Brooklyn Quotes · Page 7

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

— Neal Adams

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

— Connie Stevens

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

— Will Rogers

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

— John Goodman

Saying I was lucky negates the hard work I put in and spits on that guy who’s freezing his ass off back…

— Peter Dinklage

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

Everyone needs a facelift, except if you are from Brooklyn then you need a nose job !!!

— Joan Rivers

Lacey didn't like it, even though he was born here, I understand. I mean, he was born in Brooklyn. He told the…

— Sydney Schanberg

I grew up in northern New Jersey - the banlieue of New York - and I now live in Brooklyn. I am…

— Jonathan Ames

I was unaware of the dispute in Brooklyn. I would never knowingly wear any clothes or support any company who produced clothing…

— Shakira

And I'm sure than in Poland, or somewhere, it is considered cool to drive a Porsche and wear necklaces and black silk,…

— Meg Cabot

Getting a Grammy nomination for 'Brooklyn' meant a lot, especially because, as an album, it was one that was very personal to…

— Wyatt Cenac

When it was over, I was so happy, I felt like crying. I wanted to win this one for Casey. After what…

— Don Larsen

It's almost like going to high school before you got to go to college. You felt a little bit better before you…

— D'Angelo Russell

A lot of writers choose to live in New York, partly because of the literary culture here, and partly because Brooklyn's a…

— Chad Harbach

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

— Suzanne Collins

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

As a teenager in Brooklyn Quentin had often imagined himself engaged in martial heroics, but after this he knew, as a cold…

— Lev Grossman

I am thankful that Brooklyn, a community of more than 2.6 million people of which nearly half speak a language other than…

— Eric Adams

New York was always more expensive than any other place in the United States, but you could live in New York -…

— Fran Lebowitz

Being in New York as a whole, Brooklyn as well, you can do anything you want. That's by far the best part…

— Spencer Dinwiddie

You took a walk on a Sunday afternoon and came to a nice neighborhood, very refined. You saw a small one of…

— Betty Smith

“We came up to the first tower of the bridge, with a plaque proclaiming who had built it; I stopped to read.…

— Ned Vizzini

I live in Brooklyn, New York, and hail from the 'East Bay,' Oakland, CA.

— Cary Fukunaga

I tell people I'm from all over Brooklyn because I never stayed in one part of Brooklyn.

— Young M.A

People from Brooklyn grow up with a certain common sense. If it doesn't ring true, it's not true.

— Judy Sheindlin

I definitely want Brooklyn to be christened, but I don't know into what religion yet.

— David Beckham

The only people who live in Brooklyn are people who can't afford the East Village.

— Gavin McInnes

It's great to be headlining a big show with my twin brother in Brooklyn.

— Jermall Charlo

I definitely like to stay active. Im a huge fan of the NBA and the sport of basketball. I love to play…

— Brendan Dooling

I like going after work back to Brooklyn because it is so much more relaxed and chill.

— Anna Ewers

There's no story that breaks, including a five-alarm fire in Brooklyn, that I don't wish I were covering.

— Walter Cronkite

I really love fighting in Brooklyn and at Barclays Center. The fans in Brooklyn always show me a lot of love.

— Jermall Charlo

I live in Brooklyn, in Williamsburg, so I just like to wander around. Williamsburg's such a cool little neighborhood community spot.

— Zoe Kravitz

My parents were very Old World. They come from Brooklyn, which is the heart of the Old World. Their values in life…

— Woody Allen

Brooklyn is a hub; people move to Brooklyn because of what's already in Brooklyn.

— Caroline Polachek

I've been to Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx and Manhattan numerous times throughout my career.

— Nicole Malliotakis

When I go back to my hood, Queens, Brooklyn, or here in L.A., the people that's not famous, that's what inspires me.

— Dave East

In restaurants in my Brooklyn neighborhood, I always ask for a doggie bag to bring the leftovers home.

— Alek Wek