast about? Votes: 3

There is room enough indoors in New York City for the whole 1963 world's population to enter, with room enough inside for all hands to dance the twist in average nightclub proximity. Votes: 3

[On New York City:] From a dating point of view, it's like a really large rummage sale - lots of strange items, but darned little that you'd want to take home. Votes: 3

Its all big money, high rent, high prices in New York City now. The poor people completely got rolled over. I've never seen anything like it in my life. It's disgusting. Votes: 3

My mother was told she couldn't go to medical school because she was a woman and a Jew. So she became a teacher in the New York City public school system. Votes: 3

We thought New York City was home to 8 million rats. Turns out, that's a little high. The actual number is 2 million rats. That explains the light turnout for the midterm elections. Votes: 3

I think the fact that I was raised in show business, in New York City, in the '50s, that's affected my personality to the point that I'm a little different. Votes: 3

I know that New York City remains the highest density urban area in the country and by far dedicates more of its own funds to fighting terrorism than any other municipality. Votes: 3

Right after the show tonight, I'm going to the New York City car show. You get to see the models that will be crashed next year by drunken Secret Service agents. Votes: 3

I'd love to have our trains, our subway cars and our taxis built right here in New York City. You can create 40,000 living wage jobs... the city's contracting power is huge. Votes: 3

People here always said to me, Why would you leave civilization to go to a place like Fiji? Fiji is a far more civilized place than California or New York City. Votes: 3

I think the main influence has been living in New York City. Aside from all the crap around 9/11, I find it very demanding to think amid all the noise and visual pollution. Votes: 3

I'm a pretty private person. I'm not "out there" out there. From living in New York City, I developed a certain awareness that you have to have when you live by yourself. Votes: 3

I have taught students from the New York City area so long I have a special affinity and rapport with them. It surprises me sometimes that there are students from anywhere else. Votes: 3

Living in New York City, I am reminded by the Statue of Liberty that the United States of America has always welcomed those yearning to breathe free and seek a better life. Votes: 3

I can't wait to get back to New York City where at least when I walk down the streat, no one ever hesitates to tell me exactly what they think of me. Votes: 3

CBGB represents a lot to New York City and to underground rock and to new wave and post-punk and whatever. But, you know, it's like tearing down the Jefferson Memorial or something. Votes: 3

I make 98% of my collection in New York City and am generating jobs, so fashion isn't just frivolous for me. I understand levity about it. I also understand the depth of it. Votes: 3

While America will always, I think, feel foreign to me, New York City is my home. This is where I can construct my own identity freely and reject labels imposed on me. Votes: 3

When I went to prep school in New York City, I had to ride the subway and learned how to do homework on the train. I can work and read through anything. Votes: 3

Interesting survey in the current Journal of Abnormal Psychology: New York City has a higher percentage of people you shouldn't make any sudden moves around than any other city in the world. Votes: 3

And it was where I learned how to play tennis and eventually became captain of the tennis team at the school and was on the Junior Davis Cup in New York City. Votes: 3

I miss New York terribly. There is no place like the city. I miss people-watching. I miss the nightlife. I miss the food. There are so many options in New York City. Votes: 3

I also have a soft spot for spicy chicken wings. They are always best eaten at dives and sports bars, like Wogie's in the West Village, New York City, near my house. Votes: 3

How about those Olympics, ladies and gentlemen. Didn't London look like the place to be? New York City was in the running for this Olympics. But here's what happened. We got outbribed. Votes: 3

People here always said to me, 'Why would you leave civilization to go to a place like Fiji?' Fiji is a far more civilized place than California or New York City. Votes: 3

New York City is a place where you can lock yourself up in your little studio apartment, and not go outside at all, and not feel in the slightest guilty about it. Votes: 3

And it is always Easter Sunday at the New York City Ballet. It is always coming back to life. Not even coming back to life - it lives in the constant present. Votes: 3

New York City has finally hired women to pick up the garbage, which makes sense to me, since, as I've discovered, a good bit of being a woman consists of picking up garbage. Votes: 3

Mary Keitany from Kenya won the women's race at the New York City Marathon. You can tell she was fast because guys on the street didn't even have time to finish their catcalls. Votes: 3

I used to watch my grandmother make fancy, Julia Child-style beef bourguignon. And growing up in New York City, I was exposed to many cultures. I experimented with Puerto Rican and Jamaican food. Votes: 3

In 1964, when we first arrived in New York City, I remember vividly seeing the skyline of Manhattan, and our first proposal of 1964 was to wrap two lower Manhattan buildings. We never got permission. Votes: 3

The planet earth is a sub-world, way below what's average, because if an enlightened being walked through New York City today, no one would see him or her. They wouldn't see the glow. Votes: 3

When people meet me, many times they're very surprised because they expect someone who is kind of wacky with seven piercings and very hip and cool and New York City, and I'm not. Votes: 3

I've taken the leap of faith to stop punching the company time clock and start working for myself. I'm now the CEO of Starfish Media Group, my production company, in New York City. Votes: 3

