Cities Quote by Alan Brien

The New York waiter ... knows more than you do about everything. He disapproves of your taste in food and clothing, your gauche manners,…

— Kate Simon

There is an army of waiters in this world.

— Henry Ward Beecher

What's that comment about every actor being a waiter who is out of a job? I did a lot of waitressing, and I loved…

— Genevieve O'Reilly

No one knows restaurants like a New Yorker - they're incredibly discerning and restaurant savvy.

— Daniel Boulud

In Manhattan, every flat surface is a potential stage and every inattentive waiter an unemployed, possibly unemployable, actor.

— Quentin Crisp

You go to New York or L.A., and every waiter wants to be a writer, director or actor. But there's a common thread: everybody…

— Gillian Alexy

“a taxi driver in New York regularly addressed his fare in a manner which if repeated in London would end in some sort of…

— Kazuo Ishiguro

I'm just a bit frustrated that in London we make such an effort to ape the New York restaurant scene. I have good friends…

— Giles Coren

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

— David Lee

In New York, I find people so courteous and so generous. Free drinks in bars. Free taxi rides.

— Quentin Crisp

I've never been a waitress, hostess, bartender or any of the typical side jobs you'd expect an actor to have. This is partly because…

— Candace Kita

Looking back at 'Taxi Driver' or, really, any of the Martin Scorsese films, he really filmed New York City in a way that I…

— Sam Esmail