York Quotes · Page 85

New York: the only city where people make radio requests like "This is for Tina - I'm sorry I stabbed you

— Carol Leifer

New Jersey is a great place to live. And we have given some of the best talent to the world, from Jack…

— Queen Latifah

I sound, convincingly, twice my age whenever I visit New York City neighborhoods I frequented in my 20s and grumble about how…

— Chris Morocco

My New York, the one I identify with as a kid, has greatly changed. And I'm sure the people who were adults…

— El-P

Performing in each city is a different experience. But somehow, New York is unique. It is like performing in the entertainment capital…

— Asha Bhosle

Ernest Hemingway was always uneasy in New York and liked being there less than in any other city he frequented.

— A. E. Hotchner

I have a home in Arizona. I go a couple months a year, but basically Chicago is my home.

— Dennis Farina

I gave my blood sweat and tears to New York City and New Jersey - a small-town kid coming from Aliquippa, Pa.,…

— Darrelle Revis

I went to New York to be where the beautiful people were and it didn't disappoint me. It's so open. It's a…

— Antony Hegarty

I always wanted to write a book about LA, a big ambitious book. Nobody had ever really done it with LA- treating…

— James Frey

As artists, we'd all love to not be commercial - to not sell out to the full extent that we are able.…

— Mike Birbiglia

“New York is Babylon : Brooklyn is the truly Holy City. New York is the city of envy, office work, and hustle;…

— Christopher Morley

“Most New Yorkers spent their lives somewhere between the fruit cart and the fifth floor. To see the city from a few…

— Amor Towles

I don't really go out, 'go out' that much anymore. I live in Brooklyn, in Williamsburg, so I just like to wander…

— Zoe Kravitz

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

So far, Vancouver is my favorite relocation city. It feels like home. Parts of it remind me of the east coast. It's…

— Rachel Nichols

To me, New York City is the scaffolding. It's the garbage... That's what I'm interested in.

— Julio Torres

Brooklyn is not the easiest place to grow up in, although I wouldn't change that experience for anything.

— Neil Diamond

I was born in Burnsville, Minnesota, and raised in Eagan, which is right by Burnsville. I've been in that area my whole…

— Laura Osnes

It's very weird waking around a corner and being nose to nose with myself on the side of a bus. And Times…

— Allison Williams

For 'Way Down Low', I was particularly inspired by a breakup I was going through and a transition I was making from…

— Kat Edmonson

I found New York too... 'vertical,' closed off, I didn't feel the muse like I did in L.A. Maybe it's the weather?

— LP

I think New York is destined to have a Democratic mayor, and I want Freddy Ferrer to be that mayor.

— John Catsimatidis

I guess my favorite Web site would be theonion.com. I used to read that paper all the time in New York, and…

— Reid Scott

My home town was really great to me. If you've ever watched 'The Andy Griffith Show,' it's like Mayberry.

— Brad Paisley

Central Park is the most amazing gift. It's incredible. You find new spots, new people, new friends for the dogs.

— Diana Taylor

I was born in Cambridge but brought up in and around Winchester, in Hampshire. I've also lived in Hong Kong and America.

— Chris Geere

I'd taken some classes at UCB in New York and again at the Magnet Theater and the PIT Theater. I definitely never…

— Reid Scott

My least favorite thing about New York is probably the traffic. I hate it. The people are such aggressive drivers here, they're…

— Jack Reynor

My favourite city for nightlife is Toronto, as it has such a multicultural feel, with so many different restaurants and theatres.

— Chris Hadfield

My weekends start at about 4 P.M. on Friday afternoon, when I let go of work and leave my colleagues to crawl…

— Bobbi Brown

Having grown up far, far away in a small country town in Australia, I was only slightly aware of hip-hop.

— Baz Luhrmann

I grew up in New York, in a rough neighborhood where our biggest concern was not getting beat up. I was always…

— William Klein

New York has really thrived both upstate and downstate when there are tens of thousands of small businesses all representing their different…

— Zephyr Teachout

I grew up in the classic American-Jewish suburbia, which has a whole different sense of what it means to be Jewish than…

— Natalie Portman

I think the thing that L.A. had on Sydney is an awesome music scene, especially for what I do.

— Flume

I think growing up in New York, you see so much at such a young age, there's no bubble to escape into.

— Zoe Lister-Jones

L.A. is... I always feel sort of abducted when I'm there, like I've stepped onto another planet where everyone looks the same.

— Mamie Gummer

My agents do not like my choice to work only in New York and Israel - it's not a good career move.

— Mili Avital

The trouble with New York today is that it's lost its balance. I love the new, greener New York, but it takes…

— Brian Cox