Shortly thereafter, some friends encouraged me to try out for the Miss South Carolina World beauty pageant. To my surprise, I won - and was sent to New York City to compete nationally. Votes: 3

Shortly thereafter, some friends encouraged me to try out for the Miss South Carolina World beauty pageant. To my surprise, I won - and was sent to New York City to compete nationally. Votes: 3

Anyway, a spokesman for Barack Obama says the prisoners that are released from Guantanamo will either be sent back to their home countries or enter the New York City cab driver training program. Votes: 3

The attacks on the World Trade Center and the current economic recession, which is particularly powerful in New York City, have put a number of building plans on hold for the time being. Votes: 3

It was Night. In most places, Night is a time for sleep, for calm, and for mystery. But not in New York City, where many things conspired every evening to murder the night. Votes: 3

I just love building buildings. I'm the largest developer in New York City. I'm having a lot of fun doing it. I think I've never had more fun. I'm just enjoying my life. Votes: 3

Right now a lot of people are still choosing to go to Toronto instead of shooting in New York City, something I haven't done and something I hope I'll never have to do. Votes: 3

I moved to New York City when I was 20 years old, started making movies non-stop. I didn't have any friends, so I would just sit at home all night editing on my iMac. Votes: 3

I do not go outdoors. Not more than I have to. As far as I'm concerned, the whole point of living in New York City is indoors. You want greenery? Order the spinach. Votes: 3

Ah! some love Paris, / And some Purdue. / But love is an archer with a low I.Q. / A bold, bad bowman, and innocent of pity. / So I'm in love with / New York City. Votes: 3

I think the obvious answer is I was raised in New York City, so growing up, not only myself but my family, like my father, we would watch a lot of Scorsese films. Votes: 3

Growing up in New York City, my car culture is minimal. I rode on the train, the bus. I walked; I rode my bike, and when I was younger, I rode my skateboard. Votes: 3

I moved up over Lower East Side and I was adopted by eight foster parents; I lived all over New York City with these parents, man, till I was about ten years old. Votes: 3

I urge you to read the Occupy Manifesto, written by the New York City General Assembly. It is unavoidably clear. This is not directionless action. If it were, the media would have moved on. Votes: 3

People misconstrue when I say I was a dancer. I was not classically trained. I was a street dancer, and I got to do what I did in the nightclubs of New York City. Votes: 3

As a matter of record, New York City spends a higher portion of its budget on instruction and associated costs within the schools themselves than any of the other 100 largest districts in the nation. Votes: 3

Every single day, we have hundreds, if not thousands of police officers protecting the lives of not just New Yorkers, but the millions who come to New York City to work and to vacation. Votes: 3

I moved to New York City in '92 and had no money. I had a lot of free time, as actors do. I would go to the New York Public Library at Lincoln Center. Votes: 3

There were eleven publishers in New York City, and when it was all over, I think it went down to four or five, and then finally just the three of them, the Big Three. Votes: 3

Everybody in New York City knows there's way more cars than parking spaces. You see cars driving in New York all hours of the night. Its like musical chairs except everybody sat down around 1964. Votes: 3

I grew up in New York City. In elementary school, I was a charter member of the Scribble Scrabble Club, and in high school, my poems were published in an anthology of student poetry. Votes: 3

I'd been listening to men talk since I arrived in New York City. That's what men like to do. Talk. Profess like experts. When one finally came along who didn't say much, I listened. Votes: 3

I grew up in Harlem, a block away from what was then the most crowded block in New York City, according to the 1950 census. Something like ten thousand people lived in one city block. Votes: 3

I started to get very well recognized in the early seventies as the only man in the United States who had been elected three times to the board of NOW in New York City. Votes: 3

I'm a New Yorker now, and believe me, there's no comparison between the Big Apple and Kalamazoo, no similarity at all. New York City's hectic, always in fast-forward, and Kalamazoo's more laid-back, smaller, slower. Votes: 3

There's a weird fact that if you dropped a penny off the Empire State Building in New York City, you'd kill someone. I feel really bad, 'cause I dropped a nickel off it once. Votes: 3

To save energy, New York City is now dimming the lights of the skyscrapers and the skyline at night. There's a bad side to this. If you need Batman, you have to text him. Votes: 3

Being in New York City is the best because I'm always walking, taking the subway and walking up and down the stairs - whether you like it or not, you're going to get exercise. Votes: 3

I never leave home without my writing notebook, and get a lot of writing done in transit. One great place to create is while riding the subways of New York City, where I live. Votes: 3

When I was still in my psychiatric residency training in New York City, I was subjected to the doctor draft of that time, during the early fifties, at the time of the Korean War. Votes: 3

My problem with being in New York City is that you really can't make a living as a comedian. You can, but you have to also take writing jobs, which means less stage time. Votes: 3

I spend half my time in Montana, the other half in New York City. In unique ways, both places help me unwind, and both are the most satisfying places to live I can imagine. Votes: 3

