--- title: "7 Old new york Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 7 Old new york quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Old new york sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/790/jenny-slate-11864_costumes_there-are-so-many-things-i-d-like-to-do_525410.jpg" --- > [There are so many things I'd like to do. I'd really like to be in a period piece that takes place in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenny-slate/there-are-so-many-things-i-d-like-to-do-i-d-really-like-to-be-in-a/) [Jenny Slate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jenny-slate/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/790/jenny-slate-11864_costumes_there-are-so-many-things-i-d-like-to-do_525410.jpg) > [If there ever was an aviary overstocked with jays it is that Yaptown-on-the-Hudson, call New York. Cosmopolitan they call it, you bet.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/o-henry/if-there-ever-was-an-aviary-overstocked-with-jays-it-is-that-yaptown/) [O. Henry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/o-henry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f5/o-henry-3281_enough_if-there-ever-was-an-aviary-overstocked_729223.jpg) > [Old New York City is a friendly old town From Washington Heights to Harlem on down There's a-mighty many people all millin'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-dylan/old-new-york-city-is-a-friendly-old-town-from-washington-heights-to/) [Bob Dylan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-dylan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cfe/bob-dylan-168_cities_old-new-york-city-is-a-friendly-old-town_1233885.jpg) > [In New York you've got to have all the luck.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/in-new-york-you-ve-got-to-have-all-the-luck/) [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d60/charles-bukowski-73_inspirational_in-new-york-you-ve-got-to-have-all-the-l_1615318.jpg) > [“Gentrification had stopped dead several doors west of my spot overlooking Avenue B. You could actually see the line. That side of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-ellis/gentrification-had-stopped-dead-several-doors-west-of-my-spot/) [Warren Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-ellis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f9/warren-ellis-2541_gentrification_gentrification-had-stopped-dead-several_1775462.jpg) > [New York is the only real city-city.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/truman-capote/new-york-is-the-only-real-city-city/) [Truman Capote](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/truman-capote/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/007/truman-capote-376_cities_new-york-is-the-only-real-city-city-2599_2599771.jpg) > [I'm going to show you the real New York - witty, smart, and international - like any metropolis. Tell me this: where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oriana-fallaci/i-m-going-to-show-you-the-real-new-york-witty-smart-and-international/) [Oriana Fallaci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oriana-fallaci/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/efb/oriana-fallaci-3082_america_i-m-going-to-show-you-the-real-new-york_2738201.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/old-new-york/#itemlist", "name": "Old new york Quotes", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There are so many things I'd like to do. 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