York Quotes · Page 136

I know that New York is big, there are huge buildings, but in fact, it's quite small and contained.

— Benjamin Clementine

I grew up in New York City in the late '70s, at a time when U.S. - China relations were something that…

— John Pomfret

I grew up in the next town over from Asbury Park and five streets from E Street. My mother fed me 'Born…

— Brian Fallon

I grew up in a Southside suburb of Chicago. It was idyllic. But I was plunked into a family that was not…

— Jane Lynch

Many years in New York has made me urban, and I won't eat my chicken because I met him personally!

— Isabella Rossellini

I was born and raised in Los Angeles. I split my time between the West Coast and the East.

— Tessa Thompson

I think a lot of people in New York are businessmen or Wall Street guys by day and underground basketball coaches by…

— David Lee

Seventy-five years ago I was born in Tampico, Illinois, in a little flat above the bank building. We didn't have any other…

— Ronald Reagan

I have very specific advice for aspiring writers: go to New York. And if you can't go to New York, go to…

— Walter Kirn

Music was in the air when I was growing up. My siblings Katy, Dave and Phil were musical; my dad worked in…

— Sam Barry

It's just that little box in the middle of Fort Greene, Brooklyn. Most of the time I go I don't even leave…

— Erykah Badu

I don't think I would live outside of the Northwest. I think the quality of life in Portland is really good. People…

— Carrie Brownstein

“Real cities have something else, some individual bony structure under the muck. Los Angeles has Hollywood -- and hates it. It ought…

— Raymond Chandler

“A lawless place and a lawless people, the Italians said. A true frontier of civilization. Dangerous. FIFTY-FIVE The Stanhope Hotel was on…

— Noel Hynd

New York seems very very foreign to me, like more foreign than almost anywhere in America, and almost anywhere in the world,…

— Robert Pattinson

You can see the most beautiful things from the observation deck of the Empire State Building. I read somewhere that people on…

— Jonathan Safran Foer

Im from Boston, and I get easily overwhelmed in New York, so I go to Boston and stay with my parents for…

— Alex Karpovsky

I absolutely love Vancouver! One, because the city is beautiful and very easily walkable, and two, because the city keeps giving me…

— Julie McNiven

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

— Neal Adams

New York is a very tricky city. I find it very noisy. It's a jungle, and it's very stressful at times, but…

— Garbine Muguruza

I had just moved to New York in September 2001, and immediately 9/11 happened, and of course it completely changed the city…

— Cassandra Clare

New York City was the world's biggest vibrator. Everything vibrated above, and below the streets.

— Nancy Pickard

The idea that the Tony committee and the New York theater community as a whole have embraced 'Billy Elliot' is very, very…

— Eric Fellner

I was born in Taunton, Massachusetts on June 1, 1917, but I actually grew up in nearby New Bedford.

— William Standish Knowles

I consider myself an Upper East Sider, but I may have to reconsider. While I was away, everyone seemed to flee!

— Tinsley Mortimer

“people in new york are authorized by convention to snoop around and mentally measure and pass comment on any real estate they're…

— Joseph O'Neill

we still have the Chrysler Building and the Empire State Building and the Woolworth Building, but it just seems like part of…

— Richard Hell

I used to audition for 'NYPD Blue' quite a bit, so I had this stock New York detective character that I would…

— Mark Valley

In L.A. you can hide. I can hide at the beach, hide up in the hills. [In Miami] everybody is looking at…

— Jamie Foxx

I love Chicago. I wouldn't be where I am now, and I certainly wouldn't have the confidence that I hope that I…

— Tamron Hall

I grew up in East Los Angeles, which is the biggest population of Mexican-Americans in America. I was born and raised there.

— Richard Cabral

Something funny always happens in every show in the UK and I genuinely love touring the UK because it's where I'm from.…

— Ellie Goulding

To me, everything outside of Los Angeles is the 'south,' including places like San Diego. It's sort of like the saying, 'Everything…

— Buzz Osborne

We have these events, 'Talk to Tish.' They're basically kitchen-roundtable discussions about issues in the City of New York, because you can…

— Letitia James

I miss the standard of the New York Philharmonic's playing very much. It has certainly been a high point in my life.

— Zubin Mehta

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

— Zoe Kravitz

I've always loved the Belmont Shore area because I've always thought it had a kind of European vibe to it. This to…

— Joe Maddon

I am proud to represent New York's 13th Congressional District, which has one of the largest and diverse populations in the country.

— Charles B. Rangel

I grew up in a small town in northeastern Indiana. I had an all-American childhood. And I grew up as an optimist.

— Mary Meeker

I really love my job, and I feel like I can make a huge difference for New Yorkers, fighting for them.

— Kirsten Gillibrand