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Quotes About City

I grew up in a city - it's called Lawrence, Massachusetts. It's about half an hour north of Boston. When my parents got divorced, I moved to New Hampshire because my father worked up there.
~ Statik Selektah
I had never really felt settled in Brooklyn. I think it had to do with growing up in New Jersey and being someone who her whole life wanted to live in the city, and the city meant Manhattan.
~ Dani Shapiro
'Orphee' is, for me, about changes: about moving to a new city, leaving behind an old life in Copenhagen, and building a new one in Berlin - about the death of old relationships and the birth of new ones.
~ Johann Johannsson
Because that is what such a city is, in the New World, a writer's heaven.
~ Derek Walcott
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.
~ Stella Young
I live in New York City, the stories of my films take place in New York; I'm a New York filmmaker.
~ Spike Lee
My favorite bar in New York City is called Milk and Honey, a great cocktail bar.
~ Chris Thile
'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.
~ Spike Lee
I don't know how many people actually fall in love in New York City.
~ Andi Dorfman
However, the moral center of New York City, I believe, is the New York City Ballet.
~ John Guare
I like being from a city that is not entrenched in show business. 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.
~ Ed Helms
I live not too far from it in New York City.
~ Piper Perabo
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.
~ Ed Helms
I really feel that New York City is the greatest city in the world.
~ Gabriel Macht
I live in New York City. Since 1983, this is my home. It is my heart, it is my home, and it is the city that I love. I enjoy many places and many opportunities, but I absolutely adore New York City.
~ Ruben Santiago-Hudson
All my best friends live downtown in New York City. I was made in Soho.
~ Joakim Noah
I always give respect to and pay homage to New York, because I don't feel like I would be the player that I am today if it wasn't for New York City. It gives you a certain edge, a certain toughness just growing up in the city.
~ Joakim Noah
I've definitely run from the cops in the New York City subways.
~ Gillian Jacobs
New York City is one of the greatest places on the planet. You have the best in food, art, theatre, and definitely people-watching.
~ Matt Bomer
New York City is the most important location in the world... it is the center for fashion, culture and finance.
~ Jared Kushner
I grew up in Connecticut, going in and out of New York City, and I worked in the city in the '90s. I was freelancing for the Associated Press, and I fell in love with New York.
~ Lynsey Addario
New York City is my favorite city in the world.
~ Halston Sage
I was born in New York City but grew up across the Hudson River in Alpine, New Jersey.
~ Eric Maskin
I grew up in New York City, and I'm a city boy, born and bred.
~ Ben Schnetzer