The heads of the studios, like Louis B. Mayer, didn't want to create any more musical stars. So Bobby [Fosse] left and went to New York City to be a choreographer, and created brilliant work. Votes: 3

My parents are my biggest influences. My parents and my city. Brooklyn, New York, New York City, the community I grew up. I don't feel like I'm special in that. I feel like that's everybody. Votes: 3

I left my home in Massachusetts after college to move to New York City to pursue my dreams of acting. I took roles for free. I waited tables. I didn't care because it was work. Votes: 3

The NYPD with the unconditional support of Mayor Michael Bloomberg has stopped-and-frisked more black men than there are black men in New York City. Institutionalized racial discrimination in the United States is alive and well. Votes: 3

Transportation is an essential part of our lives, and in New York City where driving is not a viable option most of the time, public transportation and taxis are the only way to get around. Votes: 3

I grew up in New York City - I grew up surrounded by every sound that you imagine can come from a New Yorker. All of the different boroughs and all of the different sounds. Votes: 3

I wasn't born with a silver spoon in my mouth; I came from really humble beginnings - the projects of New York City - and I worked my way to get to where I am. Votes: 3

Law & Order' was so very interesting to me because what I got to do was explore New York along with getting to work with some of the best actors New York City had to offer. Votes: 3

After the 9/11 apocalypse happened in New York City, people, particularly New Yorkers, who breathed in the ash, or saw the results of that, have a tendency to keep seeing echoes and having flashbacks to it. Votes: 3

Here in New York City you can now walk around smoking weed and all they will do if they see you is write you a ticket. Unfortunately, the ticket will be to a Jets game. Votes: 3

I only have disdain for New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. He raised taxes and has increased regulations. What else is new? He's a bully who wants to micro-manage people's lives by mandate, not persuasion. Votes: 3

I grew up in Queens, in New York City, in a middle class Jewish family. My mother was a public school teacher, my father was a lawyer. They were Democrats - kind of middle-of-the-road democrats. Votes: 3

I think it's really important to realize that small businesses are often the portal for immigrants into the New York City economy. I think we have something like 40,000 small businesses that are immigrant-run in New York. Votes: 3

I was born in New York City on a cold January night when the water pipes in our apartment froze and burst. Fortunately, my mother was in the hospital rather than at home at the time. Votes: 3

I think Bloomberg's broad vision of the environment in New York City is something I agree with. I broadly stand with his vision for how to deal with climate change and prepare for future weather events. Votes: 3

I love holidays in New York. I love `em. I want to celebrate something all the time and New York has holidays for every day of the week, practically. I like holidays in New York City. Votes: 3

As a kid growing up in a small town in Washington State, my only exposure to New York City was through movies. The town with its towering skyscrapers, fascinating people and teeming energy absolutely captivated me. Votes: 3

My mother's parents, Bernard and Rivka Levine, were from Russia and also immigrated to New York City. My mother, Rose, was the elder of their two daughters. My maternal grandmother's family included several scholars and professionals. Votes: 3

I love holidays in New York. I love 'em. I want to celebrate something all the time, and New York has holidays for every day of the week, practically. I like holidays in New York City. Votes: 3

I took a plane from New York City to Los Angeles for an audition. I met all the people. After that, I was told to have another audition, but I didn't want to go there again. Votes: 3

New York has closed itself off to the young and the struggling. But there are other cities. Detroit. Poughkeepsie. New York City has been taken away from you. So my advice is: Find a new city. Votes: 3

Knowledge goes hand-in-hand with truth - something I learned with a bit of tough love from my Jesuit education first at Regis High School in New York City and then at Holy Cross College in Worcester, Mass. Votes: 3

We are growing from a cheerful small town where everyone waves off their front porch to the subway of New York City where everyone rushes by. How do you preserve the culture that has worked so well? Votes: 3

When you're in New York City or Los Angeles, even if you're not dealing with show business, there's still this sense that it's the center of the universe. And I think that's a really dangerous, limiting mindset. Votes: 3

I was born in the shadow of World War II, on December 18, 1939, on the South Shore of Long Island, a product of the early -wentieth-century emigration of Eastern European Jewry to New York City and its environs. Votes: 3

By the time I started high school, I knew I wanted to be a writer. After graduating from Smith College in Massachusetts, I moved to New York City and worked for the advertising agency J. Walter Thompson. Votes: 3

Mayor de Blasio has legalized ferrets. Now you can legally own ferrets in New York City. I want to tell you something. If I want to see anymore beady-eyed little weasels, I'll just keep riding the subway. Votes: 3

Cardinal Dolan, of course, has a very, very hard job: trying to hold up Catholic family values in sexually liberal New York City. I'm not saying New York is the Gay Mecca. But it's at least Gay-rusalem. Votes: 3

Everyone who moves to New York City has a book or movie or song that epitomizes the place for them. For me, it's 'The Cricket in Times Square', written by George Selden and illustrated by Garth Williams. Votes: 3

