Neighborhood Quotes

Every man is surrounded by a neighborhood of voluntary spies.

— Jane Austen

Everybody is happier living in a mixed-income neighborhood.

— Betsy Hodges

I came from a tough neighborhood. I used to be a 'dirty Greek.'

— Telly Savalas

I was born in a neighborhood called the Third Ward.

— DeAndre Jordan

Cruisin through my neighborhood on a warm summer night.

— Lil Rob

I was born in Detroit, in an all black neighborhood.

— Steven Seagal

I've been in some fights in my neighborhood before.

— George Hill

Comming from your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man

— Stan Lee

We're disappointed because you think the neighborhood is safe, it's very quiet here.

— Elizabeth Oakes Smith

Ahmed Johnson came from a neighborhood where the most common words heard was, You have the right to remain silent.

— Jerry Lawler

I was the kid in the neighborhood that was directing everyone else. I was director from the time I was a child.

— James Gunn

“Find children in your neighborhood, Teach them to read and write Take them out of the darkness, Into the light”

— Charmaine J Forde

Then there was a kid in the neighborhood about three blocks away, his name was Bobby Beavis.

— Mike Judge

MFA programs are to the world of art what gentrification is to your neighborhood.

— Sarah Schulman

Hopefully the rappers can start to open the eyes in the neighborhoods and communities.

— Rakim

I live in a tough neighborhood. They got a children's zoo. Last week, four kids escaped.

— Rodney Dangerfield

I hung out with all the guys in my neighborhood when I was little... I would, like, skateboard and go to skate…

— Daniella Monet

So if you look back over the long history of China, they've never tried to take over the world, but they've been…

— Fred Thompson

“We're almost as close as brothers; when you grow up in a tight-knit neighborhood like ours you get to know each other…

— S.E. Hinton

I'd like to do a reality show with four white people...who are dropped off in a really bad black neighborhood. And the…

— Zach Galifianakis

First I was a mimic. Practically from the moment I began talking, I did impersonations of the people in my neighborhood -…

— George Carlin

I used to walk around with a stick. My dad used to call me Moses. It's on a home video. He said,…

— Brad D. Smith

I was born in America but all of my friends' parents, everybody's parents, including my own, had come to America from Europe.…

— Christopher Walken

I grew up in a great neighborhood, and I remember that you just walked out the front door, and you had a…

— Lori Loughlin

The most important decision I've made in business? The choices of people I have around me. When I first started I brought…

— Snoop Dogg

These events are swirling around them. In the white community, people felt like they had no control over their neighborhoods, their destiny.…

— Sara Paretsky

The rules have changed as information and technology evolve, but it's essential that people stay in the streets, stay visible in their…

— Nate Powell

But we're looking at 500 households - that's a lot of people. And while Southland Hills and West Towson would be first…

— Mike Ertel

You can be horrified by the state of the prisons, the misery in certain neighborhoods of its cities, or their level of…

— Bernard-Henri Levy

Interference is a terrific page-turner, but it's also a haunting, powerful look at the way families and friendships entangle us all. Berry…

— Rebecca Godfrey

pulled into my convenient neighborhood fast food restaurant. I ordered shrimp salad, onion rings, and a beer. The shrimp were straight out…

— Haruki Murakami

We want someone else to act. But miracles aren't what other people do. They're what each of us does. They're what happens…

— Regina Brett

Those type of people [in New Orleans] keep me happy and just smiling, you know? I just go hang out and talk…

— Troy Andrews

Our goal is not to assume leadership of existing institutions, but rather to render them irrelevant. We don't want to take over…

— Kevin Carson

One of the crucial underpinnings of New York as a culture capital is that there are multiple markets. There is not just…

— Sharon Zukin

I was filming a movie in London, and I drove through Ireland. It was quite beautiful, and the countryside was really remarkable.…

— Vince Vaughn

What is the nature of the search? you ask. Really it is very simple, at least for a fellow like me; so…

— Walker Percy

It's a beautiful day in this neighborhood, A beautiful day for a neighbor. Would you be mine? Could you be mine?... It's…

— Fred Rogers

London is the most multicultural, mixed race place on Earth. And I love that. I grew up in a neighborhood in London…

— JJ Feild

“You are going to have to take the rest of these croissants to work with you, I cannot be trusted alone in…

— Stacey Ballis