New York Quotes
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When I was a Senator from New York, I represented and worked with so many talented principled people who made their living in finance. But even thought I represented them and did all I could to make sure they continued to prosper, I called for closing the carried interest loophole and addressing skyrocketing CEO pay. I also was calling in '06, '07 for doing something about the mortgage crisis, because I saw every day from Wall Street literally to main streets across New York how a well-functioning financial system is essential.
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There are many exceptions, but New York is a great place to start a career.
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I would rather have a square inch of New York than all the rest of the world.
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Reporter Jacob Riis made it his mission to expose the horrors of poverty in New York. New to working with a camera, his flash actually set the walls of One apartment inhabited by five blind people on fire.
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We are ready to go to New York if necessary.
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This is the place for me where every single dream I ever had came to fruition and I love it dearly. I love ya, New York.
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All sorts of creative communities are withering in New York because it's too hard to live here. It's ridiculous how expensive it is.
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It's not hard for a city like New York to create a $1.25 million fund. It's not hard for foundations to create funds that invest in diverse founders.
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I just got back from New York. You ever been there? There was a big gay parade going on there when I was there, and I never been to one of them, and I like a parade. I always like a parade. So, I go there, and it turns out, it's just a bunch of gay guys.
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I never walked the streets of New York hoping to be a musical comedy star. For one thing, they would have thought I was too tall, because l was five feet eight and a half, and they were all little bitty things running around in the studio at that time.
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I'm quadracontinental. I've got a life in London, New York, L.A. and Hawaii.
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Yeah, I feel sort of unfinished in New York, even though I spent so many years there. I think it's because I never got a chance to do any Broadway, or even off-Broadway. I would love to do that and I haven't given up on that.
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What's good for the United States is good for the New York Stock Exchange. But what's good for the New York Stock Exchange might not be good for the United States.
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That's just how things happened. I think in the long run, New York is going to come out on top.
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People in New York pay attention to national issues - a huge percentage of people.
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I was trained on stage at NYU in New York City; I did a lot of theatre then.
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Sophistication called for a variety of talents and attitudes, but the minimum requirement was being in New York. Not all New Yorkers achieved it, but nobody elsewhere had a prayer.
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I feel the change. I feel the relationship with New York changing. It's a personal relationship you have with the city when you move there. I definitely romanticize the early 2000s. As much as I prefer the city then as opposed to now, I'm sure if I were 23 and I moved to the New York of right now, I could have the same exact experience. I don't really hate the cleaning up of New York, even though it's not my preferred version of New York.
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There's something so romantic about being broke in New York. You gotta do it. You have to live there once without any money, and then you have to live there when you have money. Let me tell you, of the two, the latter is far better.
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I don't think there's a city that has done more and sustained a higher level of security and protection than New York City.
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New York cold gets into your bones, and you can't move.
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New York's the lonesomest place in the world if you don't know anybody.
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I absolutely love the public transportation system in New York. No matter what, no matter how people complain, it is the best in the world.
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I didn't know a soul when I got to New York, and I felt really displaced. The first week I was euphoric, and then I realized how isolating the city can be.