I think small business is struggling in New York City. It's a fantastic market, it's a very appealing market, there's lots of opportunity, at the same time it's a very difficult place to build a small business. Votes: 3

My advice: Don't quit. When I got to New York City, I lived so far below the poverty line, because I didn't give in and get a job at 7-Eleven. I think you can thrive in misery. Votes: 3

I guess my goal is to design my own walker. The walkers with the big tennis balls, no one wants to use those. I would rather crawl down the street in New York City than use those. Votes: 3

I come from a place where you have a lot of sky. But [in New York City] you have to really look up to realize that there is eventually sky, somewhere. ...Sky is not a common commodity. Votes: 3

Everyone can access the parts of themselves that are great. I'm just a girl from New York City who decided to do this, after all. Rule the world! What's life worth living if you don't rule it? Votes: 3

I'm constantly warning people that are involved in my life that I can go busk and make a living. I can make my rent in New York City in the subway, I promise, if I'm forced to. Votes: 3

I have a double policy, which would also solve immigration: I would stand at the border of New York City and I would say, "You can come here to live, but you can't come here to visit." Votes: 3

I was a runaway girl from France who married an American and moved to New York City. Im not sure I would have continued as an artist had I remained in Paris because of the family setup. Votes: 3

I think everyone should live in New York City if they ever get the chance at least once in their life. It's such a great place to live; there's a different energy about living in the city. Votes: 3

I was a 'runaway girl' from France who married an American and moved to New York City. I'm not sure I would have continued as an artist had I remained in Paris because of the family setup. Votes: 3

I wish my parents had raised me in Manhattan because I think it's the greatest thing you can do for a kid is to raise them in New York City. I can see this with my own children. Votes: 3

This is something I've always wanted to do- to skate through a part of New York City that thousands of people ride through every week, feeling the energy of one of the original stomping grounds of street skating. Votes: 3

There are competing studies on how much crime drops or doesn't drop when there are strict rules on gun possession and sale. I don't think there's any question that New York City's very tough laws have reduced violence. Votes: 3

Five, Six, Seven, Nate!' opens on my 13-year-old protagonist packing up a duffel bag and bidding his Midwestern town goodbye, heading off to start rehearsals for his New York City debut in 'E.T.: The Musical.' Votes: 3

I quit my band in New York City in 1969 and I got really angry at them. I got angry at one of my guitar players and I dove over the drum set and we got into a fight. Votes: 3

I read that book How to Hug a Porcupine [by Julie Ross] - it's my parenting bible. They say you have to trust your children and give them freedom. I say, OK, but this is New York City! Votes: 3

It simply feels right to me to blend the glittery delights of New York City with a largely raw vegan diet - with the soul-deep conviction that animals are not ours to eat, wear, exploit or experiment on. Votes: 3

When you go back to 'Friends,' and you look at that as New York, there's no black people. That's not real. You're in New York City, and there's no black people at all. That's a little funny. Votes: 3

I spent a lot of time standing on street corners [of New York City] talking to local residents. I spent time in bookstores and galleries. But most of the time, I really did not have much to do. Votes: 3

New York City is home to so many people from so many places and the uniqueness of it is that you never feel a foreigner. English is almost hardly ever heard in the subway. In fact, it's weird. Votes: 3

Working with drug addicts, alcoholics, and so-called juvenile delinquents in New York City convinced me that instead of working with individuals, more effective methods would deal with the societal conditions that create dysfunctional behaviors in the first place. Votes: 3

I know a lot of people who say they want to leave Tulsa and go off to L.A. or New York City. But I can't wait to come back to Tulsa. It's a great place to be. Votes: 3

I went to Marymount College in New York City with a lot of kids whose parents paid their way, and I wouldn't even have thought of asking my parents - they couldn't afford it, not with six kids! Votes: 3

The comptroller of New York City ought to have all the characteristics of a major corporation's CFO - quiet rigor, obsessive care for detail, incorruptible judgment, an ability to work assiduously behind the scenes with the key stakeholders. Votes: 3

A lot of issues were on the ballots. In New York City there was Proposition 14. That would put a ceiling on the number of late-night talk shows. And California passed Proposition 21. That would change guacamole officially to guac. Votes: 3

The reason I took Early Edition - besides the fact that I liked it - was that it enabled me to start a production company in New York City. It's a low-budget film company to produce and direct movies. Votes: 3

The film itself involves a New York City radio storyteller, Gabriel Noone, who strikes up a friendship with one of his fans, an abused 14-year-old teenager who is suffering from AIDS, who does not have much longer to live. Votes: 3

I went to New York to be born again. And when the train plunged into a tunnel under New York City, with its lining of pipes and wires, I was out of the womb and into the birth canal. Votes: 3

Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen attended a fundraiser for Hillary Clinton in New York City this week. Hillary told them, 'Good luck with the reboot of your '90s show.' And they said, 'Thanks. Good luck with yours.' Votes: 3

People often assume New York City is no place to keep a dog. This is certainly what my parents told me when I was growing up there. But I have found this not to be the case at all. Votes: 3

