Harlem Quotes

Living at the YMCA in Harlem dramatically broadened my view of the world.

— Constance Baker Motley

Nonresidents have a tendency to rush their visits to Harlem.

— Josh Gondelman

I grew up in Harlem. My grandmother was one of the best cooks around, but the first thing she did on Sunday…

— Richard Carmona

Harlem World' is all about me doing my thing.

— Mase

Here - at this final hour, Harlem has come to bid farewell to one of its brightest hopes - extinguished now, and…

— Ossie Davis

Harlem has always been the nexus of music, politics, culture, criminal figures.

— Cheo Hodari Coker

It was something that came sort of matter-of-factually. Because there - it's like really - real honest engagement with the people around…

— Kehinde Wiley

I haven't seen a professional player come out of New York in over 20 years since my brother Patrick came out. Blake…

— John McEnroe

If I go up to Harlem or down to Sixth Street, and I'm not dressed up or I'm not wearing my jewelry,…

— Brooke Astor

I'm lucky to live in New York, a city that offers so many options for lunch. I can pick up dumplings from…

— Marcus Samuelsson

I would say 'Harlem World' is a cult and at the end we're gonna have everybody believin'.

— Mase

The riot isn't seen in the movie, but it is alluded to. He has this one speech that gives a great sense…

— Debbie Allen

I've been able to provide for my family, move out of Harlem and travel the world.

— Dave East

Now do the HARLEM SHAKE!!

— Harlem Shake

I'm grateful for my health, glad I'm making people laugh, glad my wife still likes me after a lotta years, grateful my…

— David Alan Basche

You must understand as a kid of color in those days, the Harlem Globetrotters were like being movie stars.

— Wilt Chamberlain

The police can go to downtown Harlem and pick up a kid with a joint in the streets. But they can't go…

— Noam Chomsky

Here's what I love: when a great writer turns me into a Jew from Chicago, a lesbian out of South Carolina, or…

— Pat Conroy

I like to go hear jazz late-night up in Harlem.

— Daniel Boulud

I lived in mafia neighborhoods off and on when I was a kid. If you were in Little Italy, in East Harlem,…

— Don Winslow

I had a little portable typewriter. I call it my Harlem Literary Fellowship.

— Amiri Baraka

One of my first role models was Eugene Lang, a wealthy businessman who went back to his elementary school in East Harlem…

— Bette Midler

The thing that surprised me the most is just how much money women that weren't rich were paying for their hair. When…

— Chris Rock

He was a manager, one of the singers, I guess talent coordinator for the local talent in Harlem. His name was Lover…

— Ben E. King

My peers at the time: you know, young black kids from off the streets of Harlem, having these conversations with me in…

— Kehinde Wiley