Also, I preached to gangs on the streets of Manhattan, Brooklyn and the Bronx - and miracles began to happen. — David Wilkerson Copy Share Image
“Then the cop said, “Now, you guys could just start over. At least you’re not going to jail tonight.” — Russell Vann Copy Share Image
My life growing up was a twisted Bronx version of 'The Color Purple.' It had a much different soundtrack and no trees,… — Tracy Morgan Copy Share Image
I just think people find me relatable, because I look like a regular girl from the Bronx. — Ice Spice Copy Share Image
“The rabbi glanced over glumly from behind the jail bars. 'My faith in God is fine,' he said. 'It's people I'm not… — Richard Fliegel Copy Share Image
The South Bronx has long lacked high-quality park space for recreation and community gathering. — Ritchie Torres Copy Share Image
I want to do a character in a one-woman show who's a yoga teacher from the Bronx. I could do the best… — Cara Buono Copy Share Image
As a little kid, I watched hip hop get created. So it's an honour for me to represent the Bronx, the motherland… — Fat Joe Copy Share Image
I'm tenacious, I think - I know - and I do also have a quality where if you tell me I can't… — Ellen Barkin Copy Share Image
My father showed me so much love. He showed my brother so much love. He just, he had a rough life. You… — Hope Solo Copy Share Image
I was from a poor Jewish family in the South Bronx. My father was a plumber, but when I was 16, he… — Leonard Susskind Copy Share Image
Melting pot Harlem-Harlem of honey and chocolate and caramel and rum and vinegar and lemon and lime and gall. Dusky dream Harlem… — Langston Hughes Copy Share Image
I grew up in the South Bronx, raised by my grandmother, who scrapped and scraped to make sure I had a roof… — Joy Bryant Copy Share Image
I was born and raised in the Bronx, and growing up here, you would go down the block, and on one corner… — Romeo Santos Copy Share Image
Harkening back to a story about my grandfather, I was lucky to attend a great high school in New York, Bronx High… — Lewis Schiff Copy Share Image
I loved England's gentility and its civility. I'm from the Bronx, with a Bronx accent. I love the beauty of its language,… — Sid Bernstein Copy Share Image
What the Bronx and Queens needs is Medicare for all, tuition-free public college, a federal jobs guarantee, and criminal-justice reform. — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Copy Share Image
“I forgot about his boys surrounding me. I was too focused on not getting stabbed with the broken bottle.” — Russell Vann Copy Share Image
I was born in D.C. on 8th Street. I know what's up. I know what time it is. I used to hang… — Michael Steele Copy Share Image
My own style influences have to do with where I grew up, in the Bronx, and I still like to wear bangles… — Jennifer Lopez Copy Share Image
I grew up in the Bronx where you would stay up late with your girlfriends, just being silly in our bedrooms, whatever.… — Jennifer Lopez Copy Share Image
I've been to Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx and Manhattan numerous times throughout my career. — Nicole Malliotakis Copy Share Image
I am born and raised in the Bronx. Where I grew up, it is a really working-class neighborhood and it does give… — Cara Buono Copy Share Image
I'm from the Bronx, so I am looking forward to performing before my homies. I'll keep it live in the house. — Big Bank Hank Copy Share Image
I think I became funny because I grew up in the Bronx. I was small and weak and Jewish instead of large… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
Everyone at school seems to go by a nickname. Kat, Frosty, Bronx, Boo Bear, Jelly Bean, Freckles. — Gena Showalter Copy Share Image
I was brought up at 3525 Decatur Avenue, in the north Bronx, right next to Woodlawn Cemetery. — Robert Klein Copy Share Image
“If Denise doesn’t have her money by Friday, you won’t even see it coming. You’ll just wake up in the hospital. Now,… — Russell Vann Copy Share Image
The Bronx are great. I have a lot of respect for those guys, they know more about music and how that world… — Coeur de pirate Copy Share Image
I never thought I would embark on a journey that would take me from public housing in the Bronx to the House… — Ritchie Torres Copy Share Image
The value of tolerance is central to living in today's world - especially in diverse places like the Bronx. — Jose Serrano Copy Share Image
I was born in Mount Kisco, New York-although my family was living in the Bronx at the time. That's just where I… — Danny Burstein Copy Share Image
“Fuck that! You think I’m gonna let the nigger get a gun? I’m gonna handle this shit now.” — Russell Vann Copy Share Image
“The kids from Stuyvesant and Bronx Science formed their own pale New York clique that people seemed to leave alone,” — Michele Campbell Copy Share Image
I chose 'BronxWorks' because I'm from The Bronx, and I got raised in The Bronx, and I just know the struggle and… — Hennessy Carolina Copy Share Image
When you're a kid with artistic yearnings brought up in the Bronx, you don't get fed up too easily. — Daniel Libeskind Copy Share Image
Growing up with Bronx Irish parents during an era of protests against the status quo, I was especially committed to doing the… — Greg Fitzsimmons Copy Share Image
Most American Jews came from the lower middle classes, and therefore they brought with them not a lot of Jewish culture. The… — Arthur Hertzberg Copy Share Image
Communities of color, like the South Bronx, have long been exposed to elevated levels of air pollution that gravely impact all aspects… — Ritchie Torres Copy Share Image
Prior to Katrina, the South Bronx and New Orleans' Ninth Ward had a lot in common. Both were largely populated by poor… — Majora Carter Copy Share Image