In 1964, I tried to convince my grandfather, who was active in the New York City firefighters union, to vote for Barry Goldwater over Lyndon Johnson because at the time I thought his approach to limited government was right on. Votes: 3

The VIP area, which is geared to live entertainment, is a black-lit stage with a neon painting resembling New York City on the walls. It's supposed to resemble New York City, ... Look, we even have the Twin Towers on there. Votes: 3

This is a dream come true. To wake up in a place that I own and go to work in New York City as an actor - I feel like Mary Tyler Moore throwing her friggin' hat in the air. Votes: 3

I live in New York City, and I'm making huge action movies. The people that make huge action movies live in L.A., and they're surrounded by other people who make huge action movies. I'm surrounded by people making documentaries! Votes: 3

On some summer days in New York City, the air hangs thickly visible, like the combined exhalations of eight million souls. Steam rising from vents underground makes you wonder if there isn't one giant sweat gland lodged beneath the city. Votes: 3

I always have a positive reaction to Times Square - you've got so many people passing through here, so many cultures, and so many people merging into the central community of New York City. This is the hub of America. Votes: 3

I live about 60 miles northwest of New York City, and whenever there's news of a big snowstorm coming, everyone runs for the store. The perishable items are usually the first things to go, which doesn't make sense because they perish. Votes: 3

Hillary Clinton flew with President Bush to New York City on Tuesday. She was amazed at the changes aboard Air Force One. For eight years she believed that flight attendants couldn't wear clothes because it made the plane too heavy. Votes: 3

Bonuses balance my budget in New York City. The bigger the bonuses on Wall Street, the more money I had to spend on poor people. The New York City budget is determined greatly by the bonuses given on Wall Street. Votes: 3

Years ago I wanted to buy an apartment in New York City. I was a single female - I had gone through my divorce - I had three children, I was in show business and black. It was, like, impossible. Votes: 3

When we were visiting New York City, I took my kids to the same playground where I went growing up. It was fun to feel that connection of having gone there as a kid and being there as a parent. Votes: 3

I think of my father and how confused he was by me. He understood my love for theater, and he understood that New York City was the only place that it was happening in America, really, in any live way. Votes: 3

There are a lot of New York City Thanksgiving traditions. For example, a lot of New Yorkers don't buy the frozen Thanksgiving turkey. They prefer to buy the bird live and then push it in front of a subway train. Votes: 3

We have an expression in New York City government - "In God we trust, but for everyone else, bring data." It's so easy to pick up a sound byte and say, "Oh, yeah, yeah, I believe that," without really thinking. Votes: 3

I ran the effort to bring the 2012 Olympic Games to New York City. We lost - on a global scale. To my surprise, life went on, and I learnt that nobody cares about your failures as much as you do. Votes: 3

New York City is just one node on the global cultural scene. Social media reflects the state of the world, so I've become more devoted to that. To be a NYC artist feels local and small. Social media feels now. Votes: 3

I've written a couple of scripts. Actually, a pilot. I'm not sure I'm allowed to say, but it's a comedy about three young men in New York City, one of whom may or may not be a romantic like me. Votes: 3

You could go to New York City, you could go to LA, you could go to the highest class studios in the world, they'll have all the bells and whistles, but it's not going to make your record any better. Votes: 3

Those who know New York City primarily through tourism or mass culture may think of us natives as possessing certain shared characteristics, not all of them flattering. But the true, volatile charisma of New York lies in how balkanised it is. Votes: 3

I was in New York City for September 11th, and I was there for the 2003 blackout. I think in hindsight, you get a real perspective as to how unique those moments of crisis are in a place like New York City. Votes: 3

There's very little you're not exposed to in New York City, in terms of ideas and physical things - sights, sounds, smells, different kinds of people. But one good thing about growing up fast is you get over it fast, too. Votes: 3

What I did suffer when I was young was because I was sort of a hick coming into New York City. I was made fun of by a lot of the Factory people. Even Andy Warhol thought I was a hick. Votes: 3

I was actually born in New York City, but my family moved to Atlantic City when I was five, this being my dad's home town, so I think that qualifies me as a Jersey resident if not a bona fide native. Votes: 3

I've lived in New York City for over twenty years now, and every single day is like a new adventure. At this point, there are many places I'd love to visit, but I can't imagine living anywhere else on the planet. Votes: 3

Being in New York is an almost overwhelming experience. While Washington, D.C., is my favorite American city, I regard New York City as the most amazing city in the world. No other comes close. It is an incredible, inexhaustible engine. Votes: 3

25th Hour,' like a lot of my films, takes place in New York City. I've been very fortunate to make films in the city that I live. I mean, it's great going home at night instead of being on location. Votes: 3

I'm an immigrant kid who came to America from India when I was very young and grew up in New York City with a single mom and really was influenced by all of those immigrant cultures bumping up against each other. Votes: 3

In New York City, you can walk down the street and see a girl in a trench who looks equally as cool as a girl wearing Lululemon. It's like you're watching models. You see a little of everything right by you. Votes: 3

