Quotes About New York City

Basically, if you put a fence around New York City, you'd have the world's biggest nontraveling circus.

THE TEACHER WALKED into Bryant Park, behind the New York Public Library, at eleven a.m.—still ahead of schedule.

ORANGE LAKE, NEW YORK SIXTY MILES NORTH OF NEW YORK CITY STARTING TO GASP AS she climbed the increasingly steep slope of the tangled hiking trail, Mary Catherine was about to take a breather when the tree line opened. Glancing out over the open ridge, she immediately halted in her tracks, as what was left of her breath was suddenly taken.

Catholic schools in New York City.

worked in New York my whole life—actually lived only about twenty blocks away—and had never even heard of this place, or the Freedom Tunnel, for that matter. This city never failed to surprise. Hamster got out of the car, his big eyes blinking through the tangled gray mop of his hair as he looked around. We listened to the cooing of pigeons nesting in the crevices of the raised roadbed above as we waited.

Then it was time for Holy Communion. Seamus was introduced as a "distinguished priest all the way from the Holy Name parish in New York City." I could see that it sounded great to others. But I still saw the old man who made fart noises when I tried to discipline the kids.

Cops are everywhere in New York City. Cars drive by every few minutes. Uniforms stand nonchalantly at street corners.

My studio was on 9th Street between University and Broadway.

I took a job at a white-shoe NYC law firm, with an office, business cards, and a fat starter paycheck.

I would beg, borrow, and steal to live in N.Y.C.

I was on the steering committee of the New York City Coalition on Muslim School Holidays.

Aside from being the funniest play in N.Y.C., '39 Steps' is also the only show crazy enough to ask me to be a part of it.

If you want to be a cop, it's not for everybody, no question about it, but there's no place like New York City.

It is no secret that New York City has an affordable housing shortage. For those who've returned from the battlefield, the problem is even more pronounced.

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.

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.

Bat stood in the open door and said I am a crime scene unit detective from the New York City Police Department, you heinous fucking mongoloid, and there is nothing I cannot do.

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.

in 1971 New York City had more murders than American combat deaths in Vietnam during the same period.

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.

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

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

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.

I grew up in New York City, but the rest of the world was a very big part of my upbringing.