Babylon Quote by Anonymous

New York... Babylon-on-the-Hudson, sinful, extravagant, full of the nervous hilarity of the doomed.

— Lucius Beebe

“The great city of New York wields more of the destinies of this great nation that five times the population of any other portion…

— Anonymous

“New York. The greatest concentration of human potential in the history of the world. So much so that they had to start piling the…

— Adam Sternbergh

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

— Christopher Morley

“The trick of enjoying New York is not to be so busy grinding your way to the center of the earth that you fail…

— David Carr

“New York makes one think of the collapse of civilization, about Sodom and Gomorrah, the end of the world. The end wouldn't come as…

— Saul Bellow

“New York is unruly, tangled. The city woos first, then mangles, then pastes back together in a fresh, dazzling mosaic.”

— Elizabeth Winder

“New York is a city built upon the cannibalized remains of its own past, constantly changing, constantly the same.”

— Seanan McGuire

“No, we're in New York”

— Stacy Claflin

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

— Amor Towles

“New York, the world’s largest Jewish city.”

— Michael Wolff

What I'll remember about New York is growing up really fast.

— Rita Ora