From my first days in Washington D.C., where I rolled a whole four downtown blocks without seeing a single shop, cafe, bar or restaurant I could not access, to the beautifully accessible buses in New York City, I was in heaven. Votes: 3

Winning times in the New York City Marathon have not dropped all that much over the years, but rather U.S. runners went backward. In 1983, there were 267 U.S. men who broke 2:20 in a marathon, and by 2000 that number was down to 27. Votes: 3

I just started playing around different clubs, and I got a good reputation around New York City of having good timing, a good right foot, and I was "funky", "soulful", and all that stuff. Then I ran into this group, the Pigeons. Votes: 3

After 9/11, I was like many people in New York City and got a little depressed. I began to check myself into The Waldorf Astoria for room service, movies and just to chill. I wanted to contribute to the great city of Manhattan. Votes: 3

The State of New York City says in defense you can use as much force as you feel like the person that is coming for you with. So if I'm wrong than the law is wrong. That's really the way I felt. Votes: 3

I don't think acting is addictive. If I stopped acting tomorrow, I really wouldn't care. If you told me that I would have to sell real estate in New York City to look after my family, that would be fine with me. Votes: 3

The U.S. is the great enemy of mankind! Against those hyenas there is no option but extermination! If the nuclear missiles had remained (in Cuba) we would have fired them against the heart of the U.S. including New York City! Votes: 3

Authorities in New York City have foiled a plot by terrorists to blow up the Holland Tunnel. There was one awkward moment when officials informed President Bush the Holland Tunnel was safe. Bush then thanked the Dutch authorities for all their help. Votes: 3

When I went to college, it didn't even occur to me that I should be in a sorority at all. I went to school in New York City, where you don't need to be in a sorority to go to a party! Votes: 3

I started writing it the day after Sept. 11. I was living in New York City. We didnt have any phone service and we didnt have any mail. Like a lot of writers do, I started to write in a voice that I missed. Votes: 3

In the 1970s, New York City defaulted on its debt, and yes, the consequences were painful. Enrollment plummeted at City University campuses, which until then had offered free education. Seven thousand police officers were laid off. Crime skyrocketed. Services for the poor disappeared. Votes: 3

I'm street smart. You can't con me. But that's just from living in New York. Now if a guy came from Mississippi somewhere, Ohio somewhere, to New York City for the first time, he don't have the street smarts. You can take him. Votes: 3

Mayor de Blasio said that whenever he goes to a Yankee game he gets sick and tired of people booing and giving him the finger. Hey, what do you want? You're the mayor of New York City. It comes with the gig, pal. Votes: 3

I started writing it the day after Sept. 11. I was living in New York City. We didn't have any phone service and we didn't have any mail. Like a lot of writers do, I started to write in a voice that I missed. Votes: 3

I first saw 'The Dinner Party' in 2007 at the Brooklyn Museum in New York City. While perusing the Heritage Panels, which honor 999 women who have made important contributions to Western history, I came upon the names of two sisters, Sarah and Angelina Grimke. Votes: 3

In 1990, when I had just arrived in New York City as a wet-behind-the-ears 20-something girl from Arizona, I spent a year or more working as the personal secretary and secret ghostwriter to an American-born countess in her apartment on the Upper East Side. Votes: 3

The New York City Ballet is always about the realm of possibilities, the realm of what the human body can do, what the human spirit can do. And it's about listening, it's about listening to remarkable music and how we respond to that. Votes: 3

You cannot see the Milky Way in New York City any more ... We risk the loss of our sensual perception. And if you lose those, naturally, you try to compensate by other stimulations, by very loud noises, or by bright lights or drugs. Votes: 3

I was in New York City on 9/11. Grief remains from that awful day, but not only grief. There is fear, too, a fear informed by the knowledge that whatever my worst nightmare is, there is someone out there embittered enough to carry it out. Votes: 3

I was just a guy who ran away from home at 16 because my parents were getting a divorce and the judge was making me choose which parent to live with. I didn't want to make that choice. I ended up in New York City. Votes: 3

When I got to New York City when I was 18, I started playing in clubs in Brooklyn - I have good friends and devoted fans on the underground scene, but we were playing for each other at that point - and that was it. Votes: 3

Being a competitor, you always believe you can come back. I'll be up at 3 in the morning watching World Cup races in my hotel whether I'm in Asia on a business trip or in New York City and have to get up in 2 hours. Votes: 3

I grew up in the '50s, in New York City, where television was born. There were 90 live shows every week, and they used a lot of kids. There were schools just for these kids. There was a whole world that doesn't exist anymore. Votes: 3

I have a company in New York City producing music for commercials, for radio, TV, features, etc. That's how I've been making my living. And now the company is very successful - to the extent that I can afford to come out and play. Votes: 3

I loved the High Line when it was just mine, when I was the only person up there, and I had a private park in New York City. I had to make an appointment to see it... I'd walk around. I was all alone. Votes: 3

