Bronx Quotes

76 quotes by 66 authors

A lot of the cats I grew up with in the South Bronx found themselves in sticky situations. — Wesley Snipes
I've been a law-abiding citizen ever since I grew up in the Bronx, New York. — Wesley Snipes
My father showed me so much love. He showed my brother so much love. He just, he had a rough life. You know, he grew… — Hope Solo
I was raised in a Bronx public housing project, but studied at two of the nation's finest universities. I did work as an assistant district… — Sonia Sotomayor
I am a product of affirmative action. I am the perfect affirmative action baby. I am Puerto Rican, born and raised in the south Bronx.… — Sonia Sotomayor
Also, I preached to gangs on the streets of Manhattan, Brooklyn and the Bronx - and miracles began to happen. — David Wilkerson
My early childhood prepared me to be a social psychologist. I grew up in a South Bronx ghetto in a very poor family. From Sicilian… — Philip Zimbardo
Whoever is born in New York is ill-equipped to deal with any other city: all other cities seem, at best, a mistake, and, at worst,… — James A. Baldwin
Everyone at school seems to go by a nickname. Kat, Frosty, Bronx, Boo Bear, Jelly Bean, Freckles. — Gena Showalter
I am born and raised in the Bronx. Where I grew up, it is a really working-class neighborhood and it does give you a really… — Cara Buono
Even as a kid in the Bronx, I wanted an adventurous life. — Kenneth Kamler
I used to live in the Bronx, then I lived uptown on 106th St. and Broadway, and finally I moved to Harlem right before it… — Regina Hall
In many of the high schools in the South Bronx, more children will end up in prison than will go to college. — Jonathan Kozol
I went to James Monroe High School, a big school in the East Bronx. My first promotion was the first alumni reunion dance. I got… — Sid Bernstein
Until I carried my wife off to New Hampshire, she defined wilderness as the Bronx. — P.J. O'Rourke
My older brother was a musical prodigy, and he got a scholarship to the Bronx House Music School. We moved to the Bronx when I… — Mildred S. Dresselhaus
Growing up with Bronx Irish parents during an era of protests against the status quo, I was especially committed to doing the opposite of what… — Greg Fitzsimmons
I was brought up at 3525 Decatur Avenue, in the north Bronx, right next to Woodlawn Cemetery. — Robert Klein
I was a quiet, nerdy kid living in the Bronx. I spent most of my teens in my room, taking apart electrical items to figure… — Grandmaster Flash
I actually had a job while I was acting and was a nursing student, which I had to drop due to my 9-5 job at… — Dascha Polanco

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