New York Quotes
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The name is also connected with living in New York in this really weird time. People are constantly waiting for something bad to happen. I wrote these songs and formed this band to make sure I didn't get overcome by that sense of fear. That's what this band is about -- standing tall and not being afraid.
Sam Endicott The Bravery -
In 2007, when I was governor of New York, I proposed that our state once again permit undocumented immigrants to obtain a driver's license. To say the proposal lit a firestorm in the political arena is an understatement.
Eliot Spitzer
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My life there[in New York] was almost entirely about gay men for 30 years.
Nan Goldin -
I don't even like New York rappers.
ASAP Rocky -
I always had this romantic notion of living in New York. I just felt like, everyone could be different and weird and whatever they are in New York.
Jim Gaffigan -
There's a process teams go through to put themselves in a competitive place. And when they get to that position, I felt like if they want me to coach that team, I'd have to listen to them, because of my connections in New York and my connections as a Knick.
Phil Jackson -
I would not consider myself to be a quote unquote real New York rapper. I don't even like New York rappers.
ASAP Rocky -
There aren't that many galleries in Havana. There are a few state galleries and an ever-increasing but still limited number of independent galleries; there's no comparison with the number in New York.
Rachael Price
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I have sergested the propriaty of your coming to see me before I commence the construction of thes arms . . . Get from the department an order to cum to New York & direct in the construction of thees arms with the improvements you sergest.63 Thus
S. C. Gwynne -
New York interposed itself, once and for all, between me and all other places of origin.
Joseph O'Neill -
I'm from New York and I love New York and I'm always repping New York, but what I represent is something deeper than just being a New York rapper.
ASAP Rocky -
New York needs open access to emergency contraception.
Eliot Spitzer -
I'm a neurotic New York Jew by birth. Creating characters is second nature to me.
Len Wein -
I'm so glad to be back in New York. Los Angeles can be so cold, so cruel after you've been-what's the word?-oh yes: 'fired.'
Bette Midler
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I love it. It's all good to me. Whether I'm performing in New York, L.A., Columbus or Des Moines, I give 110 percent every night.
Bret Michael Sychak Poison -
The time has come to return integrity, performance and dignity to New York and make it the Empire State once again.
Andrew Cuomo -
Woody Allen stayed so good because he never left New York. Howard Stern stayed so good because he never left New York - Mel Brooks when he just got out of New York was doing 'Blazing Saddles;' when he left New York he started doing stuff like 'Robin Hood Men In Tights' - he was in L.A. too long. He lost the edge.
Artie Lange -
To say that New York came up to its advance billing would be the baldest of understatements. Being there was like being in heaven without going to all the bother and expense of dying.
P. G. Wodehouse -
I feel like everybody knows what is at stake. Everybody knows the importance of every game. We had a good meeting before the game in New York and I think it helped us out because it got us focusing on what we need to do as a basketball team.
Allen Iverson -
When I moved to New York a year and a half ago, I feel like I really was able to access my sense of humor and personality through my work for maybe the first time. The city has a really nurturing, positive kind of reinforcement...for young artists. Nothing is considered weird. Nothing is frowned upon. It's sort of a free-for-all in terms of experimentation, and I think that's a really great environment for someone who wants to work in a multimedia modality.
Chloe Wise
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In Hong Kong there is agglomeration beyond my fondest imaginings. The Kowloon district claims a population density four times that of New York City.
P. J. O'Rourke -
I love working in New York theater.
Alan Rickman -
The politicians of New York...see nothing wrong in the rule, that to the victor belong the spoils of the enemy
Bill Vaughan -
That's what New York is like - you can't have real art happen in an institution because rich people can make the world stop. The stuff on the street is a lot more interesting.
M.I.A.