Quotes About Home

I grew up on lovely Staten Island, which is the forgotten borough of New York City.

I lived in Manhattan for 12 years and grew up outside New York City, so that was definitely how I saw the center of the world.

Fair and affordable housing is a basic right for all New Yorkers and all Americans.

I have lived in this city my whole life and have seen the way gentrification has changed it. I'm not necessarily against transplants, as 75 percent of my good friends, roommate, and boyfriend are not native New Yorkers.

I'm not one of those New Yorkers who so much identifies themselves with the city that they can't imagine living anywhere else. I plan to live a lot of other places, but it is defiantly is a big part of who I am. I have a complicated relationship with it. It has changed so much, but I love it, and it's my home. I'm really glad I grew up there.

It was not easy with a newborn, asking your wife to give up the family home and your security.

It has been three great years; good moments, bad moments, like football is. I'm really proud of the decision I made. Newcastle is home.

My family didn't really have newspapers at home or talk about politics - my family are not political. They were too busy getting on with it - working, looking after kids, trying to pay off the mortgage, all that stuff.

The newspapers were against me. They were telling me that the Australian dream was a home. But that dream became worse and worse as they had to live further away from the city. My dream became better as we could build higher and higher.

Charity begins at home, and justice begins next door.

Australia is always a place that is dear to me; it is always my second home, and I try to get there as often as I can, but it is not next door, you know.

It was my mother's dream to have a few houses next door to each other, where they could live in one, and my brother and I could live in the others, where we are close but also had independence.

Revolt is designed to be a home for the next generation of musical artists, and we are investing in the artists and fans of the future. Revolt is for artists, by artists. This won't just be the P. Diddy network.

I did 'Spanglish' and went back home, and the next thing I did was my high school play. My agents at the time were like, 'Uh. What?'

It's always nice to be home and be able to see my family. It's the best feeling.

Netflix isn't available internationally all the time, but the NBA is. It's nice to have something that feels like home.

I'd rather be at home with my family anyway. I'm a completely different person there than on the football field. Ask anybody who knows me. They will all say I'm one of the nicest people you could ever meet.

Let me just say this - I may not have children myself, but I am part of the best family in the world - my mum, my dad, my brothers and my nieces.

Nigeria has a lot of Man City fans, and they're going to have more every time I go home.

I think I'm ridiculously fortunate. I consider myself a Nigerian - that's home; my sensibility is Nigerian. But I like America, and I like that I can spend time in America.

You know, I don't think of myself as anything like a 'global citizen' or anything of the sort. I am just a Nigerian who's comfortable in other places.

There's only so much cold a Nigerian family can take.

We had gay burglars the other night. They broke in and rearranged the furniture.

Whenever I go back to London, I have this horrible feeling that something bad will happen, and I won't be able to get back to America. It's a nightmare feeling.