I'm a New York businessman.

I sound New York. I sound East Coast much more than a blonde person from L.A.

— Julie Kavner

In 1887, Oregon became the first state to make Labor Day an official holiday, with Colorado, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and New York quickly following suit.

— Brendan I. Koerner

I remember my own life as a small boy, son of Jewish immigrants, in a janitor's flat on Orchard and Stanton streets on the…

— Jacob K. Javits

As a layperson, I consider myself fairly well-educated in terms of politics. My family always has been really interested in politics, and various members…

— Reid Scott

I did stand-up for a good number of years while I was still living in New York, and those people primarily knew me as…

— Samm Levine

New York feels like home now.

— Francisco Lindor

New York - I'm connected. This is my core. I feel like if I'm not connected to New York, then I don't even know…

— Jay-Z

As someone who came to New York in the 1970s, I was, like so many of my friends, a certified member of what we…

— Graydon Carter

New York is so serious about the creation of work. Everything is happening so fast, it feels like there's another studio, another session on…

— Diplo

Those who know New York City primarily through tourism or mass culture may think of us natives as possessing certain shared characteristics, not all…

— Jonathan Dee

New York and San Francisco are distinctly different. San Francisco is driving the American media, not New York. You have young, microwaved millionaires and…

— Jason Whitlock

One of the things that's great about New York is that it is not a one-industry town. It has education, academia, the service industry,…

— Sarah Jessica Parker

I didn't know the city at all, but I was so happy to be in New York I cried. I was so excited.

— Greta Gerwig

The midwest is great because it hasn't been entirely claimed. There's more room to write about it; it's harder to write about New York,…

— Gillian Flynn

I love New York City. The energy, the theatre, the art, the food, the people, the parks and streets. But I could say the…

— Pierce Brosnan