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Quotes About New York

Another story tells of Grogan, passing through New York, performed a public burning of dollar bills, and the dollar dropped six points on Wall Street.
~ Jeff Nuttall
New York, New York. The Big Apple. The City That Never Sleeps. Spider-Man's hometown. I assume it's a pretty cool place to visit, when you're not stuck in a fleabag motel for three days cramming for finals week in the psychopath exams.
~ Jeff Strand
The New Yorkers by Cathleen Schine
~ Elinor Lipman
One polite fellow asked her where she was from. She told him from New York State. Why, he asked, do New Yorkers always say State? Why, because, she answered,—and her eyes were big with surprise,—no one would want to say they were from New York City.
~ Elinore Pruitt Stewart
I arrived in New York City safely— a girl so freshly hatched that there was practically yolk in my hair.
~ Elizabeth Gilbert
Accompanying this nineteen-year-old virgin to New York City were two large suitcases- one filled with my clothes, all folded neatly in tissue, and the other packed with fabrics, trimmings, and sewing supplies, so that I could make more clothes.
~ Elizabeth Gilbert
Anyway, I arrived in New York City safely- a girl so freshly hatched that there was practically yolk in my hair (13).
~ Elizabeth Gilbert
Here, I pause to offer a prayer for my gentle reader: May you never, ever, have to get a divorce in New York.
~ Elizabeth Gilbert
The Governor of New York State does not have to be an acrobat.
~ Alfred Smith
Empire" isn't just about New York. It's about hope. No matter where we're from, we all want the opportunity to work hard and breathe life into our ambitions.
~ Alicia Keys
I was so happy that it filmed in New York not only because it's an amazing city, but also because a lot of people across the world somehow started to think about New York as a dangerous place to be and envisioned it as some war zone after that happened.
~ Alicia Witt
Anything else?" asked Owen. "Well," Emma said. "There's my aunt Esther. She lives in New York City, but she still roots for the Pioneers. She said to say hello." "You say hello back from me," Owen said. "And you can give her this." He pulled off his cap. "That's all I've got, except for my shoes.
~ Alison Cragin Herzig
New York lesson 1 - never look lost. Lesson 2 - forget hallowed silences. It's the right of all Americans to talk at the tops of their voices.
~ Alison Fell
Adultery - which is the only grounds for divorce in New York - is not grounds for divorce in California. As a matter of fact, adultery in Southern California is grounds for marriage.
~ Allan Sherman
Those people behind the mosque have to respect, have to appreciate and have to defer to the people of New York. The wound is still there. Just because the wound is healing you can't say, 'Let's just go back to where we were pre-9/11.
~ Al-Waleed bin Talal
Cuando la existencia se presenta tan desmesuradamente exultante, esto se llama Nueva York. (...) ciudad que desplaza el corazón del pecho a la sien sobre la cual apuntaba permanentemente el revólver del placer: «Exulta o muérete».
~ Amelie Nothomb
I know plenty of people with kids in elite, private schools and had heard many stories. I have drifted into the homes of some of those very wealthy families in New York and am fascinated with the dynamic and how much freedom the children are given.
~ Jane Green
It's a very ancient culture, British culture. You can't be seen to be too wealthy, and you certainly can't be seen to be giving away any of your wealth either because that's sort of vulgar, too. It's funny, that, because in New York, if you are wealthy, you have to be philanthropic to be successful.
~ Trudie Styler
I don't come from a wealthy family, so for me to have to struggle as long as I have in New York and Los Angeles and finally know that I have an income coming in for the next 10 episodes was a major, major life-altering moment.
~ Inbar Lavi
I have a friend in New York who's a stylist and I went over to her place because she's got a lot of clothes. I basically ended up wearing most of it. So it's all stuff that I brought over.
~ Famke Janssen
Syracuse, New York, is like Hawaii for eight months of the year. The other four months, I don't care about the weather because we're playing basketball.
~ Jim Boeheim
What's shocking to me is seeing people walking around with green juices in their hand when the weather's bad in New York. I couldn't think of anything more awful to have when it's sleeting outside. Like, 'Oh, I'm craving some liquified kale right now.'
~ Ellie Kemper
The weather in New York, it fluctuates so much. Some days it's humid, some days you have a thunderstorm.
~ Joey Chestnut
That New York energy, when you've got the benefit of great weather, it really is terrific. You look up at that skyline, and the Empire State Building is literally in your eyesight - there's nothing like that.
~ Justin Hartley