--- title: "10 42nd street Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 10 42nd street quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best 42nd street sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/778/rachel-cohn-1244_42nd-street_nick-and-i-could-become-goodwill-ambassa_2364943.png" --- > [Nick and I could become goodwill ambassadors for the city now that the porno shops on 42nd Street are gone. Must make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-cohn/nick-and-i-could-become-goodwill-ambassadors-for-the-city-now-that/) [Rachel Cohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-cohn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/778/rachel-cohn-1244_42nd-street_nick-and-i-could-become-goodwill-ambassa_2364943.png) > [I'm obsessed with New York. I want to marry it, maybe bear a few children with 42nd Street.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-wolff/i-m-obsessed-with-new-york-i-want-to-marry-it-maybe-bear-a-few/) [Alex Wolff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-wolff/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad8/alex-wolff-14185_42nd-street_i-m-obsessed-with-new-york-i-want-to-mar_3123834.jpg) > [We are living in the excesses of freedom. Just take a look at 42nd Street an Broadway.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-durant/we-are-living-in-the-excesses-of-freedom-just-take-a-look-at-42nd/) [Will Durant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-durant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35e/will-durant-948_42nd-street_we-are-living-in-the-excesses-of-freedom_1161914.png) > [We are living in the excesses of freedom. Just take a look at 42nd Street and Broadway.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-durant/we-are-living-in-the-excesses-of-freedom-just-take-a-look-at-42nd-2/) [Will Durant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-durant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d36/will-durant-948_42nd-street_we-are-living-in-the-excesses-of-freedom_2870585.png) > [At 15 I auditioned for 42nd Street in Australia. Dein Perry was in that show. I actually got the job but I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-garcia/at-15-i-auditioned-for-42nd-street-in-australia-dein-perry-was-in/) [Adam Garcia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-garcia/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/510/adam-garcia-26312_42nd-street_at-15-i-auditioned-for-42nd-street-in-au_3094613.png) > [The latest incarnation of Oedipus, the continued romance of Beauty and the Beast, stand this afternoon on the corner of 42nd Street…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-campbell/the-latest-incarnation-of-oedipus-the-continued-romance-of-beauty-and-2/) [Joseph Campbell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-campbell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/222/joseph-campbell-300_42nd-street_the-latest-incarnation-of-oedipus-the-co_1057839.png) > [The latest incarnation of Oedipus, the continued romance of Beauty and the Beast, stand this afternoon on the corner of Forty-second Street…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-campbell/the-latest-incarnation-of-oedipus-the-continued-romance-of-beauty-and/) [Joseph Campbell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-campbell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/658/joseph-campbell-300_42nd-street_the-latest-incarnation-of-oedipus-the-co_681214.png) > [“Give my regards to Broadway, Remember me to Herald Square, Tell all the gang at 42nd Street, That I will soon be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-m-cohan/give-my-regards-to-broadway-remember-me-to-herald-square-tell-all-the/) [George M. Cohan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-m-cohan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be2/george-m-cohan-35038_42nd-street_give-my-regards-to-broadway-remember-me_185148.png) > [There are some girls who are turned on by my body, and some others who are turned off. but for the majority…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arnold-schwarzenegger/there-are-some-girls-who-are-turned-on-by-my-body-and-some-others-who/) [Arnold Schwarzenegger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arnold-schwarzenegger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c3/arnold-schwarzenegger-657_42nd-street_there-are-some-girls-who-are-turned-on-b_430439.jpg) > [Bop began with Jazz but one afternoon somewhere on a sidewalk maybe 1939, 1940, Dizzy Gillespie or Charlie Parker or Thelonious Monk…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kerouac/bop-began-with-jazz-but-one-afternoon-somewhere-on-a-sidewalk-maybe/) [Jack Kerouac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kerouac/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/207/jack-kerouac-182_42nd-street_bop-began-with-jazz-but-one-afternoon-so_257589.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/42nd-street/#itemlist", "name": "42nd street Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Nick and I could become goodwill ambassadors for the city now that the porno shops on 42nd Street are gone. 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