Brooklyn Quotes · Page 17

There's not that many great swimmers from Brooklyn.

— Chris Mullin

I'm also working on another independent film called Roxanne, Roxanne, about Roxanne Shante, who was one of the first African American battle…

— Nia Long

'Brooklyn's Finest,' this is the kind of movie that's why I want to be an actor, to tell real-life stories. This is…

— Ethan Hawke

MAD FREE is simply described as "Liberating Conversations with Revolutionary Women about Beauty, Image and Power". It began as a Salon series…

— Michaela Angela Davis

I grew up, as I joke around, in the 'People's Republic of Charlestown' in the city of Boston. And I was blessed…

— Jonathan Tucker

When I was a kid I used to scoot under the table, and whenever company would come around you know or my…

— Chuck Berry

I was born in Brooklyn, delivered by a Chinese doctor on a table in a boarding house on Sept. 23, 1920.

— Mickey Rooney

My net worth, that net works. Keep my shooters out in Brooklyn where the Nets work.

— Nicki Minaj

It's interesting to talk to Bernie [Sanders] about his life and growing up, you know, growing up in an immigrant neighborhood in…

— Tad Devine

I have nothing but great things to say about Brooklyn.

— D'Angelo Russell

I grew up in the projects in Brooklyn, and I consider myself lucky and blessed to be where I am - just…

— Tracy Morgan

With 'Brooklyn,' I knew the story I wanted to tell, and I just had a very strong sense that if I turned…

— Nick Hornby

My father is from Brooklyn, but we spoke Dutch at home.

— Sergino Dest

When I was 15 years old, or 16, I carried around on the streets of Brooklyn a paperback copy of Plato's Republic,…

— Robert Nozick

I know there's Brooklyn and all the boroughs, but Manhattan specifically is so condensed that the energy is very vibrant. Everywhere you…

— Theo James

There once was a miller with a daughter as lovely as a grape. He told the king that she could spin gold…

— Anne Sexton

I want to be that guy that says I was one of the first guys to put a banner in Brooklyn.

— Paul Pierce

There are definitely die-hard fans. That's one thing about people from Brooklyn: they're very loyal, die-hard, believe in their team.

— Kemba Walker

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

I love to walk around New York. Honestly, that's like the best thing, to walk over to Park Slope and go visit…

— Zoe Kazan

'Dear God,' she prayed, 'let me be something every minute of every hour of my life.'

— Betty Smith

I'm from Brooklyn. In Brooklyn, if you say, 'I'm dangerous', you'd better be dangerous.

— Larry King

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

— Edwin Diamond

I remember being very young and going to AA meetings with my father in Brooklyn. I thought it was fun because they…

— Rochelle Aytes

I'm from Brooklyn. I grew up very poor- seven people, four rooms. My dad had no education.

— Peter Criss