Liberals talk about the 'income inequality' and the 'unfairness' and the disparity of the haves and the have-nots in New York City. Who has been running that city for all this time? Who has created the underclass in this country? It's the Democrat Party. Votes: 3

I'm a New Yorker. I was there during 9/11 and I saw how, not only New York City stopped for a moment, we all took an inhale and exhale at the same time - the world united at that time, and it changed my life. Votes: 3

Gert was always of the mind that she wouldn't go to another church except the Catholic Church. So when I would date her in New York City, and later when we went to Oxford before we got married, we always went to the Catholic church. Votes: 3

I support the Surfrider Foundation, which is focused on protecting the oceans and beaches. I also recycle and use mass transit, ride my bike as often as I can, or I walk, which is one of the best parts about living in New York City. Votes: 3

I was born in New York City, along with a twin sister. I am five minutes older than Emily. It was Emily, for reasons no one knows - she certainly doesn't - who called me Avi. It stuck. It's the only name I use now. Votes: 3

I was born in New York City. But my family moved when I was still an infant. Except for a year and half when we lived in Youngstown, Ohio, I grew up in small towns in Pennsylvania. I graduated from high school in Farrell, Pennsylvania. Votes: 3

There is something about New York City that in and of itself is so theatrical hat I use to think... I use to feel when I walked out of my apartment on the way to school or anywhere that I was walking out on stage. Votes: 3

Why did I become a writer? Because I grew up in New York City, and there were seven newspapers in New York City, and my family was an inveterate reader of newspapers and I loved holding a paper in my hand. It was something sacred. Votes: 3

So now, thirty years, forty years later, I mean, I could find a whole orchestra of a thousand to put these things together in New York City alone. In those days, if I could scrape up twenty musicians to do this it was something extraordinary. Votes: 3

Having Black hair is unique in that Black women change up styles a lot. You can walk down one street block in New York City and see 10 different hairstyles that Black women are wearing: straight curls, short cuts, braids - we really run the gamut. Votes: 3

I was enamored of New York City intellectual life and was really into Philip Roth because I was raised by self-loathing Midwesterners who were from southern Illinois, who felt like fish out of water when they came to the East Coast when I was a kid. Votes: 3

New York City is like the appetizer table at a Jewish wedding, loaded with salt and spice and cholesterol and flavor, with a waiter holding out pleasure in his right hand and indigestion in his left. If you've got the bucks, this burg has the bangs. Votes: 3

I went to an ordinary school in New York City with no other actors. I learned to compartmentalise different parts of my life. I was one person at home and then another person at work and for that reason my career didn't challenge my family life. Votes: 3

The effect hip-hop had on me was enormous. I was exposed to it by happenstance. My father worked at a radio station in New York called WKTU Disco 92. It was the first radio station in New York City to play disco in the late '70s. Votes: 3

Since Deacon Hollingshead's arrival in town last July the Dominion had been hard at work, cleansing New York City of moral corruption. "Corruption" is a popular word with the enthusiasts of the Dominion, usually uttered as a prelude to the knife, the docket, or the noose. Votes: 3

I grew up in Belle Harbor, which is in New York City, but it has the most powerful sense of nature and seasons. It wasn't even the beach and the water. I just dreamt about everything that had to do with nature. I read about Thoreau. Votes: 3

I love New York City. Everyone is busy with their own lives - and no one is interested in some Hollywood celebrity walking past in downtown Manhattan. That's why it's my favorite city. You can do what you want without attracting a crowd of curious onlookers. Votes: 3

This is the most exciting place in the world to live. Oh yeah! There are so many ways to die in New York City! Race riots, drive by shootings, subway crashes, construction cranes collapsing on the sidewalks, manhole covers blowing up and asbestos shooting into the sky. Votes: 3

My girlfriend Siri is a food blogger, and we both love to entertain and eat. This is what happens when you're in your thirties: what was once a passion and real appetite for nightlife in New York City manifests itself into other things, like entertaining at home. Votes: 3

I never felt at home. I stuck outIn New York City, especially in Greenwich Village, down among the cranks and the misfits and the one-lungers and the has-beens and the might've beens and the would-bes and the never-wills and the God-knows-whats, I have always felt at home. Votes: 3

The Patriotic Millionaires campaign, pulled together quickly by the Agenda Project in New York City, just happens to appear on the same day as a new study from the Center for Responsive Politics revealing that half of the members of the House and the Senate are millionaires. Votes: 3

Historically and culturally, New York City and our entire nation simply would not be the same without the infusion of Asian traditions. Whether it is food, art, language or any other facet of cultural life, Asian Americans have made our city and our country stronger and richer. Votes: 3

I was born in the U.S., my wife was born in Mexico and emigrated here when she was in college, and my daughters were born in New York City. That makes them passport-carrying, natural-born, eligible-to-run-for-president Americans. But they're also Mexicans and they like that just fine. Votes: 3

