Brooklyn Quotes

I'm a Brooklyn boy.

— Jamie Hector

My sister died in Brooklyn.

— Frank McCourt

I saw 'Brooklyn' so many times.

— Beanie Feldstein

I live in Brooklyn. By choice,

— Truman Capote

Brooklyn praise is half slander.

— Mark Twain

My mom grew up in Brooklyn.

— RJ Barrett

I live in Brooklyn.

— Ana Gasteyer

I'll always be a Brooklyn girl.

— Justine Skye

My favorite area in Brooklyn is Williamsburg.

— Sasha Pivovarova

I love Brooklyn; it's a part of who you are.

— Paul Dano

No, I ain't a star - I'm just a kid from Brooklyn, living his dream.

— Astro

I want to be an ambassador of Brooklyn.

— Sasha Velour

The Brooklyn Bridge and I grew up together,

— Al Smith

The Brooklyn Dodgers had a no hitter last night.

— Bob Dole

I want to be in Brooklyn long-term. Hopefully, that works out.

— Dennis Schroder

I feel cool when I say I live in Brooklyn.

— Peter Hedges

I once started out to walk around the world but ended up in Brooklyn, that Bridge was too much for me.

— Lawrence Ferlinghetti

“Being near you, Brooklyn…it’s like breathing. I don’t have a choice about it; I just have to do it or I know…

— Julie Johnson

I would rather be the man who bought the Brooklyn Bridge than the man who sold it.

— Will Rogers

I am from Brooklyn, NY, so we could not have many pets, but I always had at least two dogs.

— Connie Stevens

George Washington Bridge? You throw yourself off the Brooklyn Bridge, traditionally. George Washington Bridge, who does that?

— John Goodman

I was bused to a school in Gerritsen Beach in Brooklyn in 1972. I was one of the first black kids in…

— Chris Rock

I know Coney Island more than I know Queens and Brooklyn! And I understand everything about it - Coney Island is my…

— Neal Adams

“I hate this. Will the darkness ever fade? Will I ever see light again? Is it light where you are?”

— Lisa Schroeder

I've met others [people] who simply responded to me, "You're Kehinde Wiley. I know your work. I saw it at the Brooklyn…

— Kehinde Wiley

I'm known for fashion photographs, but fashion photographs were mostly a joke for me. In 'Vogue,' girls were playing at being duchesses,…

— William Klein

I met Muslim immigrants in Brooklyn who were swept up in 9-11 raids, held in abusive conditions, beaten, denied rights. That's how…

— Naomi Wolf

My family originally lived in Brooklyn. Our first apartment was a little place above my father and uncle's hardware store in Coney…

— Gilbert Gottfried

I lived in Brooklyn from 2007 to 2012 but for the last few years have resided in Austin, Texas, where my world…

— Karan Mahajan

I remember when I was 5 living on Pulaski Street in Brooklyn, the hallway of our building had a brass banister and…

— Barbra Streisand

I was always singing but didn't plan on pursuing it seriously. When I got to New York City when I was 18,…

— Lana Del Rey

I remember riding across the Brooklyn Bridge about 12 times because they wanted me to keep up with the helicopter, and I…

— Eddie Griffin

I was 12 or 13, and I had seen a demo about origami at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. My dad, my step-mom,…

— Adam Richman

I had very low self-esteem. Books saved me. I found friends in stories like The Chronicles of Narnia and A Tree Grows…

— Jenny Lawson

My daughter lives in an apartment (hovel) in Brooklyn, so disgusting the roaches don't even bother hiking up the four flights of…

— Kate Siegel

I loved 'A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.' I read it later as an adult, but I loved 'We Have Always Lived in…

— Suzanne Collins

Occasionally, on screen, Barbara [Stanwyck] had a wary, watchful quality about her that I've noticed in other people who had bad childhoods;…

— Robert Wagner

I moved to L.A. after my landlord in Brooklyn tripled my rent. I spent months looking for other places to move to…

— Dave Sitek

When I came to New York, to Brooklyn, I met Alvin Ailey and Stanley Crouch and August Wilson. They were always putting…

— Wynton Marsalis

The New York Times will tell you what is going on in Afghanistan or the Horn of Africa. But it is no…

— Edwin Diamond