Brooklyn Quotes

220 quotes by 182 authors

My father's a musician and my mother's a singer. My dad's originally from Brooklyn and he was a Latin percussionist so I've always had instruments… — Bruno Mars
My family originally lived in Brooklyn. Our first apartment was a little place above my father and uncle's hardware store in Coney Island. Now, don't… — Gilbert Gottfried
The Brooklyn Dodgers had a no hitter last night. — Bob Dole
I went to an amazing school in Brooklyn called St. Anne's that's a really kind of creative hot bed. — Lena Dunham
Back when I lived in Brooklyn, I'd sometimes take the Q train all the way out to Coney Island and back, and work on my… — Joshua Foer
You want to know what makes me tick, I'll tell you what makes me tick. I was a boy growing up in Brooklyn; I read… — Buddy Hackett
When I went to Brooklyn in 1948 Jackie Robinson was at the height of his brilliant career. — Ernie Harwell
'Brooklyn's Finest,' this is the kind of movie that's why I want to be an actor, to tell real-life stories. This is where I feel… — Ethan Hawke
Coming from Haiti and growing up in Brooklyn, there's a lot of European influence when I get dressed up. I wear a lot of fitted… — Wyclef Jean
The people whose necks hurt when I write about the Middle East tend to live in Brooklyn or Boca Raton: the kind of Zionist who… — Tony Judt
I grew up in Marcy Projects in Brooklyn, and my mom and pop had an extensive record collection, so Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder and… — Jay-Z
My father moved to Hawaii from Brooklyn and my mother came there as a child from the Philippines. They met at a show where my… — Bruno Mars
A lot of my friends who grew up in Manhattan have a strange phobia about Brooklyn. It's big and scary and they get lost. — Unknown Author
I'm just a simple kid from Brooklyn who landed into the most enchanted lifestyle imaginable. — Michael Musto
My father grew up in Brooklyn, N.Y., with my grandparents. In Norwegian my name is pronounced 'Yoo' but my father used to call me 'Joe.' — Jo Nesbo
My parents were children during the Great Depression of the 1930s, and it scarred them. Especially my father, who saw destitution in his Brooklyn, New… — Bill O'Reilly
I really like to look like a history book. I can look 1940s, I can look 1970s hippie-chic, or sometimes I'll pull that '80s Brooklyn… — Katy Perry
The job at Brooklyn is interesting because Brooklyn reflects what happened to university art departments everywhere. It might be the worst department now, and yet… — Ad Reinhardt
I was bused to a school in Gerritsen Beach in Brooklyn in 1972. I was one of the first black kids in the history of… — Chris Rock
It's ironic that no matter where I go, I meet people from Brooklyn. I'm proud of that heritage. It's where I'm from, who I am. — Howard Schultz

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