I think our vision heretofore has been and should continue to be to have Cardozo be the kind of law school that we can be proud of. I would like to see it gain recognition as one of the three best law schools in New York City. Votes: 3

When I was a kid, my mom used to run the vacuum cleaner, and the noise would bother me so much that I would run into the woods to calm down. I feel like that vacuum cleaner has been on since I moved to New York City. Votes: 3

Jerry Orbach was the first person to take me to the Friars Club. It's a beautiful building, and you walk into these halls of comedic history and meet these old cats who could tell you a million stories about how things went down in New York City. Votes: 3

I sat in at every club in New York City, jamming with musicians, because it felt right - and because it felt right and we were having fun - the people dancing and sipping their drinks in the clubs felt it too and it made them smile. Votes: 3

I never really thought of my neighborhood in South Philly as being a neighborhood; it was more a state of mind. For people who aren't familiar with those kinds of places, it's a whole different thing. Like, 42nd Street in New York City is a state of mind. Votes: 3

In a VR setting, you tilt your head up, and you really have the vertigo and the sense that it goes up to infinity, and it's like you're in New York City or Dubai, and you're looking up at a giant skyscraper. You have a sense of awe. Votes: 3

My conception of New York City came from rap music. I envisioned it as a place where people shot each other on the street and got away with it; no one walked on the streets, rather people drove in their sports cars looking for nightclubs and for violence. Votes: 3

You can`t use hair spray, because hair spray is going to affect the ozone. I`m trying to figure out - okay, I`m in my room in New York City and I want to put a little spray, so that I can - all right? Right? Votes: 3

As an adult, I think I wanna be living in New York City and help a lot of homeless people and try to become vegan and maybe be a band with some good friends and be making a living and be happy with how much money I have. Votes: 3

I believed in fictional characters as if they were a part of real life. Poetry was important, too. My parents had memorized poems from their days attending school in New York City and loved reciting them. We all enjoyed listening to these poems and to music as well. Votes: 3

I've got the best of all worlds. It's every actor's dream to wake up in New York City and go to an acting job rather than to a restaurant to wash dirty dishes. And I live so close to the studios that I ride my bike to work. Votes: 3

I lived on my own when I was living in New York City when I was 18, working on a show. And that definitely kind of grows you up a little faster than a normal 18-year-old in college, so I think so. I think I've got some street smarts. Votes: 3

I don't have great running technique, but I like to run. I've heard from countless people that the last six miles of the marathon is all mental. But what better city to have this in than New York City where there are millions of people there supporting you? Votes: 3

Around New York City, samples collected at dozens of beaches or piers have detected the types of bacteria and other pollutants tied to sewage overflows. Though the city's drinking water comes from upstate reservoirs, environmentalists say untreated excrement and other waste in the city's waterways pose serious health risks. Votes: 3

During one of his uncannily well-timed impromptu visits to my restaurant, Union Square Cafe, Pat Cetta taught me how to manage people. Pat was the owner of a storied New York City steakhouse called Sparks, and by that time, he was an old pro at running a fine restaurant. Votes: 3

My parents were born and brought up in New York City. My father was trained as an electrical engineer, and my mother was an elementary school teacher. They were the children of Jewish immigrants who had come to the United States from England and Lithuania in the late 1800s. Votes: 3

I grew up thinking that renting is perfectly normal. And then, strangely enough, I never did buy a house. I live in New York City, and I'm still renting. My own personal narrative shows that it is possible to live a respectable life without ever having owned a home. Votes: 3

When I was growing up, I fetishised New York City. It was the land of Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground, it was where Leonard Cohen wrote 'Chelsea Hotel', it was CBGBs and all the punk rock clubs. Artists and musicians lived there, and it was cheap and dangerous. Votes: 3

My parents made it a point that, although I was born and raised in New York City, I needed to speak Spanish because they wanted me to be able to communicate with my elders when I went to Santo Domingo or when my family came to visit from Cuba. Votes: 3

New York City is a living organism; It evolves, it devolves, it fluctuates as a living organism. So my relationship with New York City is as vitriolic as the relationship with myself and with any other human being which means that it changes every millisecond, that it's in constant fluctuation. Votes: 3

In the Shadow of Slavery covers two and a half centuries of black life in New York City, and skillfully interweaves the categories of race and class as they affected the formation of African American identity. Leslie Harris has made a major contribution to our understanding of the black experience. Votes: 3

I came to N.Y.C. in 1988 and got very involved with Act Up. I also started making movies, including two very gay shorts, 'Vaudeville' and 'Lady.' It was the height of the AIDS epidemic, and New York City was both dying and very alive at the same time. Votes: 3

I worked as a teacher in the public school system in New York City for several years, and I was a victim of the layoffs, you know, in the mid-'70s. And then I worked as a sales engineer for a company in New Jersey that was selling industrial filtration equipment. Votes: 3

I once stood in the middle of New York city watching my name go round the electronic zipper sign in Times Square and I felt pretty thrilled, but not quite as thrilled as I felt when I saw my name in the 'Examiner' for the first time. Votes: 2